With the deepening of the topic, we are getting closer and closer to the origin of mankind, and people of all ethnic groups have different guesses about their way of birth. In today's world, the most famous legend about the birth of human beings is the legend of Israel. Although they have a small population, their thoughts are all over the world, relying on a Bible. The Bible is divided into two parts: the Old Testament and the New Testament, in which the Old Testament is all about the history and legends of Israel (the ancient Hebrews). The New Testament is a true Christian doctrine and classic. Later, Christianity also accepted the Old Testament as the Bible. The Bible not only laid the Christian classics, but also spread the civilization of Israel. The story about the origin of mankind in the Bible is well known: God created the first man in the world in his own image-Adam (why "in his own image"? Is God a male? Why not make women first or women make people-for example, Nu Wa in China made people? ); He also made his wife Eve from Adam's ribs (why "ribs"? ); God let them live in the Garden of Eden and live in harmony, but then a snake tempted Eve (why "snake"? ), so that it ate the apple of wisdom (why "apple"? ), so that she has a sense of shame, standing there naked, she feels embarrassed (why should people feel ashamed? ), just use fig leaves to cover up your shame. Women always like to share good things with everyone, so Eve gave Adam the fruit to eat, so they were all ashamed. God was furious when he found out. He said to the snake, "You should crawl forward and eat dust all your life." He said to Eve, "I want to increase your pregnancy pain and childbirth pain. Even so, you still have a strong desire for your husband; He wants to rule you. " He said to Adam, "Cursed is the earth, you disobedient man. You must work hard all your life to produce enough food. Thorns and weeds will grow on the ground, and you will eat wild vegetables in the field. You must sweat to get full. You have to work to death and return to dust; Because you are made of dust, you must return to dust. "Because of the above reasons, people are guilty at birth. This kind of sin is called original sin, and people are atoning for it all their lives. The Bible spread this idea about Israel to the whole world. Let's take a look at the legend of Genesis in China, but the tragic Genesis in China is incomparable to any nation in the world. Pangu opened the heavens and cracked the earth. After Pangu split the earth, everything in the world evolved from him: eyes became the sun and the moon, muscles became the earth, blood became rivers, hair became plants, and worms became life on the earth ... Therefore, people have a close relationship with everything in the world. It can be seen that China's Genesis legend is extremely human, not divine, and there is a difference between life and death between man and earth. Later, it was said that Nu Wa created human beings, which was purely peasant thinking. It is said that she made man out of clay, so China people have always believed that "born in dust, will eventually end in dust", which strengthened the interdependence between man and land. According to western mythology, God created Adam in his own image. Therefore, they emphasize the divinity of human beings-Israelis claim to be "God's voters" to distinguish them from other nations. Establish the dependence between God and man. So, if God wants to teach you how to be a man, you must be a man. Without God's intervention, China people can only fend for themselves on the earth. In fact, the myth of any nation has a little * * * empathy, and everyone thinks that people were born in chaos, which is consistent with the BIGBANG theory in the scientific community. Perhaps this is the * * * empathy of human beings. The earth is chaotic and there is no order. The rough sea was shrouded in darkness. The spirit of god runs on the water. God commanded: "Let there be light"; The light appeared. This is in line with the "Big Bang". God said, "let's create human beings;" They should be similar to us and imagine with us. " Man is a concept created by God. Therefore, people must obey God. According to legend, God created the world in six days and rested on the seventh day, which is unprecedented in China mythology. China people "work at sunrise and rest at sunset" every day, and they are hardworking farmers, and they have no concept of rest. Now people work five days a week and have two days off. This is the so-called "weekend". We have one more holiday than God. It seems that human beings are lazier than God, and God is lazier than farmers in China, which is understandable. If human beings don't rest and just work blindly, life will be very boring. The purpose of rest is to enjoy the fruits of one's labor. God created the Garden of Eden in the East, and the four ancient civilizations of mankind are all in the East. Did Israel know long ago that orientals are smart and rich? Let's discuss a problem. Why did God make a woman out of Adam's rib and call it "bone in bone, flesh in flesh"? Is this useful for human life? There are only two sexes in human beings, so people of both sexes have to bear the responsibility of reproducing life, so they have to be close. Ribs protect the heart, so they are extremely precious. Women made of them are enough to show the importance of women. Humans dare to face wolves and lions, but not many dare to face snakes. Humans have long been afraid of snakes, and snakes are the image of tempters. So why do snakes seduce women? It seems to be purely for fun. It is a naive excuse for people to blame their mistakes (so-called "original sin") on a snake. In fact, this is the restless factor in human nature-stealing forbidden fruit and doing it more and more, which is one of the elements of human nature. When Eve covered her lower abdomen with the first fig leaf, it was the origin of human clothing, the origin of human shame and the symbol of human civilization. People who feel ashamed are different from other animals from now on. Adam and Eve's expulsion from the Garden of Eden can actually be regarded as human's independent choice. Although we always blame snakes, it is humans who take the initiative to eat the apple of wisdom. When they were expelled from the Garden of Eden, the poet Milton wrote at the end of Paradise Lost: "The whole world is in front of them, let them choose where to live, and God guides them. Holding hands, they walked slowly around and walked alone through the Garden of Eden. " Since then, human beings are no longer ignorant, but begin to be lonely; No longer immortal, but began to understand the value of life; No longer protected, but began to have a self. This is an Israeli myth. Now, let's look at a completely different Greek myth. Prometheus is also a god. He knew that the seed of God was born on the earth, so he mixed soil with river water and shaped it into a shape according to the image of God, that is, the master of the world. This legend combines the characteristics of eastern and western cultures: according to the appearance of gods, people are made of clay. This myth puts forward the view that man is God. You are not only a person who works on the earth, but also a noble lineage and quality like God. Athena endowed Prometheus with spirituality. Since then, people have divinity, spirituality and wisdom. Prometheus taught the Greeks to create all kinds of tools needed in life, just like Shennong and Huangdi in China. People in Greek mythology have a lot of divinity, while God has too much humanity. Man and God are equally noble. Man is not inferior to God, and those gods are often like some flawed people (such as Zeus and Aphrodite). This is the expression of the Greek national spirit, this is the "golden age" of human beings, and it is the most powerful era when human beings are fearless of God and harmonious between man and God. When God was dissatisfied with people, he didn't give them fire. Prometheus used a wonderful method to steal fire. The image of the fire thief is indispensable in the legends of all ethnic groups and a symbol of the early ancestors of all ethnic groups. Later, with Pandora's Box, Zeus created a vicious curse with the image of a beautiful woman. Before that, the world was peaceful. When the box was opened, all disasters flew out, only hope remained in the box forever. Therefore, the human thirst for hope is endless. Then there are generations of life. The ancient Greeks believed that the first generation created by God was called the golden age. The second generation is called the silver age; The third generation is called the Bronze Age; The fourth generation is called the Black Iron Age.