Greek sun myth
Apollo, the sun god, was the son of Zeus and Leto. Hera, the queen of God, was jealous of the love between Zeus and Leto and brutally persecuted Leto, making her wander around. Finally, Leto was taken in by a floating island named Delos, where she gave birth to the sun god and the moon god with difficulty. So Hera sent Python Pito to kill Leto's mother and son, but it didn't work. Later, Leto's mother and son were lucky. Hera was no longer their enemy, and they returned to the ranks of God. In order to avenge his mother, Apollo shot Pito, a python that brought infinite disaster to mankind, with his own arrow, so as to save the people from harm. Apollo was very proud after killing the python. When I met eros Jr., the god of love, I laughed at his little arrow for its powerlessness, so eros hit Apollo with an arrow burning with the flame of love, and hit Daphne, the fairy, with an arrow that could dispel the spark of love, making them miserable. In order to get rid of the pursuit of Apollo, Daphne asked her father to turn herself into a laurel tree. I didn't expect Apollo to still have a crush on her, which moved Daphne very much. After that, Apollo used laurel as an ornament, and laurel became a symbol of victory and honor. Every day at dawn, Apollo, the sun god, will board the golden chariot of the sun, pull up the reins and hold high the whip to patrol the earth, bringing light and warmth to mankind. Therefore, people regard the sun as a symbol of light and life.
Nordic sun myth
Frey is the god of abundance, prosperity, love and peace, and also the king of Alfei, a beautiful fairy tale country. He and Walder are both gods of light, or sun. His elves do good deeds all over the world. He often rides a wild boar with a golden mane to go out for inspection. Everyone enjoys the peace and happiness he gives. He has a sword, which is radiant and can walk on clouds. He also has a pocket magic ship, which can carry all the gods and their weapons when necessary.
China sun myths and legends:
Houyi shot down nine suns.
According to legend, in ancient times, the king of a poor country in Xia Dynasty was a handsome man named Hou Yi. That Hou Yi is not only handsome, but also both civil and military. He knows astronomy above and geography below, and is good at strategy and martial arts, especially archery. Under the wise management of Hou Yi, some poor countries are thriving and arrogant everywhere. People have plenty of food and clothing, live and work in peace and contentment, work at sunrise and rest at sunset, showing a scene of prosperity and peace.
After dealing with state affairs every day, Hou Yi took his beloved bow and arrow (I heard that this arrow was given by the gods) to practice at the archery range, day after day, year after year, without interruption. His archery has reached an unparalleled level.
The days passed in peace and happiness, and some poor countries became more and more prosperous. Just as people were immersed in happiness and satisfaction, suddenly, disaster fell from the sky.
It was a midsummer day, and that morning was no different from before, but at sunrise, ten suns rose in the east at the same time. People looked at everything in front of them, dumbfounded. Everyone knows what it means to have ten suns in the sky. Immediately, there were cries and prayers. People tried every means to ask God for mercy and take back the extra nine suns, but to no avail. Day after day, the crops in the field gradually withered, the water in the river slowly dried up, and the old, the weak and the sick fell down one after another ... Hou Yi looked at everything in front of him, his heart ached, but he could do nothing. He is heartbroken and anxious, and people are getting thinner. One day, just after he closed his eyes, he suddenly dreamed of an old man with a white beard. The old man taught him how to make nine arrows into the shape of the sun and aim them at the bull's-eye every day. After practicing for 7749 days, he was able to shoot down the sun in the sky and told him not to make it public until the fiftieth day. Hou Yi opened his eyes and was surprised. He immediately began to make an arrow target. After shooting the target, he hid in the mountains with an arrow and practiced day and night. On the fiftieth day, after the news that the king was going to shoot the sun came out, the spirits of people struggling with death suddenly cheered up, as if they saw the hope of life. People are afraid that Houyi's arrow will not fall in the sun, and men, women and children will bear the blazing sun. In the shortest time, they will erect a tower several meters high and carry drums to cheer for Houyi. In the deafening drums, Hou Yi stepped onto the balcony step by step. Behind him are countless pairs of eager and expectant eyes. Around him, there is a land of pain and groaning. Above his head, there is a hot and expanding sun. He told himself that he could only succeed, not fail. Although he knew that he was taking a road of no return, he had no regrets in order to save the suffering people.
