A Collection of Curricula for the STARLAB Greek Mythology Cylinder

again beautiful. Enraged, she went to Neptune, ruler of the seas, and asked him todrive the stars of the Big Bear (the Big Dipper) away from his waters every time theydropped down near the sea, never letting them bathe in the waves.Ursa Minor, the Little BearThe Little Bear is better known as the Little Dipper. One of the stars in this constellationis Polaris, the North Star. It has been the guide star for those who sail their shipsacross the northern hemisphere and for those who travel across the land.Virgo, the VirginThe best-known myth about Virgo identifies her as Ceres, goddess of growing things,to whom farmers offered their prayers.Ceres had a daughter, Proserpina, who was kidnapped by Pluto, ruler of the underworld.Ceres declared that nothing was to grow on Earth until Proserpina wasreturned. Jupiter ordered Pluto to return Proserpina to Earth, but Pluto said it was notpossible because Proserpina had eaten seeds while below in the underworld. Facedwith the problem of what to do because she had eaten these seeds, and torn by thewishes of Pluto and Ceres, Jupiter worked out a compromise. Proserpina would spendsix months with her mother and six months with Pluto. Now when Proserpina spends6 months with her mother, Ceres shines brightly over the fields and brings forth crops.But when Proserpina returns to Hades, Ceres is sad and lonely and allows the worldto become cold and dreary.Cylinder Guides• Greek Mythology D-14 •