Why is foreign mythology more epic than Chinese mythology?

When it comes to foreign mythology, many people will immediately think of Zeus, the king of the gods, Hera, the goddess of wisdom, Athena, the goddess of love, Apollo, the sun god, and a large number of names, and when they think of Chinese mythology, everyone will also think of Nuwa, Fuxi, the Jade Emperor's mother, Chang'e fairy, Taishang Laojun, Kuafu, Gonggong, Zhurong and other legendary figures. The mythological systems of the West and the East are different, and the cultural core of mythology is also different, each with its own advantages.

01. The religiousness of foreign myths and stories. In fact, myths and stories are more or less stained with religious overtones, and myths and religions themselves have a lot in common, such as nihilism, edification, etc., but this is even more prominent in the foreign cultural atmosphere where religious culture is very strong. We can see that God, Zeus, and Athena are actually closely related to the local religion at that time, and it is not so much that some mythological stories are myths, but can also be summarized by religious stories, and religion allows them to choose to express mythological stories in a long and magnificent way, so it will feel more epic.

02. Contextual reasons. There are many different languages and cultures in the world, each language and culture has their unique charm, fascinating, in fact, many times people have a sense of beautification of foreign language context, such as we listen to a lot of European and American songs and Japanese and Korean pop style dance music, will feel very energetic, the melody is very good, more importantly, we do not understand this language, in fact, many songs translated into Chinese are really straightforward, singing will be embarrassing, what "baby I just love you", if it is Chinese lyrics, If you can understand it, you will have a feeling of earthiness, and you don't think it's too trendy. Foreign mythology is also based on other people's contexts, and we will feel unclear when we accept different contextual systems, even if there is any problem, and those cultural backgrounds and words that are different from our own country are easy to make people feel the so-called "epic".

03. Understand the problem. This point is very good to show that most of China's myths and stories are from generation to generation Chinese I have heard them since childhood, what Nuwa created people, praised the father day by day, Fuxi made words, and Chang'e ran to the moon are all stories that have long been familiar with the heart, so in the eyes of many people, these are actually not mythological stories, but part of history, each story is closely related to our original life, so there is not so much epic feeling, and Chinese mythological stories are originally very "human", Nuwa is creating people, The Jade Emperor, the Queen Mother, Chang'e, and Kuafu were originally human beings, especially the mountains and rivers that turned into human beings after the death of Kuafu, reflecting not a simple "god", but the world of people.

Whether it is foreign myths or domestic myths, they are all the imagination of the ancient ancestors for the exploration of the outside world, and the various understandings of man and heaven and earth, nature and man, life and death, including the origin of the universe, this kind of romance knows no borders, and the reason why some people feel that foreign myths are more epic is also because of its own religious color and context, and different understandings.

Because foreign myths are closer to the real society of that historical period than China, their creation of myths is based on reality, so they have the feeling of epic.

Because foreign mythology is closer to life, a bit like ancient history, foreign mythology has a more epic feel than Chinese mythology.

Because foreign mythology is not like Chinese mythology, their foreign mythology has a complete system, has the same worldview and origin, has a connection, and is a complete mythological system.

China's mythological system is relatively chaotic, and they are all siloed; The mythological system of the West is more systematic, and the relationship between each is clear.

There is one of the most obvious differences between Chinese mythology and foreign mythology.

Chinese mythology teaches you that man will conquer the sky: Hou Yi shot nine suns to save the common people in order to protect the people of Li.

Foreign myths scare you into fearing the gods: God, in order to punish mankind, rained terrain for several days and nights in a row, almost destroying all species on the earth.

This is the difference between Chinese mythology and foreign mythology, Chinese are kind and warm, foreigners are greedy and aggressive. It's that simple.

There are many, many more examples:

What if there is not enough food?

Chinese hybrid rice saves the world, foreigners reduce the population in World War II. (Both World War I and World War II were initiated by foreigners).

What about a warming climate?

China's small pacesetter of tree planting, foreign mouth cannon primary school students.

Chinese plant 4.8 million hectares of trees every year, making the Kubuqi Desert, which has been desolate for more than 300 years, green again; A Swedish elementary school student has not only never participated in any environmental protection activities, but has also been exposed to a waste of resources).