Finally, when he reached the top of the building, Hou Yi looked back at his subjects and his palace for the last time, then raised his head, raised his arrow and slowly pulled open the bow. With a whoosh, I heard a loud noise, and the hit Sun fell down and disappeared. The audience cheered, and shouts and drums resounded through the sky. Hou Yi drew his bow again and again, and shot seven more. There are only two left. He was exhausted at this time, but he knew that there was only one sun left in the sky. If he gives up at this time, it means that all previous efforts have been in vain. He raised his arrow again and shot down the ninth sun with all his strength, then fell to the ground and never got up again. Everything was restored to its original state, but the brave and respectable Hou Yi closed his eyes forever. ...
The nine suns that were shot fell in nine different places. One of them fell into the Yellow Sea and smashed a lake, which was later called Sheyang Lake. Soon, a river called Sheyang River flowed out of Sheyang Lake.
Myths and legends about the sun in Shan Hai Jing
In the far southeast overseas, there is a country called He. There is an unusually beautiful woman in the country named He. She washes the sun in Gan Yuan every day. The sun will be polluted after dark. After he finished washing, the polluted sun will still be as bright as before when it rises the next day. This one is actually the wife of the legendary ancient emperor. She gave birth to ten suns and let them take turns to be on duty in the air, sending light and warmth to the world. The starting point of these ten suns is desolate and remote. There is a mountain in that place. There is a hibiscus tree on the mountain, 300 miles high, but its leaves are as big as mustard seeds. There is a deep valley under the tree called Tanggu, where the sun bathes. When they finished taking a bath, they hid in the branches and wiped themselves. Every day, the top one flies around in the sky on a bird, and the others board the ship in turn, ready to set off ... Egyptian myth and legend-the legend of pulling the gods.
07-09-1516:10: 00 Editor: China-Africa Investment and Trade Network
Rashin is the highest god in Egypt-the sun god. He was originally an ordinary human god. Later, in order to equate the wax god with the worship of the sun, the religious monks in Egypt regarded the wax god as the Lord of the gods, the sun god and the national god, and regarded him as the creator god. There are many legends about pulling the gods. As a creator, he is regarded as the son of the sea god Nu, who created the world. According to myth, the world was originally an ocean, and there was a glowing egg on the water, from which Dora was born. When he grew up, he became stronger and stronger, becoming the creator and the father of the gods. Mr. Wang gave birth to Fengshen Shu and Yushen. After these two gods, they gradually became the stars in the sky, called "Gemini". Then she gave birth to Sebo, the god of the earth, and Nat, the god of heaven. Sebo and Nat combined to give birth to Osiris, the guardian of the underworld, Seth, the evil god, and his spouse Nippzis. After that, Rashin began to speak. He ordered heaven and earth to rise from a piece of waste water. La first let her own light shine on the earth, and then let Fengshen hold up the gods in the sky to form a vault, while Sebo, the god of the earth, lay flat on his back, thus forming heaven and earth. According to Barbara's orders, he asked the earth to conjure something. As long as he speaks his wishes, everything will appear in front of him, so all creatures and substances on the earth are formed, and finally human beings are born from his eyes. After all this, Barbara began to walk back and forth in the crowd. He was not only the ruler of the gods, but also the first emperor on earth.
