Fairy tales of "the origin of mankind"

With regard to the origin of human beings, there is a widespread myth that macaques evolved into adults in Tibetan areas. Myth says:

For a long time, the poor areas in Yalong River valley in Shannan area of Tibet have mild climate, high mountains and dense forests. There is a macaque living on the mountain. Later, this macaque married Yan Rogue and gave birth to six young macaques. The old monkey let them live in a forest full of fruits. Three years later, when the old monkey went to see it again, it had already multiplied to more than 500. Because of the lack of food, some fight with each other, scratching their faces and pulling off their ears. The monkey is hungry and purrs. Seeing the old monkey coming, he came around and shouted, "What can we eat? ? "Raise your hand to ask each other, it's up shit creek. Seeing this, the old monkey couldn't bear it. So he took them to a hillside full of wild grains and pointed out to the monkeys, "Eat this!" " "Since then, monkeys have eaten wild food that has not been planted, their hair has gradually become shorter, their tails have gradually disappeared, and they can talk again in the future, thus evolving into humans.

Second, the flood, brother and sister get married

In some Tibetan areas of Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, there is a myth that ancient floods flooded fields, mountains and rivers and human beings. Only two brothers and sisters got into the cowhide valve and floated for seven days and seven nights. When the water receded, they survived. The two brothers and sisters had to become husband and wife and gave birth to the present human beings.

Some brothers in the southwest have the same flood myth. This kind of myth describes the ancient flood disaster; At the same time, it reflects the situation of "consanguineous endogamy".

The myth also mentions that crops suffer from drought without rain, and there are millstones, dustpans, sieves and other instruments related to agricultural production, which shows that this myth was born in the period of agricultural development. Some essays say that the flood was caused by a big earthquake, which caused the mountain to collapse and blocked the river. This is a reflection of local natural disasters.

Third,

Nu Wa made man out of clay.

Pangu created the world and made the sun, moon, stars, mountains and vegetation with his body. The polluted air remaining between heaven and earth has gradually turned into insects, fish, birds and beasts, adding vitality to this lifeless world. At this time, Nu Wa made a baby.

There is a goddess, Nu Wa, walking on this vast Yuan Ye. She looked around, the mountains were rolling, the rivers were running, the jungle was dense, the vegetation was in full bloom, birds were flying in the sky, animals were running on the ground, fish were playing in the water, and insects were jumping in the grass. It is said that the world is also beautifully decorated. But she always feels a kind of unspeakable loneliness. The more she watched it, the more bored she became, and her loneliness became stronger and stronger. Even she can't figure out why. Tell Shan Ye about her irritability, and Shan Ye can't understand her at all; Talk to insects, fish, birds and animals about your troubles. They can't understand her troubles. She sat slumped by the pond, staring at her own shadow in the pond. Suddenly a leaf fell into the pool, and a small ripple appeared on the still water, which made her shadow shake slightly. She suddenly felt that the knot in her heart was untied, yes! Why does she have that kind of unspeakable loneliness? It turns out that the world lacks a creature like her. Thinking of this, the goddess fills the sky.

Son, she immediately dug some dirt by the pool, filled it with water and pinched it according to her own shadow. She felt very happy. Pinch, pinch, pinch into a small thing, similar in appearance to Nu Wa, but also with five senses, two hands and two feet. After kneading, I put it on the ground and actually came back to life. When Nu Wa saw it, she was filled with joy, and then she squeezed a handful. She called these little things "people". These "people" were created in the image of God. Their heroic behavior was naturally different from other creatures. They were actually chirping like Nu Wa. They cheered around Nu Wa for a while and slowly separated. Nu Wa's lonely heart suddenly warmed up. She wanted to make the world lively and let the people created by herself be everywhere, so she kept working and pinched one after another. But after all, the world is too big. After working for a long time, her hands are numb, and the little people squeezed out are still rare on earth. She didn't think it would work, so she broke a vine from nearby, plunged into the mire and threw it on the ground with dirt. As a result, the little mud became a villain, which was similar to the shape made by hand and much faster. Nu Wa saw that Nu Wa made man.