What should the people do when they are in trouble?

The Chinese ** escorted home safely, and the foreigner rescue dragged on to fend for itself.

During the evacuation of Yemeni nationals, China escorted its people home safely as soon as possible. And foreign ** is powerless, telling citizens to retreat on their own)

What to do with the Earth Pill?

China's ** wave earth is safe and the whole family is safe, and the foreigner Noah's Ark fled for his life.

Chinese science fiction wanders the earth, and the Chinese leave with all mankind, not giving up or abandoning; And the foreign science fiction Noah's Ark, only select valuable people to flee for their lives, and the others will fend for themselves)

Chinese mythology is equivalent to hearing and seeing. The narrator, and sometimes even the participant in the event. Western mythology is equivalent to listening to other people's paraphrases and mixing in the thoughts of those who hear them.

The difference between the two lies in the distortion of the information, more or less. ......Reasons for the difference. The inheritance of the Huaxia system has not been broken, and the record is the most complete.

As an evolutionary substitute, Huaxia is the dojo of the Nuwa system, the Nuwa system is the dragon system, and the dragon system is also the reptile system. After the dragon and phoenix catastrophe, the power of the heavenly system was in the hands of the dragon system, before the gods, the Chinese human race was able to cultivate the truth, the dragon Han, the Han clan, contributed to the upper position of the dragon system, and was also the practitioner of the absolute heaven and earth, and contributed to the promotion of the gods of heaven and earth, so the record in Huaxia is close to the record of the center of power. After the gods, the barriers were strengthened, but there were still occasional human-level enlightened people in Huaxia, and such people could still peep at the occurrence next door.

Even if the celestial system needs to be officially announced, the official leak, and the place to tell it can only be Huaxia, and at that time, the West was still drinking blood and could not communicate. ......In the West, the angel's wings indicate that it is derived from the bird system of Di Jun, and Di Jun abdicated, and the bird system has become the edge of power. The land did not produce real people, but only prophets, and the prophets were inferior to the real people, and most of the enlightened ones were thrown into the fire.

There is a generation gap between the prophets and the gods to solve these things, and it is more difficult to dismantle them after the gods. Civilization is actually inheritance, mythology is actually history, myth distortion is historical distortion, historical distortion is truth distortion, too much distortion, so it naturally becomes hypocrisy. ......The following is for your convenience, the heavens, earth and people are galaxy-level, crape myrtle constellation, and the location of the twenty-eight planets is determined.

The occurrence of the spherical level is an allusion to the large system level, God is the heavenly life, the earth rises to the sky, the heaven descends to the earth, man is the intermediate state, and the Sanqing is the cosmic level. The Queen Mother represents the patriarch of the mammalian line, and the Jade Emperor takes the seat of Nuwa, representing the dragon line. Dijun is missing, Nuwa is not mixed with the heavenly court, so the three virgins can't get out of the catastrophe, and the weaver girl can.

Most of the bird forces are under the hands of Rulai, Buddha Mother, Dapeng, Kong Xuan, Lu Press, and Feather Winged Immortal. After being canonized, talking about the god system is actually a mistake, just to facilitate understanding. The celestial and human level is to get rid of the original phase, and the level with the original phase, in the heavenly court, is similar to the departmental level of the bull head and horse face service.

All departments, above is a common headquarters, for the earth, the heaven and the earth are connected, so the direction of civilization can be inferred from mythology, including the meaning of human existence, the meaning of the existence of the world, provided that the myth is not distorted, otherwise it will be led into the ditch by distortion. Mythology is a record of the evolution of the celestial system, and mythology is not a religion.

The simplest and clearest thing is that the "undead" in Chinese mythology are called zombies, while the "undead" in Western mythology are called vampires!

In addition, because the people in the myth have different beliefs, their respective myths are also different.

First of all, there is a difference in the characters.

Chinese mythology is mainly the Jade Emperor Chang'e.

and Buddha or something.

Western mythology is dominated by the twelve main gods like Zeus.

Or the gods of ancient Egypt.

China's will have some educational overtones, and it will not eat the fireworks of the world.

And the West is usually affectionate and very humane.

