Chang'e (real legend)

Legend
Based on Wikipedia, Chang'e was actually Houyi's wife. The event happened in the Mid-Autumn Festival. On the distant past, 10 suns had risen and had scorched the earth. It caused hardship for the people. Houyi shot down nine of them (He's actually a very skilled archer), he left 1 sun (perhaps for farming purposes?), After shooting down 9 suns, he was given the elixir. He did not consume the elixir, he instead gave it to Chang'e, his wife. The reason is because he did not want to be immortal without his wife. However, while Houyi was out hunting, his apprentice Fengmeng broke into his house and forced Chang'e to give the elixir to him. She refused, and to make Fengmeng not get it, she instead drank the elixir herself. Chang'e flew to the heavens and she picked the moon as her area, as she loved her husband and hoped to live nearby him. Houyi felt sad on what had become of his wife, so he offered her fruits, offerings, and sacrifices.

Trivia

 * Chang'e was mentioned in a conversation between Houston CAPCOM and the Apollo 11 crew just before the first Moon landing in 1969
 * Chang'e 3 & 4 was actually named by her, obviously by her being the goddess of the moon and those rovers being launched o the moon.