1. Gods of Olympus
Before the universe existed, everything was turbid, shadowless and formless. There is no sky, no earth, no air, just dark chaos. This chaos is called Chaos. He and his wife, Nyx, the goddess of the night, rule everything. They gave birth to darkness and called it Erebus. After a long time, Chaos and Xix got tired of the work of ruling, so they asked the god of darkness, their son Erebus, to help manage it. Erebus took the opportunity to overthrow his father. He married his mother and had two beautiful and beautiful children - Light and Day. The light is called Phoebe, and the day is called Melos.
Light and day also rose up and overthrew Erebus Erebus, who came to rule and let their son Eros, who was love, come to help. Together they created the ocean Oceanus and the earth Gaia. Eros gave the earth grass, trees, flowers, beasts, etc.; he gave the ocean all kinds of swimming fish and shrimps.
The earth Gaia itself gave birth to the god Uranus. The god Uranus united with his mother Gaia and gave birth to 6 monsters. The gods were afraid of these monsters and locked them in hell. Mother Earth encouraged her children to rebel. The younger son used the machete given by his mother to cut off the god's genitals and then threw them from the sky. The blood of the god dropped into the sea and turned into "Venus", the god of beauty and love. A few drops of blood fell to the ground and turned into the goddess of revenge.
The younger son Cronus became the king of heaven. He also imprisoned his brothers and sisters in hell, leaving only his sister Rhea as his wife. When the god was overthrown, he cursed Cronus, saying that he would be overthrown by his son in the future. Cronus ate his children one by one. Rhea secretly gave birth to her sixth son in a cave. This is Zeus. When Zeus grew up, he gave Cronus a vomiting medicine with the help of the goddess of wisdom Melos, thus saving the brothers and sisters that Cronus had eaten.
Zeus became the king of the gods. He married his sister Hera. Later, Zeus gave birth to the God of War, the Goddess of Wisdom, the Sun God, etc., forming a huge Olympus family.
2. Prometheus
The sky and the earth were created, the sea was running happily, the fish were swimming freely in the water, and the birds were singing in the sky. Deer are jumping in the woods. However, there is a lack of life to control and manage this bustling world.
At this time, the Illuminati Prometheus descended on the earth. He is the child of Uranus, the god of heaven, and Gaia, the earth mother. He is alert and extremely wise. In Zeus's struggle to usurp the throne, he sided with the young man and defeated Cronus. When Zeus divided the world on Mount Olympus, he did not want to be a god, so he came to the earth. He knew that the seeds of gods were hidden in the soil, so he gathered some soil, mixed it with clear spring water, and kneaded it into a human being in the shape of the gods. He also took the good and evil from the hearts of various animals and sealed them in the human chest. His good friend Athena, the goddess of wisdom, was very surprised by Prometheus's creation, so she helped him and breathed divine breath and soul into the created creature. Thus the first man was born.
Newly born people are still very weak and their living conditions are extremely poor. They live in dark, damp caves and do not know how to build or use weapons and tools. It is not only attacked by wind, snow, cold and heat, but also harmed by poisonous snakes and beasts. Not only do they lack enough food, but they are also often threatened by disease and death. Prometheus, the creator and protector of mankind, was very sympathetic to mankind's misfortunes and determined to help mankind escape from these sufferings. When Apollo's solar chariot passed by in the sky, he used a tomato stick to attract fire and gave it to mankind.
With fire, humans have light and warmth, which adds the power to conquer nature, defeat diseases and beasts. Prometheus also taught humans various skills and knowledge such as cooking, architecture, navigation, mining, astronomy, arithmetic, medicine, literature and art. People become smarter, wiser, and live a happy and joyful life. Society is becoming increasingly civilized and prosperous.
Prometheus's feat of stealing fire for humans angered the god Zeus, who wanted to severely punish this god who was bent on humans.
He asked the god of fire and blacksmith Hephaestus to build the strongest hinges and wedges, and asked the god of strength and violence to assist the craftsman. He tied Prometheus to the cliff of the Caucasus Mountains and let him hang upright. He could neither bend his knees nor sleep. Zeus also ordered the storm to beat him, and sent out thunder and lightning to strike him. He also sent a huge eagle to eat Prometheus's liver every day. The liver is eaten during the day and grows again at night for the eagle to peck at the next day. And so on.
The torture suffered by Prometheus shocked the daughters of the sea. They whimpering and crowded to the foot of the Caucasus Mountains to comfort Prometheus. Poseidon also came in a carriage and persuaded Prometheus to admit his mistake to Zeus and reconcile with Zeus. Prometheus refused and said: "No, I will never reconcile with Zeus."
