The content of Greek mythology
Greek mythology is mainly divided into two parts: the story of god and the legend of hero. Among them, fairy tales tell the origin of the universe, the origin of human beings and the lineage of the gods of Olympus. Heroic myth tells the story of Greek heroes. The author also systematically summarized:
First, the Greek myth of creation and the five ages of mankind
The part about God in Greek mythology mainly tells the origin of the universe and human beings, the appearance and pedigree of God, and so on. First of all, it has the same beginning as China's myth: the birth of the universe and the birth of mankind. At first, the Greek universe was also chaotic and empty. As time goes by, the earth keeps spinning, and the rotating force pushes the sky to the sky, making the sky full of stars, the blue ocean appears, the magical earth is born, and the world is surrounded by sunshine and air. The birth of human beings is similar to the myth of China, and human beings are all fabricated from the soil. In Greece, the god who created mankind was Prometheus. Like Zeus, he is full of wisdom and courage. He knew that the soil contained the aura of the gods, so he integrated the soil with the river water according to the appearance of the gods, crowding out human beings. Moreover, Prometheus took good and evil from animal souls and sealed them in the chest of clay figurines, which made human beings have the distinction between good and evil. Finally, Athena, the goddess of wisdom, breathed a sigh of relief at these clay figurines, and thus human beings really came into being. Therefore, there are many similarities between China and Greek mythology about the emergence of the universe and the emergence of human beings, but they are the same in form. Among them, the spirit of sacrifice and dedication shown in China's creation myth is not reflected in Greek creation myth. Moreover, there is no detailed explanation for the creation process of the universe. The production of animals and plants in the universe seems to have occurred at the time of the creation of the universe, without any roots. However, these doubts