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For #MythologyMonday -- how about the #Roman myth of the #constellation Cygnus?

The story goes that when Phaethon, the son of Helios, drove his father's chariot he lost control & Zeus/Jupiter had to kill him.

In the aftermath, Phaethon's lover, Cygnus, collected his bones to give him a proper funeral. The gods were so moved by this devotion, they put him in the night sky as a swan (who famously mate for life).

#LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #love #Romance #Swans #StarLore #Constellations #swan #Cygnus

:https://pixabay.com/photos/birds-swan-ornithology-species-7148194/