The Story of Apollo and laurel: What God was Apollo?

Apollo is the god of light in Greek mythology, one of the twelve gods of Mount Olympus, the son of Zeus, the king of gods, and Leto, the goddess of night, and the twin brother of Artemis.

Apollo is also called Phopus Apollo, which means bright or brilliant. He is in charge of the sun, medicine, animal husbandry, music and so on. He is the patron saint of mankind, the sun god, the god of prophecy, the patron saint of immigrants and navigators, the god of healing, and the god of eliminating disasters. Apollo is the most handsome of all male gods. He is happy, smart and sunny. In many artists' poems and arts, he is regarded as the sun god, the animal husbandry god and the music god.

Stories and legends of Apollo and laurel

Legend 1:

Once, Apollo saw little love god Cupid playing with bows and arrows. He rudely warned Cupid, Hey! Bows and arrows are very dangerous things, so children should not play casually. It turns out that little love god Cupid has two very special arrows: anyone who is shot by a golden arrow will immediately ignite the passion of love; People who are shot by another blunt lead arrow will hate love.

Cupid didn't believe what Apollo said. When Apollo was out of sight, he shot the arrow of love at Apollo with a whoosh, and the flame of love immediately ignited in Apollo's heart. Just then, a beautiful girl named Daphne came. Naughty Cupid shot a blunt arrow at Daphne, who immediately became very disgusted with love after being shot.

At this time, Apollo, who was shot by the arrow of love, fell in love with Daphne deeply, so he immediately expressed his love for Daphne. But Daphne was very unhappy and said, Go away! I hate love! Stay away from me. As he spoke, he ran like an antelope to the valley. But Apollo didn't lose heart by pursuing Daphne. He picked up the harp and played beautiful music. No matter who hears Apollo's piano, he can't help walking up to him and listening to him play.

Daphne, who was hiding in the mountains, also heard the wonderful piano music and was intoxicated unconsciously. Where did you get such a touching piano? I want to see who is playing. Daphne, for example, has been fascinated by the piano and turned to Apollo. Apollo played the harp behind a big stone. He immediately jumped out and hugged Daphne.

When Daphne saw Apollo, he ran away. Apollo chased after him and shouted, I am not your enemy, nor a fierce beast, nor an unreasonable and reckless person. Why are you avoiding me? Although Apollo kept yelling at Daphne behind her back, Daphne pretended not to hear and kept running.

But no matter how fast Daphne runs, he can't outrun Apollo. After running for a long time, Daphne was exhausted and out of breath. Finally, she fell to the ground and saw that Apollo was about to catch up with her. Daphne quickly shouted, Help! Help!

At this time, the river god heard Daphne's cry for help and immediately turned her into a laurel tree with his divine power. I saw Daphne's hair turned into leaves, her wrists turned into branches, her legs turned into trunks, her feet and toes turned into roots, and they went deep into the soil.

Apollo was very sorry after seeing it. He hugged Laurel and cried sadly, but Laurel was shaking all the time. Although Daphne has become a poet laureate, Apollo still loves her. Apollo stared at the laurel tree and said with fascination, although you can't be my wife, I will always love you. I will use your branches and leaves as my laurel, your wood as my harp and your flowers as my bow. At the same time, I want to give you eternal youth instead of aging.

Daphne became a laurel tree and was deeply moved. She nodded her thanks again and again. Thanks to Apollo's blessing, the laurel tree is evergreen all the year round. It is one of the most popular plants.

Legend 2:

Legend has it that Daphne is a very beautiful goddess. She once loved Apollo, the eldest son of Zeus. Finally, one day, Apollo finally fell in love with the goddess laurel and pursued her. But because Apollo itself is the sun god, his body gathered a lot of heat energy, which made laurel unbearable. Once he gets close, he will burn his own skin. So every time Apollo chased laurel, she would hide. In this way, chasing and hiding, but after all, this is not the way. Finally, Gui couldn't stand it anymore. She shouted for help.

Her father made a big hole in the ground because he couldn't stand his daughter's pain. Laurel jumped into a big tree and grew out of the crack. From then on, this tree was called laurel.

For some reason, Apollo thought that laurel would rather become a big tree than be with him. It was not until one day that he suddenly realized that laurel had become a big tree because he was too hot. Apollo vowed to leave a shadow on laurel forever. That is the sunspot we know now, the eternal cover left by the sun god, and the cover he left to laurel. .......