The new method has worked, and the more it is sprinkled, the more energetic it is. There are people everywhere on the earth. Nu Wa created many people on the earth. Her heart was happy and her loneliness was swept away. She feels very tired, so she needs to have a rest, walk around and see how those people live. One day, she went to a place and saw that it was sparsely populated. This is very strange. She leaned over to examine it carefully. She saw many little people lying on the ground, motionless. She fiddled with her hand, but nothing happened. It turns out that this is the villain she used to be. By this time, her hair had turned white and she was dead. Nu Wa was secretly worried when she saw this situation. She thinks that she has worked hard to make people, but people are constantly aging and dying. At this rate, if there are always people in the world, why not keep making them? This is never the way. Therefore, Nu Wa divided human beings into men and women with reference to the law of all things in the world, so that human beings could cooperate with men and women to reproduce. Because man is a creature who imitates God and cannot be equal to animals, she established a marriage system to distinguish it from promiscuity between animals. Since then, the world has regarded Nu Wa as a "divine medium". Xiang Nu Wa's Legend of Making Man

After The goddess patching the sky, he began to make people out of clay. Everyone makes a man. He takes a grain of sand as a plan and finally becomes a big stone. Nu Wa built it by the Zero River in Xitian. This stone began at the beginning of heaven and earth and was gradually realized by the essence of the sun and the moon. I don't know how many years passed, but I heard a loud noise in the sky, and a stone went straight into the sky as if to break through the sky. Nu Wa looked around, stunned. After absorbing the essence of the sun and the moon, she saw that the stone was top-heavy and stood upright, which could stand tall. It looks amazing. It gave birth to two divine lines and divided the stone into three sections, meaning to devour heaven, earth and people. Nu Wa sealed the stone with a spell. She thought that she lacked the cycle of marriage after she made a human, so she named it Sanshengshi, endowed it with magical power, named its three sections as past life, present life and afterlife respectively, and added a marriage line to her body, which lasted from this life to the afterlife. In order to better restrain its magic, Nu Wa thought and thought, and finally put it in the gate of hell and forget Sichuan, in charge of the third generation of marriage cycle. When this stone stands upright, the divine power shines all over the world, and people who kneel for marriage reincarnation are in an endless stream.

Fourth, Prometheus

Heaven and earth were created, and the waves of the sea rose and fell, beating against the coast. Fish play in the water and birds sing in the air. big

There are many animals on the ground, but no advanced creature with soul can dominate the world around. So Prometheus

When he was born, he was a descendant of the ancient God-only family exiled by Zeus, and was the Partos born to his mother Gaia and Uranus.

The son of. He was smart and wise, knowing that the seeds of gods were hidden in the soil, so he picked up the soil and moistened it with river water.

Harmony, according to the master of the world, that is, the appearance of the gods, is shaped into a human form. In order to give life to the clay figurine, he took it from animals.

The soul takes two kinds of characters, good and evil, and is sealed in people's chest. Among the gods, he has a girlfriend, namely wisdom.

Goddess Athena; She was amazed at the creation of Son of God Titan, so she blew on this clay figurine with only half a soul and made it.

It gained spirituality.

In this way, the first batch of people appeared in the world. They thrived and soon formed a huge group, which spread all over the country. But there are many

For a long time, they didn't know how to use their limbs, nor did they know how to use the soul given by God. They saw it.

Invisible, inaudible, like a human figure in a dream, walking aimlessly, but not knowing how to play its role. he

Scientists don't know how to stone, burn bricks, cut down trees to make rafters, and then build houses with these materials. They are like ants.

Just like living in a cave without sunshine, you won't notice that winter has gone, spring has come, and summer solstice has come; They do everything without a plan.

