They cursed the woman and her descendants to be the butts of jokes and to perpetually embarrass themselves for all to see, for eternity. They found the most intimate moment of her second-eldest daughter’s life and made it immortal. But it was also a curse upon her and upon mankind. Pleased with her obedience, the gods granted her irrational fame. She drank it, sealing her and her daughters’ fates. Perpetual youth is necessary so that no one will ever forget your name,” he said. Nor will your daughters’ faces see the curse of time. The woman agreed without hesitation - she had many daughters after all. One offered her a proposition: If she sacrificed her daughter, everyone would know her name. The gods, feeling itchy and bored one day, noticed this young woman’s yearning. Though she would eventually marry wealthy, the desire to be famous still burned in her veins. Back when the world was new, there was a young woman whose only dream in life was for everyone to know her name.
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