GreekMythology＆

Themyth

ofancientchinaChinesemythologyisacollectionofculturalhistory,folk-tales,andreligionsthathavebeenpasseddowninoralorwrittentradition.Itincludescreationmythsandlegends,suchasmythsconcerningthefoundingofChinesecultureandtheChinesestate.Asinmanycultures’mythologies,Chinesemythologyhasinthepastbeenbelievedtobe,atleastinpart,afactualrecordingofhistory.ChinesemythologyGreekMythologyAstoGreekmythology,itisthebodyofmythsandlegendsbelongingtoancientGreeks,concerningtheirgodsandheroes,thenatureoftheworld,andtheoriginsandsignificanceoftheirowncultandritualpractices.TheywereapartofreligioninancientGreeceandarepartofreligioninmodernGreeceandaroundtheworld.盤古巨靈鐘山懶漢燭龍陰陽二神太元圣母華胥國華胥化伏羲女媧宓妃（洛神）華胥國少典女登附寶炎帝（神農）黃帝（軒轅）混沌（帝江）三皇Chinesemythologyrelationship瑤姬精衛聽妖（赤水氏）臨魁炎帝（神農）帝承帝明帝直帝來帝裹榆罔（讓位軒轅）祝融術器勾龍共工伯夷蚩尤ChinesemythologyGreekMythologyGods

theoldtheogony:theTians

（舊神譜:奧林匹斯十二泰坦）theoldtheogony:theGods

（新神譜奧林匹斯十二主神）HeroesPerseus(珀爾修斯)Jason(伊阿宋)Heracles(赫拉克勒斯)Theseus(忒修斯)MonstersMedusa(美杜莎)Minotaurus(米諾陶洛斯)Cerberus(刻耳柏洛斯)PART1：TheOlympianGodsandotherDeitiesPART2：HeroesPART3：Monsters

ThecontrastamongthreekindsofChineseandGreekmythologicalfiguresPanGu＆ChaosJadeEmperor＆Zeus

NvWa＆

GaiaAnintroductiontoPanGuPanGu,isthefirstlivingbeinginChinesemythology.HecreatedtheworldbyseparatingYin(earth)fromYang(sky)withhisaxe.Andhestoodbetweenearthandskytokeepthemfromcombiningtoeachotheragain.Hisworklastedfor1800years.Withinthoseyears,hisheightkeptgrowingandconsequentlythedistancebetweenskyandearthbecamelongerandlonger.Afterwards,hewaslaidtorest.Andhisorganschangedintovariouselementsoftheworld.AnIntroductiontoChaos

ChaosisbelievedtobethemostancientoriginalgodinGreekmythology.Chaosisalsodescribedasabottomlessabysswhichcreatedtheworld.chaoshasoftenbeeninterpretedasamoving,formlessmassfromwhichthecosmosandthegodsoriginated.Fromthedescriptionsabove,wemaygettheideathatChaosmaynotbeaman-shapedcreature,butamasswithoutanyshape.Thedifferencesbetweenthetwocreator

Beingboththecreatorsoftheworld,PanGuandChaosdiffernotonlyinthewaytheycreatedtheworld,butalsoinhowtheyseparatedtheworld.PanGucreatedtheworldbysacrificinghimself,whileChaoscreatedtheworldbyhisasexualreproduction;PanGuseparatedtheworldintoskyandearth,whileChaosseparatedtheworldintoheavenandearth.PanGuchangedtheworldbyturninghisbreathintowind,turninghisvoiceintothunder,andturninghisorgansintodifferentelementsoftheworld;Chaoschangedtheworldbygivingrightstohisfollowinggodgenerations.Eachgodtakeschargeofacertainpartoftheworldandtheworldchangesundertheirreign.backAnintroductiontoJadeEmperorTheJadeEmperor

inChinesefolkcultureistherulerofHeavenandallrealmsofexistencebelowincludingthatofManandHell,JadeEmperoristhemostrespectablegodwhogovernstheheavenandwillneverdemise.HeisoneofthemostimportantgodsoftheChinesetraditionalreligionpantheon.InactualTaoism,theJadeEmperorgovernsallofthemortals’realmandbelow.

