The PISCES Myth

Of all the mythical creatures that abound in the Greek legends, few are as terrifying as the monster known as Typhon. His birth is also part of a very strange tale.
The god Zeus, although already married to Hera, took the Titan goddess Metis for his bride. On hearing Metis was to bear him a child, Zeus consulted the oracle to ask if the child would be a son or daughter. The oracle proclaimed that the child would be a beautiful girl with many talents, but warned that if Metis were to bear another child it would be a son and this son would usurp Zeus.
Troubled by this news Zeus vowed this would never happen. He decided not even to risk the first child. Finding Metis walking in the gardens by lake Triton he seized his wife and swallowed her. Now no child of Metris would ever threaten him.
However, soon after Zeus began experiencing terrible, piercing headaches. He summoned the gods’ blacksmith Hephaestus telling him he was plagued by evil spirits which needed releasing from his head. Taking his great hammer and a metal wedge Hephaestus struck a mighty blow on Zeus’ skull creating a hole through which the evil spirits could pass out. But no spirits emerged only a beautiful girl dressed in armour. Zeus knew immediately this was the daughter of Metis. The sight of her lovely face melted his anger and he named her Athene.
Hearing about her husband’s new daughter his other wife Hera became enraged. She cursed him but also became jealous of his strange ability to give birth by himself. She begged the Titans and Mother Earth to allow her also to give birth on her own, her wish was granted but with terrible consequences. Instead of the handsome son she was expecting Hera gave birth to the terrifying monster known as Typhon.
He was fearfully strong and so tall his head scraped the stars, fire flew from his eyes and burning rocks from his mouth. Instead of fingers, one hundred dragons’ heads sprouted from his hands. When he spread his great wings the sun was blotted out.
Typhon was so frightful not even the Gods could stand against him. Knowing this Typhon would often amuse himself by periodically attacking Mount Olympus causing the Gods to flee in terror.
The Gods’ usual means of escape was to turn themselves into various animals to disguise their flight. On one occasion, when Typhon looked as though he meant business, Aphrodite and her son Eros transformed themselves into fish and plunged into the fast flowing river. In order to prevent losing her son Aphrodite tied their tails together with a length of twine.
To commemorate the time Typhon nearly overran Mount Olympus, the image of two fish with intertwining tails was placed in the sky symbolizing the day Love and Beauty were saved from death.