So Prometheus came to help his creation. He taught them to observe the rise and fall of the sun, moon and stars; give him

Scientists invented numbers and words to let them know how to calculate and exchange ideas with words; He also taught them to ride animals to share him.

Children's labor makes them know how to put a reins on a horse to pull a cart or be a mount. He invented ships and sails to sail on the sea.

All right. He cares about all other activities in human life. Once upon a time, sick people didn't know how to treat diseases with drugs or how to apply ointment.

Or take medicine to relieve pain, many patients died tragically because of lack of medicine. Now, Prometheus teaches them to make drugs.

Drugs for preventing and treating various diseases. In addition, he taught them divination, explained dreams, and explained the signs of flight and sacrifice of various birds.

He guided them to explore underground mineral deposits and let them discover mineral deposits and mine iron and gold and silver. He taught them agricultural techniques and let him

Children live more comfortably.

Not long ago, Zeus exiled his father Cronus and overthrew the ancient family of gods. Prometheus was born here.

Only God's family. Now, Zeus and his sons are the new masters in the sky, and they begin to pay attention to the newly formed human beings.

They demand that human beings respect them as a condition for protecting human beings. One day, in Mercon, Greece, the gods gathered together.

Will negotiate and determine the rights and obligations of human beings. Prometheus attended the meeting as a defender of mankind. At the meeting, he was established.

The law prevents the gods from demanding sacrifices because they promise to protect mankind. The son of Titan is determined to use his wisdom.

Huilai lied to the gods. He killed a big cow on behalf of his creation, and asked God to choose only the parts they liked. He offered

The sacrificial bull was cut into pieces and divided into two piles. A pile of meat, viscera, fat, covered with cowhide, with tripe on it.

Son; The other pile is full of cow bones, cleverly wrapped in beef suet. This pile is bigger than the other. Know everything.

Zeus, the father of Almighty God, saw through his trick and said, "Son of Partos, noble king, my good friend."

Friend, how unfair it is for you to share the sacrifice! "At this time, Prometheus became more and more convinced that he had fooled Zeus, so he smiled to himself.

He said: "Noble Zeus, the father of all gods, just choose a pile according to your own wishes!" " "Zeus was very angry,

But deliberately stretched out his hands to get white sheep fat. When he peeled off the suet and saw all the stripped bones, he has been pretending until now.

Only then did he realize that he had been cheated and said angrily, "I see, Iapetus's son, you haven't forgotten your deceptive words."

Two! "

Zeus was cheated and decided to get back at Prometheus. He refused to provide mankind with the last thing necessary for life:

It's on fire. But Iapetus's son was very alert and immediately came up with a clever idea. He brought thick and long fennel.

Straw, carrying it close to the coming solar car, put fennel straw into its flame and ignite it, and then return to the ground with a flashing light.

In fact, the first pile of firewood soon burned up, and the fire grew stronger and stronger, and the flames soared into the sky. Zeus flew into a rage when he saw the flames rising on the earth.

Isn't it, seeing that you can't take fire away from human beings, in order to offset the fire, you quickly come up with new disasters to punish human beings.

The welfare that society brings to mankind. He ordered hephaestus, the Vulcan, who is famous for his craftsmanship, to build a stone statue for a beautiful woman. Athena gradually

She was jealous of Prometheus and lost her kindness to him. She personally dressed the stone statue in a shiny white dress and covered her head with a veil.

She wore a wreath and a golden ribbon. This golden ribbon is also made in hephaestus. In order to please his father, he is very careful

Heart-shaped production, exquisite gold belt, belt decorated with different animal images. Hermes, the messenger of the gods, gave this charming fan.

The human body teaches language skills; Aphrodite, the goddess of love, endowed her with various attractive charms. So Zeus gave this beautiful shape.

The elephant was injected with a vicious disaster. He named her Pandora, which means "a woman with all talents" because all the gods gave her gifts.