In this way, Prometheus was chained alone on the Caucasus Mountains, enduring all the things Zeus had to impose on him. torture. Until one day 30,000 years later, the great hero Hercules came to the Caucasus Mountains and saw the descendant of the god imprisoned on a cliff, with a giant eagle standing on his knees, tearing away his bloody flesh. Liver, couldn't help but pity the poor sufferer. He bent his bow and arrow and shot the giant eagle to death; he broke the chains and freed Prometheus. The sufferings of this great hero Prometheus, noblest of saints and martyrdom for mankind, were brought to an end.
Myths from various countries 1
1. Gods of Mount Olympus
Before the universe existed, everything was turbid, shadowless and formless. There is no sky, no earth, no air, just dark chaos. This chaos is called Chaos. He and his wife, Nyx, the goddess of the night, rule everything. They gave birth to darkness and called it Erebus. After a long time, Chaos and Xix got tired of the work of ruling, so they asked the god of darkness, their son Erebus, to help manage it. Erebus took the opportunity to overthrow his father. He married his mother and had two beautiful and beautiful children - Light and Day. The light is called Phoebe, and the day is called Melos.
Light and day also rose up and overthrew Erebus Erebus, who came to rule and let their son Eros, who was love, come to help. Together they created the ocean Oceanus and the earth Gaia. Eros gave the earth grass, trees, flowers, beasts, etc.; he gave the ocean all kinds of swimming fish and shrimps.
The earth Gaia itself gave birth to the god Uranus. The god Uranus united with his mother Gaia and gave birth to 6 monsters. The gods were afraid of these monsters and locked them in hell. Mother Earth encouraged her children to rebel. The younger son used the machete given by his mother to cut off the god's genitals and then threw them from the sky. The blood of the god dropped into the sea and turned into "Venus", the god of beauty and love. A few drops of blood fell to the ground and turned into the goddess of revenge.
The younger son Cronus became the king of heaven. He also imprisoned his brothers and sisters in hell, leaving only his sister Rhea as his wife. When the god was overthrown, he cursed Cronus, saying that he would be overthrown by his son in the future. Cronus ate his children one by one. Rhea secretly gave birth to her sixth son in a cave. This is Zeus. When Zeus grew up, he gave Cronus a vomiting medicine with the help of the goddess of wisdom Melos, thus saving the brothers and sisters that Cronus had eaten.
Zeus became the king of the gods. He married his sister Hera. Later, Zeus gave birth to the God of War, the Goddess of Wisdom, the Sun God, etc., forming a huge Olympus family.
2. Prometheus
The sky and the earth were created, the sea was running happily, the fish were swimming freely in the water, and the birds were singing in the sky. Deer are jumping in the woods. However, there is a lack of life to control and manage this bustling world.
At this time, the Illuminati Prometheus descended on the earth. He is the child of Uranus, the god of heaven, and Gaia, the earth mother. He is alert and extremely wise. In Zeus's struggle to usurp the throne, he sided with the young man and defeated Cronus. When Zeus divided the world on Mount Olympus, he did not want to be a god, so he came to the earth. He knew that the seeds of gods were hidden in the soil, so he gathered some soil, mixed it with clear spring water, and kneaded it into a human being in the shape of the gods. He also took the good and evil from the hearts of various animals and sealed them in the human chest.
The dolls jumped, jumped, laughed happily around the snail, and kept calling "Mom, Mom". Nushuai was so happy that she laughed heartily. She no longer felt lonely and alone.
Nuwa named these smart and beautiful calves "people", which means people can walk upright. Nuwa decided to let a "man" who is full of wisdom, can speak, and can walk upright be the master of the world and manage everything in the world.
In order to fill the earth with people, Nvhuo kept kneading and squeezing it. But the world is too big, and when the people she created were scattered across the vast land, they were still very few, and she felt exhausted.
At this time, she came up with a wonderful idea. She pulled a wild vine from the cliff, stretched the wild vine into the Yellow River, stirred up the yellow mud, and then lifted the wild vine He swung it hard on the ground, and immediately, the countless small mud spots splashed on the ground turned into people jumping happily. Using this method to create people is fast and hassle-free. With a wave of the cane, a large group of people appeared. Soon, the earth was covered with human traces.
The earth is full of humans, but humans are dead. How can human beings continue to develop continuously? Nuwa is thinking again. Later, she finally came up with a solution: divide human beings into men and women, let men and women marry, have children, and let them take on the responsibility of creating future generations.
Since then, humans have been passed down from generation to generation, endlessly, and more and more.
4. Refining stones to mend the sky
After Nuwa created human beings, there were many years of peace and quiet, and human beings worked and lived freely on the earth.
