Hi… My name is Europa
I am a mortal women who long time ago Zeus fell in love. The story says that Zeus transform into a white bull and take me to the island of Crete. In this Island Zeus got me pregnant with three sons. There names were Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. Zeus was so in love with that he gave me three priceless presents. The first one was Talos, a magical man made of bronze, who served like a guard in Crete. The second was Lealaps, a dog who was really good at hunting. And the last present Zeus gave me was a javelin that always hit its target. But I am important because I gave the name of Europe to the continent. I know that you are asking what the role of the white bull is. At the end of the story this beautiful white bull became the constellation of Taurus.
I am a mortal women who long time ago Zeus fell in love. The story says that Zeus transform into a white bull and take me to the island of Crete. In this Island Zeus got me pregnant with three sons. There names were Minos, Rhadamanthys and Sarpedon. Zeus was so in love with that he gave me three priceless presents. The first one was Talos, a magical man made of bronze, who served like a guard in Crete. The second was Lealaps, a dog who was really good at hunting. And the last present Zeus gave me was a javelin that always hit its target. But I am important because I gave the name of Europe to the continent. I know that you are asking what the role of the white bull is. At the end of the story this beautiful white bull became the constellation of Taurus.
Sources:
Joel Skidmore, Mythweb, http://www.mythweb.com/index.html. November 22 2007.
Mythography, http://www.loggia.com/myth/myth.html. November 22, 2007.
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Camila Arias
