08/06/2018
Day 29 of Inktober, and the prompt word is: UNITED. The Fairy,Weaver Girl, daughter of the Heavenly Jade Emperor, fell in love with a mortal Cowherd. They married, had two children and a few years together to enjoy their love. Then her mother, Queen of the Western Heaven, angry her daughter had married a mortal, had her daughter brought home, then drew her comb through the sky, creating the Milky Way to keep her separated from Cowherd. Her daughter wept so bitterly that the Mother consented to at least let her be united with her husband and two children for one day each year: the 7th day of the 7th month; a flock of magpies, sympathetic to the lovers, formed a bridge across the Milky Way from earth to Heaven so they could meet--this is Chinese Valentine's Day! The Cowherd is represented by the star Altair, and the Weaving Girl is the star Vega--their two children are two smaller stars on Altair's side of the Milky Way. You can see the Weaver Girl's loom behind her.