Unexpectedly, one year, terrible changes took place in the world, and a disaster suddenly came to the world. The pillars supporting the east, west, south and north sides of the sky were destroyed, causing the sky to collapse and the earth torn apart. The sky revealed large holes one after another, which could no longer cover the earth; the ground in Jizhou, Kezhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, Yuzhou, Liangzhou, Yongzhou and other places fractured and collapsed into lines. Deep ravines, floods erupted from the center of the earth, rivers, lakes and seas set off huge waves, rushing towards the earth. The floods and waves swallowed up countless houses, people and animals. There was also a raging fire in the forest, and the fire continued to spread, burning all living things.
Poisonous snakes and beasts also came out to harm humans. From time to time, ferocious birds rushed down from the sky like lightning and snatched away the elderly and children. A cruel black dragon also appeared in Jizhou, taking the opportunity to cause trouble, destroying fields, overturning houses, and devouring people and animals.
The world is a terrible and desolate scene. Humanity can no longer survive. Nuwa was heartbroken to see the human beings she created suffering such great suffering. She is determined to mend the sky and the earth, stop water and extinguish fire, punish ferocious birds and beasts, and save mankind from despair.
Nuwa stood in the middle of the earth, looking around everything, thinking about how to start this huge and arduous task. She picked countless colorful stones from mountains and rivers, piled them together, and used the blazing fire in the forest to melt the colorful stones into slurry. Then she held the hot stone slurry in her hands, flew up, and filled the holes in the sky one by one. With the addition of the colorful stone slurry, although the sky is not as smooth as before, it is more beautiful and colorful than before.
Nuwa was afraid that the sky would collapse after repairing it, so she killed a big turtle and cut off its four legs to use as pillars to support the four sides of the sky. From then on, the sky sat steadily on the four strong pillars, and there was no more collapse accident.
After repairing the sky, Nushu rushed to Jizhou again, killed the evil black dragon, and drove away the ferocious man-eating birds and beasts, so that humans would no longer be harmed by beasts.
Now it’s time to control the rolling flood. Nushu traveled all over the land of China, gathering all the reeds and burning them into ashes, piling them up to block the monstrous floods and fill up the ravines and ravines washed away by the floods. The flood was stopped and the earth returned to its original appearance.
In order to make human life richer and more enjoyable, Nuwo created another musical instrument shaped like a phoenix - the Shenghuang. The sheng reed is made of a gourd, with thirteen pipes inserted into it. When played, it produces melodious and sweet music.
She gave this instrument to humans and taught them how to play it. With this musical instrument as a companion, human beings are indeed living more happily and happily than before.
5. Ama (Mali Mythology)
The world was created by Ama, the highest god. Ama was very dissatisfied when he saw that the world was empty and dark. He grabbed the mud ball and rolled it into a large ball and a smaller ball, and then rolled many smaller balls. He smelted these clay balls in the fire for three years and six months. When the balls were smelted to a white-hot state, Ama surrounded the largest ball with eight red threads and placed it in the sky. In the middle, it became a shining, radiant sun. Amma then used eight white threads to surround the smaller ball and put it in the sky, becoming a white and beautiful moon. He threw many small balls into the sky, and they turned into countless twinkling stars.
Amma continues to create the world. He took a ball of clay and molded it into the shape of a woman, then flattened it. Throw it into the air and this is the terrain.
Although there are the sun, the moon shell, the stars and the earth, Ama still feels lonely and lonely. There are no moving creatures in the moon world, there is no sound, and the whole world is still lifeless. He decided to make the earth his wife, create pairs of creatures, and let them reproduce on their own.
However, when he united with his earthly wife, an ant nest got in the way. Amma was very angry, pulled out a knife and chopped the ant nest to pieces. This successful union of the children prevented the wife of the earth from giving birth to a pair of living creatures, and only gave birth to a wolf-like Yi
6. The Heavenly Emperor Shi
In the midst of chaos, the universe Undecided, but there are already some elves in it. One is the monsters called Asuras; the other is the demon dragon Vritra. Asura and Vritra are at odds with each other, fighting each other, fighting frequently, and never having peace. They desperately need a powerful god to restrain them.
The earth goddess Prizivi gave birth to a golden child, the Emperor Shi, from her side. When Emperor Shize was born, he was hiding in the dark palace of the underworld. An eagle offered him Soma wine to drink. Soma wine is a kind of fairy wine that contains infinite power. After the Emperor Shi drank soma wine, his body suddenly increased in size and became extremely majestic. When the two gods of heaven and earth saw him, they were so frightened that they fled in different directions.
After this separation, heaven and earth never came together again. From then on, the three realms were established, the universe was determined, and the heaven and earth were divided.
