What is the reading effect when these two seemingly unrelated books are read together? I felt like I, like a man chasing the sea by the sea, suddenly traveled through time and broke into the world of the gods of mount Olympus in ancient Greece.
As a heavy amateur sea enthusiast, I do not study much of biological naming, and I generally know that the biological names we usually call, in addition to common names, have Chinese correct names, as well as Latin scientific names. Latin scientific names are actually their real names, we ordinary people do not need to remember it, like me, a non-professional amateur sea lover, sometimes to see their Latin names, but also purely for occasional pastime.
In the past two days, I opened the dictionary and found that the naming of some of the creatures I usually photographed could also be related to the characters in ancient Greek mythology. So the two books were read together, and I found it quite interesting, and by the way, I also sorted out the rather complex network of gods in ancient Greek mythology.
Boli sea squirt
Bo Li sea squirt ciona intestinalis, looks too realistic, it is estimated that many will be uncomfortable to see. But when I first found it, I was amazed, so crystal clear. Its genus name ciona comes from chione, the goddess of ice and snow in ancient Greek mythology.
This is a half-human, half-god goddess. She is the daughter of Boreas, the goddess of the northern wind, and Orethea, the goddess of mountain winds. Behind his back his parents he was united with Poseidon, the god of the sea. In ancient Greek mythology, the status of the ice goddess is relatively low, and most of them are love dog blood plots. Because of her unparalleled beauty, she was sought by many gods, and she claimed to be more beautiful than the goddess of the moon and artemis, the goddess of hunting, and was shot by the latter with a bow and arrow.
Australian broom
The Australian broom worm phoronis australis, whose genus name in Greek mythology is io, daughter of the river god Inachus, is her alias.
Speaking of this Ian, it is also tragic enough. Because he looked beautiful like a flower, he was attracted by the god Zeus. The queen of heaven, Hera, was furious, and Zeus, in order to avoid Hera, turned Ian into a snow-white heifer. Unexpectedly, Hera sent the hundred-eyed beast Argos to stare at her deadly.
Zeus looked distressed and asked his younger son to trust the god Hermes to find a way. The clever Hermes designed to coax the Hundred Eyes Monster to sleep, cut off its head, and took the opportunity to rescue Ee, but the magic on her body could not be lifted, and she could only continue to be a heifer, but was free.
The queen of heaven, Hera, still unwilling, sent a cowfly to follow Yi'e all day and bite her tail. The tortured Yi'e, who could only bend down to pray for the queen of heaven's forgiveness, made a plea for Mount Olympus, and finally touched the queen of heaven Hera and restored her to her original form.
It is said that after the death of the hundred-eyed beast, Hera collected one of his hundred eyes and dotted them on the peacock's feathers.
Bulbophyllaceae. Left: Isab snow clam, Ridged Gaf clam. Right: Half-cloth light clam, Philippine clam, projectile mirror clam
Baby Co. Top and center right: Fine purple end treasure ⻉ Center left: Spotted eyeball ⻉ Bottom: Avin Silk Shell
The clam family Veneridae and the baby family Cypraeidae, both of whose names are related to Aphrodite (Venus), the goddess of love.
The prefix Cypr is derived from the Greek kypris, which, according to e.c. Jaeger's book Etymology of Biological Names and Biological Terms, notes that kypridios belong to Aphrodite. And the curtain clam vener - better understood, corresponding to the goddess of love of veneris.
Aphrodite in ancient Greek mythology was the Venus of Ancient Rome. We all know that she is the goddess of love and beauty, one of the twelve main gods of Olympus. Born in the waves, she is the most beautiful of the goddesses and is loved by the gods.
She always lamented the injustice of fate to her, had the most beautiful face, but because she refused Zeus's courtship, she was forced to marry Hephaestus, the ugly and lame god of blacksmiths.
Hephaestus is the son of the god Zeus and the queen of heaven Hera, although the status is noble, but ugly, in the heart of such a big beauty, the appearance is justice, she is very unwilling. So he did a lot of unfaithful things to his husband behind his back, and he had children with many gods. One of her most famous sons was Eros, cupid, the little goddess of love in Roman mythology. There are many myths about her affair.
Your circle is really messy!
Strong armor clutch crab
The strong armed clinging crab enoplolambrus validus belongs to the family Crab, whose family name is parthenopidae derived from ancient Greek mythology and legend, parthenope, one of the siren sisters.
Siren is the daughter of the river god Ecloas, a human-faced bird, and they are very beautiful, because they compete with the muse for music, and after the defeat, they are plucked by the muse to pluck their wings and make it impossible to fly. After losing his wings, the Sirens had to swim around the coastline, sometimes turning into mermaids, using their musical talents to attract past sailors to their doom.
In Greek mythology, after conquering Troy, Odysseus passed through the seas of the Siren on his way back to his hometown, and in order to resist the temptation of the sweet singing voice of the Siren god, Odysseus plugged the ears of the sailors with wax and tied himself to the mast of the ship, and finally escaped the disaster.
Sounds a lot like the mermaids in Pirates of the Caribbean.
clam worm
The name nereidida is derived from the 50 sea gods nereids in ancient Greek mythology. The Queen of the Sea, Amphitrite, and the goddess of the sea, Thetis, both belong to the 50 Sea Nymphs. Thetis was Achilles' mother.
Top: Budding gill manatee Bottom left: Red-branched gill manatee Bottom right: Black-branched gill manatee
And the mother of this group of sea goddesses is the ocean goddess Doris. Like the red-branched gill manatee dendrodoris fumata buddrodoris denisoni black-branched gill manatee dendrodoris nigra The doris in their genus name is derived from this.
These are a brief compilation of my two books. So back to these two books, the first one if you're interested in biology naming, you can flip through. But when it comes to ancient Greek mythology, its influence does not need me to say more. Regarding the birth of the world, ancient Greek mythology has a complete and complex system, in addition to wonderful stories, it can take us back to the source of Western civilization. Mythology is the first understanding of the world by human beings, whether it is ancient Chinese mythology or national mythology, it is broad and profound, and it is worth taking your children to swim together.