Dora has many names that neither god nor man knows. He also has a secret name, because of this name, he has the power of God. Isis, the goddess who lives as a woman, is tired of human life and wants to return to heaven. She knows magic, so she really wants to get the ruling power between heaven and earth like pulling gods, so she is eager to know her father's secret name. So she began to follow La Shen, always paying attention to La Shen's actions in order to find opportunities to achieve her goals. When I am old, I often drool when I talk. Isis found an opportunity. Once, she went out with Rashin. Rashin's saliva flowed to the ground and she picked it up with dirt. When she got back, she dried the soil to make a spear, and then turned the spear into a poisonous snake by magic. She put the snake in Rashin's usual place. When Rashin walked by, the snake jumped on him and bit him. The venom of the poisonous snake quickly penetrated into Rashin's body, and Rashin was in great pain. He shouted loudly from time to time, even in the farthest part of the kingdom of heaven. The gods who accompanied him didn't know what had happened. They all asked him anxiously. He told them that he was attacked by a poisonous snake and hoped that someone could help him. Although god wants to pull him, he can't do it. At this time, Isis, the goddess of mixed gods, stepped forward. She pretended to comfort God and asked the Holy Father. Then she wanted to tell him her secret name, and only in this way could she help him alleviate his pain. Hearing Isis's words, Rashin was very sad and had to say some of his names, namely Capella at dawn, Dora during the day and Tam at night. The goddess listened to Barbara's words, but she was still unmoved. She still wants to pull God to tell his secret name. At this moment, the venom has a strong harmful effect in Lala's body, just like a fire burning violently in his heart. Laura felt that she was dying, and he had to let his secret name (that is, "Lan") enter Isis' body. When Dora finished speaking, she disappeared before the gods. Isis is waiting. When Laura's secret name was about to leave her heart, Isis asked her son Horus to recite a spell to force Laura to hand over his eyes. Laura had to dedicate her eyes to Horus, the sun and the moon. Finally, the secret name of La Shen finally entered Isis's heart, so the goddess made the venom disappear from La Shen's body and La Shen recovered his health.
The above two stories show the creative achievements of La Shen and the plot of his later years respectively. This is just one of the stories about pulling God to create the world. The latter story reflects that the Egyptians equate God with man. The power of God is not eternal, there are birth and death, but the Egyptians have their own views on the issue of death. This question will be mentioned later.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, La Shen was not only the master of creation, but also the master of gods. He also taught mankind to create inventions, dispel disasters and evil spirits and benefit others. He was deeply loved and praised by human beings, and even the pharaohs in ancient Egypt called themselves Rashin.
According to legend, the wax god ruled the universe for thousands of years, and finally he became old and weak. So some people began to shake his prestige, and some people ridiculed and slandered him, which made Rashin very angry. One day, he summoned the gods and asked them to come up with a top-secret plan to punish mankind. Atum, the master of Tianhe, suggested that Rashin's daughter Hart should exterminate mankind. Hator is a cruel and rude goddess of blood. As soon as she arrived on the earth, she left the earth with piles of bones and a sea of blood. Seeing this bloody scene, Rashin felt sympathy for the human being he created himself, and decided to stop Hator's crazy action. He sent a swift messenger to "Philae Island" to retrieve a kind of sleeping fruit, which is deep red in color and has the same juice as human blood. Then Rashin ordered the juice to be sent to Heliopolis (Sun City, Rashin City), where women mixed highland barley wine to make something like human blood. As night fell, La God asked the messenger to pour highland barley wine into the field on the ground, and the field suddenly turned into a sea of blood. When this day comes, the bloodthirsty goddess is ready to kill human beings. When she came to the field, she found it was full of blood. She laughed wildly, thinking that all human beings had been killed and all the blood had flowed out. So she rushed to the field to suck blood, and she sucked and sucked hard. The highland barley wine made her drunk, and soon the sleep juice also played a role in her. Hator, the bloodthirsty goddess, finally fell to the ground and could no longer kill human beings.
