Creation+Myth-+More+Then+Just+Snow

By: Julia Yu

__//More than Just Snow//__
Jennifer was trying to sleep. But she couldn’t. Her mom entered her room and asked her what was wrong. She said she couldn’t sleep. Jennifer told her mom to tell her a story. Her mom decided to tell her about the creation of snow. Jennifer’s mom told her that it all began on the day when Aphrodite was taking a stroll. The goddess overheard Athena gossiping about mortal lovers. She didn’t understand how mortal lovers. She didn’t understand how mortal lovers could be so everlasting. All the gods had many affairs and couldn’t stay loyal to their spouses for long. Aphrodite was curious, thus she decided to go down to earth to experience falling in love with a mortal. Aphrodite went down to earth and disguised herself as a mortal. She gave herself a very unique look. She had big almond eyes, long curly eyelashes, brown wavy hair, and pale pink lips. She walked down the hill and stopped at a market that was as crowed as a circus. As she walked down the streets, people gazed at her admiring her beauty. She saw the most handsome man ever and walked over to his umbrella stand. He had blue eyes and the most welcoming smile. She took one look at him and she knew she fell in love with him. Although, he was dressed in dirty rags, his appearance did not hide his inner beauty. The man’s stand was full of umbrellas, although there was no rain. Aphrodite knew this man needed the money from selling umbrellas. However, the scorching sun was shining so brightly that it seemed impossible to rain. She prayed to Zeus hoping for rain. Zeus heard her prayers and granted her wish. Soon, it was raining and everybody rushed to the young man’s stand. There he looked up at Aphrodite and smiled. When Ossdeyes looked into Aphrodite’s eyes, he knew she was the girl of his dreams. Aphrodite walked over and smiled sweetly. The man asked Aphrodite, “What is your name?” Aphrodite answered, “Juna.” “What is your name?” Aphrodite asked back. “My name is Ossdeyes,” he replied. Then Aphrodite left the market. She quickly headed home form Mount Olympics. When she got home, she laid down on her bed dreaming about Ossdeyes. The goddess fell fast asleep; and when she opened her eyes, she saw Apollo driving his chariot across the red morning sky. Aphrodite dressed and headed down for Earth. She strolled up to the market and saw Ossdeyes on the streets. Aphrodite greeted Ossdeyes warmly as if he was a long lost friend. Ossdeyes replied back, “Do you want to come with me to see a beautiful sight?” “Sure,” Aphrodite responded. Ossdeyes and Aphrodite ran for a while and when they finally stopped, they ended up across a tall mighty waterfall. The goddess exclaimed, “This is the most beautiful sight I’ve ever seen.” Aphrodite thanked Ossdeyes for taking her there and she asked him if he would like to stay to see the sunset. As they saw the sunset, Aphrodite told him that he loved him and he too confessed his love. Zeus saw Aphrodite and Ossdeyes form the sky, and shouted in rage. He was jealous because he liked Aphrodite although she didn’t return his feelings. He roared, “How a puny mortal like him beat me?” Zeus was furious and decided to get his revenge. That very night he went down to earth himself. He went into Ossdeyes’s house and found Ossdeyes sleeping soundly. Zeus walked up to his bed side and chanted a spell on him. After that, he left with a satisfied feeling. Aphrodite dressed and headed down for earth with joy. The maiden walked to the market and she saw Ossdeyes approaching her. The goddess ran up to him and said hi. Ossdeyes looked at Aphrodite with a surprised look, as if she was a crazy woman talking to the walls. Then he replied to Aphrodite, “Do I know you?” Aphrodite looked shocked and answered, “How could you say that?” Ossdeyes exclaimed loudly, “I don’t know you.” Then he left Aphrodite hanging there. Aphrodite looked very confused, full of exasperation, and felt like the whole world was falling apart. She ran back in to the palace and into her room. Aphrodite screamed, kicked, and ended up making a river of tears. Then she stopped crying because she knew crying wouldn’t help. She suddenly realized that Ossdeyes couldn’t have just forgotten everything within a night. She concluded that Ossdeyes must have been under a spell. Aphrodite went down to earth and tried to reverse the spell. She spotted Ossdeyes and chanted, “Reverse, reverse back to the way it was. Make my lover’s