Kinard Mythology Anthology

by Kinard Middle School

How the Planets Were Created

  By Julia

  On a bright sunny day, high up in the mystical clouds above Olympus, Aphrodite stood in her crystal palace admiring her delicate face in the mirror. She twisted her silky blonde hair on her finger. Her long pink dress gently waved in the wind. Smiling Aphrodite was more beautiful than all the jewels and gold in the world. Her bright blue eyes twinkled in the light. She was amazing! Aphrodite loved to help people but sometimes she got a little distracted by her beauty.

   As the day went on, she bragged about how wonderful she was to all the gods. Some gods became furious and a little jealous.  Usually, Aphrodite would go around helping people who were having problems and she would talk them through it. But, she got so caught up in her good looking face. Surprisingly, what many people didn’t know was that the only reason Aphrodite was extremely gorgeous was because Zeus blessed her with a beautiful necklace since she was so kind. Deep inside the necklace there was a curse; the curse made her attract active as long as she wore the necklace. Later that day, Zeus started to get irritated because Aphrodite was not helping people who were going through a lot of stress. As Zeus was walking through the dirty streets of Greece, he noticed several people who were poor and homeless.

  He thought, “Oh spoiled Aphrodite! She gets so much and the least she could do is help others in return. Why isn’t she caring for these unfortunate people?”

  Zeus had gone through enough procrastination from Aphrodite. Having put up with this nonsense, he fiercely stormed off to Aphrodite crystal palace. As he reached the gates of her glistening castle, he yelled her name, “APHRODITE!”

  As soon as she heard Zeus’s loud voice, she carefully opened the gates, shivering with fear.   Zeus looked Aphrodite straight into the eyes. Worried Aphrodite started to cry a little she was afraid of what Zeus might do. He then ripped her cursed necklace of her neck!

  “Ow! What’s happening.” she screeched trying to get words out of her mouth.

  Immediately, Aphrodite’s body started to shake and move. Her body was changing so fast. She was no longer wearing the necklace that made her so special. She started to spin in the air.

  Faster and Faster!

  Making herself so dizzy that she could just faint.

  Finally, she flopped onto the cold floors and looked like nothing more than a sick hideous woman. Wanting the day to end, she scurried across the floor into a dark corner to hide her face. Laying there, she became depressed. Aphrodite hated herself just as Zeus hated her disobedience and never wanted to see her face again. Aphrodite sobbed.

  Zeus held the fragile necklace into the air and each bead spread apart. All of a sudden, the beads started to gradually get bigger.

  Then, all of a sudden they crashed through the roof and into the night sky! Aphrodite watched her one-of-a-kind necklace fade into the sky full of stars. Each of the beads had turned into one of the planets.

  After that had been done, Zeus stomped out of her house and slammed the door. Aphrodite was so miserable she stayed in the corner for hours. Her heart

  The next day, she started to get hungry. She had to get food. Aphrodite put on a hood so she would stay hidden for everyone else. When she made her way to town many of the gods were staring at her and pointing fingers. She was extremely ugly with tangles in her hair and dirt stuck in the pores of her skin!

  All of a sudden, she tripped over a rock and her hood came off. Aphrodite face planted into the dirt. She tried to get back up. Several people were watching her, it took a while for them to recognize who she was but once they clearly saw her face, the gods knew it was Aphrodite. Some of the gods laughed and made fun of her.

  Aphrodite had enough torture! She ran as fast as her legs could carry her to Zeus. When she approached him she got on her knees and begged Zeus to make her pretty again. At first Zeus refused but then Aphrodite explained that she would NEVER brag about her beauty to anyone ever again. He was convinced and instead of giving her back the necklace he made her beautiful naturally on the inside and on the outside he decided to keep the planets in the sky since she learned her lesson whenever she gazes up in the sky it will remind her to keep her promise.  

  Now, everyone can admire her elegance by looking up into the dark sky with stunning planets. That is how the planets were created.