The Legend of Corvus Corvus: the crow is punished by being placed in the sky near the constellation Hydra because it made Apollo an unhappy god.
Greece: the crow was the symbolic bird of Apollo. Apollo was unhappy with the crow because it did not return to him with pure water quickly enough for a sacrifice Apollo wished to make to Zeus. The crow it turns out had stopped to eat some figs and waited until they were ripe. Apollo had to make do with less pure water for his needs. Fearing that Apollo would be angry with him for being so late, the crow captured a water snake (Hydra) to use as an alibi claiming the snake caused the delay. To punish the crow for his tardiness, Apollo cursed the crow by giving him a sore throat during the time when the figs are ripening. With such a sore throat, the crow could not drink water. Apollo also changed the color of the crow from snow white to black and placed the crow, the cup and the serpent in the sky as a warning to others who would try to lie to a god. See the Greek legends of Crater, Hydra and Ophiuchus.
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