What foreign fairy tales are there?

Pandora's box, also called Pandora's box, Pandora's box, is a classic Greek myth. Pandora is the first human woman created by Zeus, mainly to get back at mankind. Because Prometheus among the gods cared too much about human beings, he angered Zeus.

Zeus first ordered hephaestus, the god of fire, to mix water and earth into a lovely woman according to the image of the goddess. Then he ordered Aphrodite, the god of love and beauty, to pour hormones into men that made them crazy.

Hera gave her self-confidence and self-esteem. Athena taught women to knit and create beautiful clothes in various colors, which made women look more colorful and charming. Hermes, the messenger of God, taught her the gift of language.

So Zeus injected a vicious disaster behind this beautiful image. A complete woman is finally finished. The gods helped her get dressed, put on a hair band (this hair band is the work of Vulcan hephaestus), and wore a bead chain, which looked like a bride.

Hamish suggested, "Call this woman Pandora. This is a gift from God to mankind. " All the gods agreed with his suggestion. In ancient Greek, Pan meant everything and Dora was a gift.

Pandora means "a woman with all talents". After Pandora was created, Zeus ordered Hermes to take her to see Prometheus' brother Epimetheus.

Because he knew that Prometheus would not accept his gift, he gave it to Epimetheus from the beginning. Epimetheus was born stupid. Under the beauty and temptation of Pandora, he accepted her.

2. Eden

Eden is a paradise on earth. According to Genesis of the Old Testament, God created Adam, the ancestor of mankind, in his own image, and then created Eve from Adam's ribs, and placed the first couple in the Garden of Eden.

The Garden of Eden contains the meaning of heaven in the original Bible. The Bible records that the Garden of Eden is in the East, and the poet Dante's Divine Comedy puts the Garden of Eden at the apex of the mountain of purgatory. Four rivers flowed out of the Garden of Eden, nourishing the garden.

The ancestors of mankind committed the original sin and were exiled by God for stealing forbidden fruit, which is called ParadiseLost. Accordingly, after the doomsday judgment, mankind was redeemed and returned to heaven, which is called ParadiseRegained.

Brahma created the world

A long time ago, there was no sun, no moon and no stars in the world, only a piece of Wang Yang. One day, a seed floated into the water and gradually turned into a golden round egg (called Vatican egg by Indians). It floats on the water day after day, year after year.

Suddenly one day, this Brahma cracked and Brahma, the god of art, jumped out of it. He has four long arms, four huge hands and four yellow-black faces, facing two or four directions in the southeast and west respectively.

It is said that they symbolize four kinds of Vedas respectively: Rigveda, Samoyed Veda, Yeroveda and Adapo Veda; It represents four kinds at the same time: Brahman, Khrushchev, Veda and sudra. Because I've been at Golden Egg for too long.

In a rage, Brahma pushed the top half of the golden egg up at one stroke, 18 thousand Li, which was the later paradise; Another foot pushed the lower part of the golden egg down 25 thousand Li and turned it into a vast and generous land; A clear sky was formed in the middle.

Then Brahma determined the position, distinguished the year, month and day, and created the language. Having done this, Brahma fell asleep contentedly on the land he created. However, when he was lying down, he accidentally bumped into his position.

These lands sank to the bottom of the water and became the bottom of the sea today. The roughness of the seabed is the result of different forces exerted by Brahma's ten toes I don't know how many years I slept, but Brahma finally woke up. After stretching, I decided to walk around and put on white clothes.

Wearing a white garland, holding a musical instrument, a rosary, a lotus flower and a book, he set off on a swan. He walked around and finally found that there was only water in this world except him. Brahma thought, "The world is too cold and desolate.

Do I just keep company with water every day? Isn't that lonely? No, I want to create, create creatures like me, and let me exist everywhere in this land. "Thought of here, Brahma began to show the power of god.

So, from his heart, from his eldest son Murray, from his eyes, from his second son Adili, from his mouth, from his third son Angelo, from his ears, he climbed out of his fourth son's private life. Five sons filled roja, and six sons fell out of their noses.

A son Dasha grew on the right thumb, and a daughter Perigny was born on the left thumb. I don't know how long it took, but rudra, the last son of Brahma, appeared on his angry forehead. He always stands on God's side quietly.

But secretly, they often accept the incense of some monsters and become their backing. So later he became Shiva, one of the three great gods, with not only endless wonders but also three eyes. When he is angry.

The eyes on my forehead will spit out three flavors of real fire and burn everything. Soon, Brahma's first son, Sen, created the Lord Kayebo; Adili created Dharma, the god of justice, and sumo, the god of the moon; Angelo became the mentor and priest of Jupiter.

He created a sacrificial Lord and became the ancestor of the whole Angelo family. Xinliqu grew up in Brahma's skin, and his son Ushanas, Taibai Venus, was extremely clever and proficient in magic and reform. Employed by Asura as a mentor and priest.

Later, Brahma's son Dali married his daughter Lini, and they gave birth to seventy daughters. They married 13 of them to the immortal Kaya Bo; The other 37 people were betrothed to the moon goddess sumo. Later, they became 27 constellations in the sky.

The rest are also married to gods or older ones. The sons born to Caillebault and Dasha's eldest daughter, Des, and their second daughter, Tannu, are extremely brave and clever. Not only do they know a lot of magic, they can change their shapes at will, but they also use a lot of magic.

They have countless treasures of gold and silver and built three cities of gold, silver and iron in the sky, on the ground and underground. They are called Didier and Tanapa, collectively known as Asura. Caillebault and Dasha's third daughter Aditi gave birth to the Twelve Gods.

Most of them are also quite outstanding. Such as Poseidon, Midoro and Varuna, craftsmen, Dostoevsky, sun god, Suriye, heaven and earth, Indra, lightning god, wind god and road god.

Especially the youngest son Vishnu, brave and kind. Reincarnate many times, eliminate evil and promote good warfare, save the gods and save mankind, and become one of the three most famous protectors. Since then, Brahma and his descendants have been busy creating the world, saving or destroying it.

4. 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 vulnerable place.

A deadly 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 the Trojan Prince hector, which angered Apollo, the patron saint of hector.

So the sun god shot Achilles in the heel with a poisonous arrow and killed the warrior. This is the origin of the proverb "Achilles' heel" circulating in Europe so far.

5.sword of Damocles

In the 4th century BC, Syracuse Wang Di Onisius (430-367 BC) in the east of Sicily attacked the aristocratic forces and established an Athenian-style democratic regime. However, he was dissatisfied and opposed by the nobles, which made him feel that although he had great power, his position was unreliable.

Once, he talked to Damocles, the minister of Xiang Chong, about this issue, and vividly showed his views to him. In order to satisfy the greed of his favorite Damocles, he was entrusted with the palace and gave him complete power to realize any desire.

This vain and snobbish Damocles looked up at a banquet in Daqing and saw a sword hanging upside down under the ceiling above the seat. Only a horse mane was tied to the hilt, and it was about to fall on his head, which scared him to leave quickly.

Then King theseus of Dionysus came out and said, "This sword (worn on Damocles' head) is a symbol of danger, threatening the king all the time. As for the joy and happiness of the king, it is only a superficial phenomenon. "