Give her a gift that harms mankind. He sent this young woman to earth, a wandering god who enjoyed herself on the ground.

I was amazed at the incomparable beauty of this woman. She found Prometheus' brother Epimetheus,

Ask him to accept a gift from Zeus. Epimetheus has a kind heart and no suspicion.

Prometheus once warned his brother on Mount Olympus not to accept any gifts from Zeus, but to accept them immediately.

Give it back. However, Epimetheus forgot this warning and accepted this beautiful young woman happily. straight

It took him a hard time to realize that he had brought disaster. Before that, mankind listened to Prometheus' warning, because

There are no disasters, no hardships, and no diseases that afflict people. Now, the girl has a present in her hand. this is

A big closed box. As soon as she arrived in Epimetheus, she suddenly opened the lid, and the disaster inside was like black smoke.

Like flying out, it quickly spread to the ground. There is only one beautiful thing hidden deep in the bottom of the box: hope, but Pandora.

According to the warning of the father of gods, close the lid before it flies out, so that hope will be kept in the box forever.

Yes Since then, all kinds of disasters have flooded the earth, the sky and the ocean. Diseases spread and wreak havoc among human beings day and night,

And silent, because Zeus wouldn't let them make a sound. All kinds of fevers are raging on the earth, and death is flying around people.

Run wild. Then Zeus took revenge on Prometheus himself. He gave the enemy to hephaestus and two servants.

In their hands, these two servants are nicknamed Kratos and Pia, which means strength and violence. They dragged Prometheus to scottie.

The barren hills of Asia. Here, he was locked by a strong chain on the hanging rock of Caucasus Mountain and went down to the terrible abyss. Gerbe

Toth is unwilling to carry out his father's orders because he likes the son of Titan very much. He is his relative and contemporaries.

The descendants of his great-grandfather Uranus are also descendants of God. However, the two rude servants who carried out the cruel orders were due to

He said many words of sympathy and gave him a good scolding. Prometheus was forced to be locked on a cliff, and he was hung upright.

I can't sleep, bending my tired knees. "No matter how you complain and lament, it's useless.

Hephaestus said to him, "Because Zeus's will is unshakable, these have only recently gained power from others.

The god of power is very cruel. "The prisoner was sentenced to torture is permanent, at least thirty thousand years. Although he is very big.

Crying sadly, calling for the wind, rivers, oceans and the mother of everything, and the sun watching everything to do painful things for him.

Card, but his spirit is indestructible "No matter who learns to realize the irresistible force of fate,"

He said, "You must bear the pain of destiny takes a hand." Zeus repeatedly threatened him to explain his unlucky prophecy, namely

"A new marriage will destroy the king of the gods", but he never spoke. Zeus kept his promise and sent one every day.

An evil eagle pecked Prometheus' liver. How much the liver eats will soon return to its original state. This painful fold

He had to put up with it until someone died for him voluntarily in the future.

(1) refers to the marriage with the sea goddess thetis. His son has more power than his father.

The day has finally come to relieve the suffering of the unfortunate Prometheus. Now he is hanging from a hanging rock and has spent a long time in sorrow.

One day after the tragedy, Hercules came here to look for Hesperides. He saw the evil eagle pecking at the poor.

Prometheus' liver, then he took out his bow and arrow and shot down this cruel and evil eagle from the side of the liver of the suffering person.

Fall down. Then he loosened the chain, liberated Prometheus and took him away from the cliff. But in order to meet the conditions of Zeus, Hera

Cyrus left the Chiron Star of Ken Taulos, a centaur, on the cliff and became his body double. Although Kay Long Xing can claim eternal life, but for

In order to save Prometheus, he was willing to give his life. In order to carry out Zeus' judgment thoroughly, Prometheus must always

Put an iron ring on the Caucasus Mountain with stones. In this way, Zeus can proudly claim that his enemy is still

However, he was locked on the cliff of Caucasus Mountain.