Introduction to the Laurel Goddess Daphne

The story of Apollo, the sun god, courting Daphne, the daughter of the river god. In order to avenge Apollo, Cupid shot a golden arrow at Apollo that made people fall into a whirlpool of love, making Apollo fall madly in love with Daphne; at the same time, he shot a lead arrow at Daphne that made people reject love. The girl was as cold as ice to Apollo. It is also said that it is because Daphne worships the moon goddess (Artemis is one of the twelve main gods of Olympus in Greece, and the Roman name is Diana, a virgin goddess), so she wants to imitate the moon goddess and become a virgin goddess. When Daphne turned around and saw Apollo chasing her, she hurriedly called to her father for help. The river god heard his daughter's voice and when Apollo was about to catch up with her, he turned her into a laurel tree. When Apollo arrived, all he saw was a laurel tree standing still. After losing his lover, he decided to use the branches and leaves of the laurel tree as a hair crown and the branches as a piano bone to accompany him wherever he went. All the other gods used olive branches and leaves as hair crowns. Only the sun god Apollo's hair crown was made of laurel branches and leaves turned into his beloved Daphne.