Like the love of Zeus and Alcmene, and will often have parties__

The gods in Western mythology have certain shortcomings, such as Greek mythology, while most Chinese mythology eulogizes the free love of men and women, such as the matching of heavenly immortals.

Western mythology, such as Egypt, Greece, etc., their gods are very systematic and organized, and the functions of each great god are very clear, and each has its own legend. Very little has changed over the millennia, from ancient times to the present day.

And the gods in our Chinese mythology can be described as "messy", the legend of the gods described in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" Pangu opened the world is quite regular, to the "Three Religions Source Flow Search God Daquan", we can find that the origin of these gods and goddesses is unclear and inexplicable, and there are so many out of thin air.

The most interesting thing is the great unification of Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism - in addition to the traditional Three Qings, the Western Rulai has also been assimilated and has become a great god in the world of Chinese mythology.

I am afraid that this reason is related to the humanities and customs of Chinese history and the social contradictions and conflicts at that time, and a lot of other complicated things, I must not be able to explain.

But I can briefly say something (if you are interested, you can check out the next few interesting books, such as "The Legend of the Immortals", "Chinese Mythology", etc., which are very interesting) - the reason for this confusion is that when traditional Taoism was attacked by Western Buddhism, in order to resist, it created a system of immortals based on ancient legends.

This system has been constantly modified and processed for thousands of years, coupled with the contradictions and conflicts between Taoism, Buddhism, and Confucianism in China (mainly the dispute between Taoism and Buddhism), and the final outcome is peaceful coexistence. Therefore, later generations imagined the gods in Taoism and Buddhism together, and compiled a set of immortal systems that connect the east and the west to meet the needs of the people's beliefs.

Taoism, Confucianism, and Buddhism are actually essentially the same in the eyes of the Chinese, and the middle-of-the-road Chinese are not interested in playing tricks on the uniqueness of these religions at all - as long as it is useful to me, it will take you as it is, and fully reflect the unique inclusiveness and assimilation of the Chinese nation.

Of course, in addition to these, the efforts of the rulers of various periods were also the efforts of the rulers of the three periods. After all, something like the Western Religious Wars is not something that the emperor Lao Er, who likes to unify the world and sit firmly on the throne, wants to see.

In this regard, the Chinese nation has done a good job, and everyone is very happy, and the three religions have merged.

Similarities and differences between Chinese and Western mythology:

First, the similarities.

Both Chinese and Western myths have their own contents. The two myths, Chinese and Greek, one reveres "virtue" and the other "strength", which can also be seen from the images of gods in different myths.

Second, the differences.

1. Different forms of expression.

Chinese mythology is a traditional myth of ancient China, reflecting the simple thoughts of the early Chinese children and the primitive fantasies of ancient people about natural phenomena and social life, and the stories and legends expressed in the form of supernatural images and fantasies are "natural and social forms themselves processed in an unconscious artistic way through the fantasies of the people".

Western mythology explains the origin of the world and tells the lives and adventures of the gods and heroes, as well as a special view of the creatures of the time.

2. The characteristics are different.

It is a vivid record of labor creation, and it is also a praise of labor performance and initiative.

Western mythology, gods, and humans are the same as the same nature. The gods in ancient Greek mythology are the same as humans in form, and have human thoughts, feelings, qualities and behaviors, and have the same joys, sorrows, seven emotions and six desires, as well as various qualities such as integrity, bravery, cruelty, jealousy, etc., but they have superhuman wisdom and strength, and can live forever.

3. The main content is different.

Chinese myths include the creation myth, the Fuxi myth, the Nuwa myth, the Emperor Lidi myth, the sun and the moon myth, and the animal and plant myth.

Western mythology includes supergods and primordial gods, titans, Olympian gods such as locusts, Tagantes and other giants, conceptual gods and law gods, etc.

4. The system is different.

Although there were attempts to integrate the heavenly realm into several directions, and to merge the Buddhist Buddha and the Taoist Jade Emperor and other gods in one system, the impression is still that the relationship between the main gods of each system is chaotic and contradictory.

Most of the systems of Western mythology are relatively centralized and unified, around a center (for example, the Greek gods and horses are around the Olympian gods), the bridge oak has a centralized and complete content, a very high degree of systematization, and the status of the main god as the supreme leader of the god is clear and clear.