神话起源

Before Thales, the Greeks explained the origin and nature of the world through myths of anthropomorphic gods and heroes.

在泰勒斯之前，希腊人是通过人格神与英雄的神话来解释世界的起源与性质的。

Although the specific origin of the caduceus is unknown, its beginnings can be traced back to Greek and Roman mythology.

虽然默丘利的手杖的详细起源不得而知，它的出现最早可以追溯到希腊和罗马神话。

His system includes an elaborate mythical cosmogony and eschatology conceived in terms of two absolute principles, Light and Darkness, and an ascetic way of salvation.

他的系统包括一个详细的宇宙起源神话和末世的构想而言，两个绝对的原则，光明与黑暗，一苦行的方式救赎。

The myths deal with the creation of the gods and the world, the struggle among the gods for supremacy and the triumph of Zeus, the love affairs and quarrels of the gods, and the effects of their adventures and powers on the mortal world,including their link with natural phenomena such as thunderstorms or the seasons and their connection with cultic sites or rituals.

神话谈到诸神与世界的起源、诸神争夺最高地位及最后由宙斯胜利的斗争、诸神的爱情与争吵、神的冒险与力量对凡世的影响，包括与暴风或季节等自然现象和崇拜地点与仪式的关系。

Graves points out how myths of origin and eventual extinction vary according to the climate and that one finds a warm celestial afterworld in the north or a fresh flowered Elysian Field in Greece.

点出神话的起源和最终灭绝根据不同的气候，一看一温暖天体死后在北方还是新鲜开花天堂场在希腊。

In the long history of Khmu, their ancestors had created many graceful myths about origin of human being, by right of simple and plain thinking and cognitive ability, they also formed plenty of knowledge about reproduction and fosterage, it is the most important content of Khmu's traditional reproduction culture, and Khmu had formed their own national and traditional idea of reproduction.

在漫长的发展过程中，克木人先民凭借其简单朴素的思维和认识能力，创造了许多有关人类诞生与起源的优美神话，同时积累了丰富的生育和养育知识，构成克木人传统生育文化不可或缺的重要内容，同时也形成了自己浓郁民族特色的传统生育观。

This kind of epic mostly depicts the formation of the universe, origin of human being, custom and some animals and plants that are close to human life. The world-originate epics reflect the theme of the resounding for human labor and creativity, as well as singing for the grittiness of primary people who sticks to cultivating the nature and create the new world. This style of primary form of literature made by minority nationalities in South-west China is unique. It is one of the most important styles of literatures that include myths, ancient ballads, sagas and stories.

它以宇宙天地之形成、人类之起源以及与人民的生产生活有密切关系的动植物的来源和某些风俗习惯之来历等为其描述的主要内容，以歌颂劳动创造、赞美劳动人民在征服自然和创世立业的艰难历程中所表现出来的坚韧不拔的毅力和大无畏的英雄气概为其反映的主题，是基本上为我国南方少数民族所特有的一种文学体裁，同时也是人类文学发展史上继神话、古歌谣等文学样式之后最为重大的一种文学体裁。

It is said that the origins of hand puppet theater is a Quanzhou myth.

掌中木偶戏的起源，一般来说都是来自泉州的一则神话故事。

It will be seen ,when we come to the subject of hero-worship , that this is a very one-sided view of the activity of heros. Still it remains , broadly speaking , true that dead men and the powers of the underworld were the objects of fear rather than love , their cult was of 'avertion' rather than 'tendance'.

又，周作人早年极其欣赏 Harrison 女士的著作，曾经多次翻译她的那本《希腊神话》中的文字，可集中见于钟叔河先生《周作人文类编》"希腊之馀光"一册。2004年广西师范大学翻译出版了她另一部代表作，《古希腊宗教的社会起源》。

With regard to the origin of Junshan, there is a mythical story.

关于君山的起源，有一个神话般的故事。

The split between the two groups can hardly be papered over.

这两个团体间的分歧难以掩饰。

This approach not only encourages a greater number of responses, but minimizes the likelihood of stale groupthink.

这种做法不仅鼓励了更多的反应，而且减少跟风的可能性。