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The star constellation, Virgo, is a picture of a woman in the sky.  But who is this woman?  This woman is the virgin who can be identified as many different goddesses.  She looks like a beautiful winged angel holding a sheaf of wheat.  Most people identify Virgo as Dike, the Goddess of Justice or Justa or Justia to the Romans.  The Scales of Justice, Libra, is her neighboring constellation.

Why is she holding the wheat sheaf in her hand?  The answer is because  some people think Virgo is Demeter, the Goddess of the Harvest.  To the Romans Demeter is Ceres.  Persephone, the daughter of Demeter, is also someone Virgo may identified as.

She may also be identified as the daughter of Icarius,Erigone.  She is famed for inheriting the secret of wine making from Dionysius, the God of Wine.  Peasants killed Icarius because they thought he had poisoned the wine.  Icarius' loyal dog, Maera, ran home to get Erigone to take her to Icaius' body.  Erigone hanged herself with sorrow.  The gods had mercy so they decided to put them in the sky.  Icarius as Bootes,  Erigone as Virgin and Maera as Canis Minor.
Virgo has also been identified as Tyche, Athena, Minerva and more.