Saga: The summer stars
Two of the brightest stars in the summer sky are Vega and Altair. These stars are also figures in the famous Chinese story, The Altair and the weaver girl. The weaver girl is the star Vega and she is a fairy princess and a daughter of the sky goddess the weaver. The weaver fell in love with the celestial cowherd, the star Altair. Their love was forbidden but they refused to leave each other and so the Altair was exiled from the sky, lost his memory and became mortal. The story of them is neither happy nor sad, It's legendary. As a human, Altair parents died quite early. His brother decided soon to split up the property. As the youngest son in the house, Altair inherited nothing but an old ox and a cart. Unbeknownst to them, the ox was another former star who would have been cast to the earth when he tried to defend the Altair. The Altair and the ox survived together and became close friends. One day when the Vega was visiting the earth, the ox told the Altair w...