The Heavenly Emperor Shi stood between heaven and earth, majestic and tall. The gods and asuras fell at his feet and begged him to be their leader. Although Emperor Shi was still young, he was extremely ambitious. He was not satisfied with just being the leader of gods and demons, but wanted them to support him as the king of the three realms, to rule over the heaven, earth and air realms. The gods and asuras were frightened by his powerful power, so they had no choice but to agree to his request and made him the king of the three realms. The most capable craftsman in heaven, Toshdot, made for him an extremely powerful weapon - the Vajra, which is shaped like lightning, so it is also called the "Thunder Arrow". Emperor Shi had this powerful weapon, and no one among the gods and demons dared to confront him.
7. Genesis
“When the chaos was not yet established and the world was still uncertain, there was no sky or earth, only the dark chaos and the vast ocean. The ocean was boundless and unobstructed. There is a water monster named Apsu in the ocean, and there is a female monster with the head of a lion and the body of a dragon, named Tiamat. There was no peace and no rules, and the scene was extremely chaotic.
After a long time, Tiamat gave birth to two gods, the male god named Lukmu and the goddess named Lark. Hamu, they combined and gave birth to the male god Anshar and the goddess Qishal. Anshar and Qishal also gave birth to the god Anu and the water god Ea. Anu gave birth to many children, among whom Ea was the most outstanding. Surpassing his father and grandfather, he led the brother gods to have fun together, causing the anger and panic of the older gods and monsters.
Apsu decided to kill these young and restless gods. . But Ea’s miraculous plan took the lead and made Apsu unconscious, then killed him, built a house on his body, and gave birth to the most beautiful two gods---"the child of the sun" Marduk.
After they used this method to create humans, they also created animals such as cattle, sheep, tigers, and leopards, and plants such as forests.
Two large rivers, one called the Euphrates River and the other called the Tigris River, are used to irrigate the land and supply water. From then on, various creatures appeared on the earth, and the world began to prosper.
8. Pandora's Box
Zeus punished Prometheus severely, but his anger still lingered. Now he turns his vengeful sights on humans. However, now that humans have mastered fire, they can no longer take fire back from humans. He made up his mind to create a new disaster for mankind.
Zeus ordered the master craftsman Hephaestus to carefully create a beauty that was unparalleled in the world. He also summoned the gods and asked each god to give her a gift. Hermes, the god, gave her the gift of eloquence; Artemis, the god of hunting, gave her strength and flexibility; Aphrodite, the god of love and beauty, gave her charming charm; Hera, the queen of heaven, gave her a noble lady. Elegance;
Athena, the goddess of wisdom, dressed her up in the brightest and most gorgeous costumes. Zeus named her "Pandora", which means "everyone's gift", and gave her an exquisite and beautiful little box. Then, he ordered Hermes to send her to the human world.
Hermes led Pandora to the home of Epimetheus, the brother of Prometheus, and asked him to marry this extraordinary and beautiful girl. Epimetheus was a man who lacked wisdom. Although Prometheus repeatedly warned him: "Do not accept any gifts from heaven, because the god Zeus has never had a good impression of mankind." But Hermetheus When he saw Bodora, he was fascinated by her beauty and accepted her without hesitation, forgetting all about his brother Prometheus's advice.
After Hermetheus and Pandora got married, they lived in harmony, loved each other, and lived a very happy life. One day, Pandora was alone at home, and her eyes accidentally fell on the exquisite box given to her by Zeus.
"What's inside?" Pandora thought, "Let me open it and take a look. Maybe it's the most precious gift." She moved the lock while thinking. , ah! It turns out that the lock has been opened, only hanging a little. She took off the lock, gently lifted the lid of the box, and suddenly countless terrible monsters flew out of the box: hunger, disease, greed, jealousy, resentment, revenge... They were like a dark cloud, in Pandora's world. Around them, they circled and circled throughout the house, flew out of the windows and doors, and scattered all over the land.
Pandora was petrified and hurriedly closed the lid of the box, but it was too late. All the disasters and misfortunes that were enemies of mankind had escaped. There is only one thing that has not yet had time to escape, and that is "hope".
Zeus' gift to mankind soon bore evil consequences. Nowadays, disasters and misfortunes are flooding the world. Human beings are devastated by various diseases; tortured by various disasters; invaded by various bad thoughts, making human beings hate each other; the God of Death is also speeding up his pace to shuttle and be busy in the human world. However, there is still "hope" left in the world, hidden in people's hearts, soothing people's sorrow and pain, supporting mankind in its unyielding struggle against various diseases and disasters, and giving people the courage and strength to defeat them.
So, no matter how rampant the evil is and how serious the disaster is, as long as there is "hope", no amount of misfortune can destroy mankind.
(The reference is not complete, there are still some remaining stories)