memory come back.” The sky was covered with clouds as if ashes were blocking the sun. However the blanket of clouds soon disappeared and the sun shined brightly once again. Aphrodite asked Ossdeyes, “Do you remember me?” Ossdeyes hollered, “I thought I told you already that I don’t know you!” Aphrodite wondered why the spell didn’t work. She decided to find a god to help her. Aphrodite headed out to look for Athena, since she was the goddess of wisdom. Athena was a wise owl; she hoped she would be able to help her. She walked over to her palace and found her drinking tea. She pleaded, “Athena can you do me a favor and reverse a spell on a human?” Athena questioned Aphrodite greedily, “What can I get in return of your favor?” Aphrodite said, “If you can help me reverse the spell, I’ll make you a potion that will make you as pretty as a red rose.” Athena considered her exchange and answered, “Fine.” Athena went down to earth with Aphrodite to find Ossdeyes. They found him and Athena chanted, “Change this situation at once and redeem this man’s memory.” However, nothing happened. Aphrodite looked at Ossdeyes, and he snarled, “Can you get out of my face already?” Aphrodite left, and she headed over to the palace of Hermes. She went to find Hermes because he was known for his helpfulness to mortals. When she arrived, she ran inside and found Hermes. Aphrodite asked Hermes, “Can you help me reverse a spell on a human?” Hermes agreed to help her. They went down to earth and they spotted Ossdeyes. Aphrodite stopped and told Hermes that this was the man. Hermes shouted, “Change this man to the way he was.” However, nothing had changed except that Ossdeyes. Aphrodite headed to her last hope, Apollo. Since, he was the god of healing, she hoped he could heal Ossdeyes, rather then reverse the spell. She saw Apollo by his palace and walked up to him. Aphrodite exclaimed, “Can you help me heal a man and bring back his memory?” Aphrodite told him, “I will give you a beautiful woman as your affair in exchange for your help.” Apollo replied quickly, “Okay.” Apollo and Aphrodite went to the market and saw Ossdeyes. Aphrodite stopped and pointed to Ossdeyes for Apollo to see. Apollo chanted, “Bring this man back to the way he was.” Even though he tried to reverse the spell, it didn’t work. Aphrodite was very disappointed. Aphrodite went home and locked herself in her room for a month, without taking a single step of her room. Finally, Aphrodite unlocked herself and took her first step out of the room. She went down to earth and heard a couple talking about Ossdeyes’s marriage yesterday with Aera. She walked up to the couple and questioned them, “Did you say that Ossdeyes married?” The couple responded back, “Yes, the bride and Ossdeyes is such a perfect match.” Aphrodite felt very nervous at that moment. Although she was scared, she redeemed her confidence in Ossdeyes, that he wouldn’t marry anybody but herself. She ran to his umbrella stand and saw a beautiful woman by Ossdeyes’s side. She walked up to Ossdeyes and asked him if this woman was his wife. He nodded his head. Aphrodite felt like she had been stabbed with ten thousand knives all at once. She found all of her courage to say congratulations. The couples thanked her and saw Aphrodite walking away. During her walk back home, she thought of one hundred reasons to hate Ossdeyes however, she only thought of one reason to not hate him. She decided the one and only reason was good enough to overcome all the hundreds reasons to hate him. Aphrodite felt that if this was their “fate” then she would accept it. Aphrodite went home and promised to herself that this was the last time she was going to cry for Ossdeyes. Aphrodite went to her room and cried; her tears were full of her passion and love for Ossdeyes. It was strange that her tears leaked through her palace and down to earth. As the tears fell down, the cold weather from the sky froze them. As a result, her tears became snow. Therefore, when every winter came, Aphrodite would remember Ossdeyes and cry for her long lost love. Her tears would freeze and then turn into snow when it reached the earth. After the experience of love with Ossdeyes, Aphrodite never regained her trust for love and men. That caused Aphrodite to have so many affairs. So, when you see snow in the winter, you might still hear Aphrodite’s lamenting in the sky. When Jennifer’s mom finished the story, Jennifer was asleep and her mom left with a smile across her face.