The Legend of Karkinos and Heracles
The legend of Karkinos and Heracles is a mythical story. 7,000 years ago there was a giant crab named Karkinos. One day Karkinos went on a journey and found the Lernaean Hydra, a giant, many headed,serpent-like creature. The Lernaean Hydra was ,in fact,the ancient guard of a Underworld entrance to Lake Lerna….
Karkinos had to battle Cerberus,a three headed giant dog that guarded the gates of the Underworld, to enter Lake Lerna. He knew that he just had to use his power,but it was not easy. Cerberus bit and pulled on his horn and swing him into the ocean. After Karkinos got out of the water he made a giant earthquake to make Cerberus fall and the vanished him to the center of the earth.
After completing that task they entered Lake Lerna. Lake Lerna was an very old place and was filled with nothing but a very big but abandon lake. There were no more dragons too like the Trojan dragons,the Colchian dragon,the three-headed hydra and all others. Mountains were now rocky hills and the secret holes that were the homes of many dragons, were now giant tunnels that lead to nowhere.
“There was one thing bad about this place,and it was that there was a villain named Heracles. He used to be a hero but Hades made him evil. After he went evil he went to go and kill all of the dragons. I am the only one left. That is why I need you to help me.” said King Hydra.
A few days later when Karkinos was eating some sardines that he caught at the abandoned lake,a giant earthquake started. He knew that Heracles was coming to go kill Karkinos and King Hydra. He ran as fast as he could because he had already destroyed a species of mythical creatures under an short amount of time. Before Heracles emerged from the underground he was looking very angry he saw the footprints of Karkinos and the scales of King Hydra. They were hiding under water so he couldn’t see them.
King Hydra sprouted up from the ocean and attacked Heracles. When Heracles and King Hydra where fighting Karkinos ran away and couldn’t look anymore. Seconds later when he opened his eyes all he could see was a dead nine-headed giant dragon sinking to the bottom of the sea. Karkinos screamed and charged at Heracles. After a long time of battling Karkinos died. But for being such a very brave crab,Heracles took his soul and turned it into a constellation. This is how constellation Cancer was made.
