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The Cultural Similarities and Differences Between the Chinese And Greek mythologiesEnglish 142 吴梅梅 201410010127Myth is the first precious spiritual wealth created by mankind. It is a social ideology, including religion, philosophy, politics, art, science, history, customs and so on. Mythology, as a kind of culture, has some universal generality, but different ethnic mythologies have their own special characters.China and Greece have a lot of fairy tales that Recorded the life of our ancestors. China and Greek mythology have similar ancestral myths and stories of heroes in content.Both Chinese and Greek myths reveal the fears of nature especially when humankind were faced with the flood. The flood is even regarded as the punishment to mankind when they sinned . In that period, human lack self - control ability. Flood can play a role in regulating the behavior of human .Although early humans feared nature, they have a strong desire to conquer nature. So they created a variety of Gods story and the legend of heroes to express their desire to conquer and change nature.Besides,In Greek mythology, God is the epitome of the Homeric society, and China mythical kingdom has strong political overtones, is a reflection of how society going at that time.The Greek myth and Chinese myth have many love stories such as the Cowherd and the Weaving Maid, Jose and Europa etc.Chinese myth propaganda that God has superior power, sacred and inviolable, has no supernatural ability of human. The boundary between God and man can not be overcome, that is, human beings have to absolutely fear God, worship God and obey God. Chinese mythology God is our fate, people are faced with hardships and setbacks in life. Although people have fought, most of the time they were pinning their hope fate in the next world, hoping to get the blessing of God. However, due to the different conditions of the geographical environment and historical evolution of the two countries, China and the ancient Greek mythol