In addition, there is a story of a sun boat in Egyptian mythology. Egyptians regard the Nile as the source of life, so they think the world is born of water. Rashin goes out for a cruise on a solar boat every day. When the sun rose in the east, Rashin toured the Nile in a solar boat, bringing happiness and peace to mankind. Every night, the sun boat goes down from the west, enters the Styx and begins to spend it in the dark world. In the eyes of the Egyptians, there are only two rivers in the world. One is the Nile, the Egyptian river that represents the day and the bright world. The other is Tianhe, the river Styx, which represents the night and symbolizes the world of hell and the country of hades. It takes twelve hours to pull God through the twelve gates of Styx. Every door indicates dangers and obstacles, so the story of pulling God's solar boat secretly crossing the Styx becomes a beautiful legend of beat the devil overcoming difficulties and welcoming the dawn.
First of all, the sun boat of La Shen greets you in the kingdom of La Shen River, where there are six giant pythons waiting for you, and they invade from time to time. The bow of the sun was guarded by Goddess of Heaven and Fengshen, and soon they passed the first hour safely. In the Styx, every hour you walk, you will pass a city of death, where there is a snake named Apophis, which is a special threat to the sun god. Every time you pass a kingdom, you will climb over the tall gate, where there are all kinds of weapons, many soldiers and huge pythons waiting for you. The gods of the sun god are fully prepared for this. They drove the sun boat to the second kingdom-Ulanas, where the gods were welcomed by people and the sun boat passed this place safely. At the fifth hour, the sun boat came to the fifth kingdom, where there was the terrible god of hades, Sokade. He has three heads and a snake body, guarding two fierce sphinxes around him, but Rashin was not intimidated by them, and the sun boat continued to move forward. At the seventh hour, they came to the kingdom of Osiris. Osiris was a great god. He wears a white and red crown in the north and south, and is in charge of the fate of everyone who dies here. He is responsible for weighing the hearts of the dead. He put the feathers of truth and the hearts of the dead on a fair scale. If he is a villain, his heart will be heavier than a feather. Osiris will put such people's hearts in the deepest part of the water and let them live with Apophis in the city of death to purify the evil soul. If he is a kind person, his heart will be lighter than a feather. Then Osiris will give the heart of such a person to Thoth, the god of wisdom and magic, and let Thoth put it back in his master's chest. In this way, even if the master dies, he can stay in another world, where he can see his soul, and good people will live forever.
In the nine countries of night and the ten countries of night, there are all kinds of demons and ghosts that block the progress of the sun ship, but they are all defeated by La Shen and his party. They soon came to the eleventh kingdom. This is the kingdom ruled by Rashin. Horus, son of Osiris, lit peak fires everywhere, illuminating the solar boat, and all Rashin's enemies were destroyed by the fire.
At twelve o'clock, the darkness is about to pass and the light is coming. They walked out of the python's cave. At this time, the sun god was beetle-shaped, called Kepler. At the last door stood Osiris's wife Isis and Seth's wife Nippzis. They turned into snakes and walked into the solar boat with Rashin. Now Rashin is about to dawn again, and he is lifted by the goddess Nath. When the sun god left Styx, the souls of the dead cried loudly.
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The legend of Maui
In the legend of Hawaii, there is a legendary holy place called Maui. Aunt Mao has long taken care of the residents on the island. He thinks the days are too short, because the sun flies too fast, and people can't finish their work and enjoy life. So, "Mao Yi" hid in the highest crater on the island, set a trap for the sun god, and asked the sun god to promise to slowly pass through the air in the future. To this day, the sun god still keeps this promise and regards Mount Haleakala as his home. This ancient Hawaiian legend is still circulating on the magical island of Maui, and the ancient Hawaiian culture that produced these legendary myths is more energetic and vital than before. Canoeing, hula, hymns and music in Hawaiian. Here you can see that they are proud of Maui's past and full of infinite hope for the future. You can also feel it from friendly people everywhere. In the amazing nature, in the beautiful scenery of the sea and sky, in the fragrant flowers and waterfalls, there are more things here. Some people call him Aloha, while others simply call him "Mao Yi".
The myth of Oceania is really hard to find. It was founded in modern times. It's a little old. Maybe there are similar myths among the aborigines, but I can't find them. I'm sorry