AnintroductiontoZeusInthe

ancientGreek

religion,

Zeusisthe“FatherofGodsandmen”whorulestheOlympiansof

MountOlympusasafatherrulesthefamily.Heisthe

godofsky

and

thunder

in

Greekmythology.Zeusplayedadominantrole,presidingoverthe

Greek

Olympianpantheon.Hefatheredmanyoftheheroesandwasfeaturedinmanyoftheir

localcults.hewasalsothesupremeculturalartifact;insomesenses,hewastheembodimentofGreek

religiousbeliefsandthe

archetypal

Greekdeity.ThedifferencesbetweentwosupremeleadersAsboththesupremeleaderofgods,theJadeEmperordiffersfromZeusmainlyintheircharacteristics.TheJadeEmperordidn’tbecomeanadvancedgodbeforehehadexperienced1,750sufferings,whichlastedfor226,800,000years.SoinChinesemyth,theJadeEmperorisdepictedasagodwithoutanyevilspiritorevilthoughts.theJadeEmperorisstilltheonewhotakesallthebenefitsofmortalsintoconsideration.Onthecontrary,Zeusisthegodwhohasambitionsanddesires.Hecaresmuchaboutmortals’respectsandhispersonalinterests.Anyhow,thepersonalityofZeusiskindofreal,vividandhuman-like.WhilethenearlyperfectpersonalityoftheJadeEmperormakespeoplefeelsortofunrealanddistant.backAnintroductiontoNvWaNvWa

isagoddessinancientChinesemythologybestknownforcreatingmankindandrepairingthewallofheavenbyusingfive-coloredstones.givingthemlifeandtheabilitytobearchildren.NvWaworkedunceasinglytorepairthedamage,meltingdownthefive-coloredstonestomendtheheavens.ShewasconsideredtobethefirstChineserulerandhernameisthefirstonthelistofChineseemperors.AnintroductiontoGaiaGaia

wasthegoddessorpersonificationofEarthin

ancientGreekreligion,

oneofthe

Greekprimordialdeities.Hesiod's

Theogony

tellsthatGaiawasthegreatmotherofall:the

heavenlygods,the

Titans

andthe

Giants

werebornfromherunionwith

Uranus

(thesky),whilethesea-godswerebornfromherunionwith

Pontus

(thesea).Thusawiderangeofpeopleholdthatsheisthespiritualembodimentoftheearth,ortheGoddessoftheEarth.Thedifferencesbetweenthetwogreatmothers

NvWaandGaiaarebothbelievedasgreatmothersofhumanbeingsseparatelybytheChineseandtheGreek.Therearesomeslightdifferencesbetweenthemtwo.AccordingtoChinesemythology,NvWacreatedhumandirectlybyusingmud,whileGaiagavebirthtotheheavenlygods,Afterthat,peoplelearnthowtoworkandhowtoproduce,andkeptaquitegoodrelationshipwithgods.Bothofthetwomothersshowedaprofoundloveonusmankind.However,itismoresuitabletocallGaiathemotherofgodsbecausecontrastingwithNvWa,shecreatedhumanbeingsinamoreindirectway.ChinesemythologyInfluenceZephyrus(澤費羅斯)：西風之神。衍生詞zephyr(西風，和風，微風)。Flora:花神古希臘羅馬神話中的花神。Flora在現代英語里指代“植物”。衍生詞:flower，flour，flourish，floral，florist。Muses(繆斯)：希臘神話中掌管藝術的諸神。共九位，分別是歷史、抒情詩、喜劇(牧歌、田園詩)、悲劇、歌舞、愛情詩、頌歌、天文、史詩。Muses的藝術衍生出單詞music，Muses收藏藝術品的地方就是museum。藝術帶來的快樂便是amuse，amusement。Pan(潘)：牧神和森林之神，受打擾時會大聲吼叫。衍生詞panic(驚慌，恐慌)。Cronos：宙斯的父親。字根“chron”意指“t