Aphrodite's Curse on Mira

Aphrodite found the weeping Mira on the Arabian peninsula. The woman, not wanting to face the living by staying on earth, begged to go somewhere else. Aphrodite granted her request, and ended her torment when she turned the woman into a Murtry. As Mira's feet took root, and her skin hardened, she breathed for her last time as a human,. All leaves sprouted, and the tree swayed gently in the wind. Then there was a knocking, then a crying, Aphrodite froze. She cracked open the hollow part toward the center of the tree, and the baby writhed, screaming. And minutes later, the baby was on his way