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The Cowherd and the Weaver Girl are characters found in Chinese mythology and appear eponymously in a romantic Chinese folk tale. The story tells of the romance between Zhinü ( 織女 ; the weaver girl, symbolized by the star Vega ) and Niulang ( 牛郎 ; the cowherd , symbolized by the star Altair ). [ 1 ]
The inscription tells us the painting was done in early autumn in the year 1504. This is enough to identify her as the Weaver Girl from the legend of the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl, who were also the stars Altair and Vega. In tradition, they met and fell in love; but, carried away by the romance, she neglected her duty of weaving clouds.
Zhinü is the goddess of weaving and the star Vega in Chinese mythology. She was the youngest of seven daughters of the Jade Emperor. It is believed that she weaved her father’s royal robes out of the clouds. [1] [2] [3] She is identified as the star Vega in the constellation Lyra.
Suzanne Nadine Vega (née Peck; born July 11, 1959) is an American singer-songwriter of folk-inspired music. [1] [2] Vega's music career spans almost 40 years.In the mid-1980s and 1990s she released four singles that entered the Top 40 charts in the UK, "Marlene on the Wall", "Left of Center", "Luka" and "No Cheap Thrill".
Cecilia Marcellina Vega (born January 7, 1977) is an American journalist and correspondent for 60 Minutes. She previously worked at ABC News , serving as the network's Chief White House Correspondent and co-anchoring Good Morning America .
Phyllis Ann Davis (July 17, 1940 – September 27, 2013) was an American actress who appeared primarily on television. She co-starred on the 1978–1981 dramatic detective series Vega$ as Beatrice Travis, office manager and girl Friday for the show's main character, Las Vegas private detective Dan Tanna, played by Robert Urich.
The family name stemmed from her great-grandfather who was a weaver. In 1875, her father retired from the sea and moved to Copenhagen with his wife and his two daughters (Clara and Augusta). Clara Wæver took up needlework, taught in a girls school and worked in S.B. Wiegand's embroidery shop. [2]
Weaver was born in Crossville, Tennessee to John Thomas Weaver and his wife, Ellen (née Martin). Her father was a general freight agent for a railroad in Louisville, Kentucky. [ 1 ] She attended the University of Kentucky , and later the Indiana University , [ 2 ] with interests in music and won beauty contests at both schools.