Foreign fairy tales

From the bible. God was very sad about the crimes committed by mankind and decided to destroy mankind with floods. Noah was an upright man, and God told him to build a boat to avoid disaster.

After 40 days and nights of floods, all other creatures except Noah's family and some animals were swallowed up by the floods. Later, it was compared to a refuge or savior in a disaster.

2. Eden

From the bible. God opened a garden in the fertile plain of the east, which contained fruit trees and all kinds of birds and animals. God asked Adam to look after the garden. In order to relieve his loneliness, God took a rib from Adam and made a woman-Eve to accompany him. They live a carefree life. People use the Garden of Eden as a metaphor for a paradise on earth.

3. forbidden fruit

From the bible. Adam and Eve lived in the Garden of Eden, and God allowed them to eat the fruits of the garden, except the fruits of the "tree of knowledge of good and evil". The cunning snake lured them to eat the forbidden fruit. From then on, they learned good and evil, distinguished between true and false, and felt ashamed. Therefore, God expelled them from the Garden of Eden. Forbidden fruit is a metaphor for what is forbidden and desired.

4. Uncle Sam

American nicknames came into being during the 18 12 American-British War. An honest and capable meat packer in New York State is affectionately called "Uncle Sam".

He worked as a quartermaster inspector in new york and New Jersey, and was responsible for stamping beef barrels and wine barrels supplied to the army. It was found that the beef barrel in this factory was covered with the E.A.-U.S.-U.S. logo. Initially, E.A. was the name of an arms contractor, and U.S. was the abbreviation of America. As it happens, the abbreviation of Uncle Sam is the same as that of the United States (U.S.), so people call the United States "Uncle Sam".

Americans regard "Uncle Sam" as the pride and quality of their country because he is honest, reliable, diligent and patriotic. 196 1 year, the US Congress officially recognized "Uncle Sam" as the national symbol of the United States.

5. Achilles heel

It is said that Achilles in ancient Greek mythology is the son of Poseidon and the hero in Homer's epic. His mother once immersed him in the Styx, making him invulnerable. However, due to the rapid flow of Styx, his mother hugged his heel and dared not let it go, so the heel was the most fragile place and also the fatal place. Therefore, the curse was cast.

When he grew up, Achilles fought bravely, but in the end he found his weakness. In the Trojan War, Achilles killed hector, the prince of Troy, and angered Apollo, the patron saint of hector, so the sun god shot Achilles in the heel with a poisonous arrow and killed the warrior.