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, in ancient Greek mythology, we can see the gods are secular. Sexual intercourse between humans and gods is not unusual. In the divinity and the earth, the king of the gods Zeus unrestrained, and he loves affairs. What’s more,he has no principles and full of jealousy. Godness Hera, this was the divine mother of the world, but she was often lost nature for jealousy and hatred, and made some cruel and no godhead foolish things.Lord God has misbehavior, and the gods also have very similar traits. In one small battle, Agamemnon had taken a maiden named Chryseis as his slave. Her father Chryseis, a priest of Apollo, begged Agamemnon to return her to him. Agamemnon refused. Apollo thus sent pestilence among the Greeks. Calchas correctly determined the source of the trouble but would not speak unless Achilles vowed to protect him. Achilles did so and Calchas declared Chryseis must be returned to her father. Agamemnon agreed, but then he turned to hate Achilles and asked that Achilles’ battle prize Briseis should be brought to replace Chryseis. Angry at the dishonor, Achilles refused to fight again. The Greeks had to fight without Achilles, and they lost some of their best heroes. Differences in the national spiritChinese ancient mythology reflects the indomitable, unyielding national spirit. From the ancient Chinese myths, we can see, the hero gods in order to achieve a certain ideal, dare to struggle, indomitable, fight against harsh environment. For example, Houyi Shoots down Suns, Kuafu Chases the Sun, Jingwei Determines to Fill up the Sea Determines to Fill up the Sea, reflecting mankind’s incessant struggle against nature. This is the story about Jingwei. Determines to Fill up the Sea Nvwa was the youngest daughter of YanDi. She was lovely and vivacious, and liked to adventure. One day, Nvwa walked on the coast of the East Sea, and she saw the sea was so blue and placid that she wanted to swim. However, when she swam far from the coast, the sea suddenly became large waves rolling in immense surges. Nvwa then heard the bluster of the dragonish SeaGod. Frightened, She tried to return the coast, but her puny body was not able to resist the strength and power of the billowing waves. Nvwa unfortunately drowned. When YanDi heard the miserable news from the servants of Nvwa, he rushed to the coast of the East Sea. YanDi cried the name of his youngest daughter, and suddenly he saw a little bird fly out the sea. The little bird flew around YanDi, and wailed shrilly with great lament. The bird looked like a crow. Its head had colorful lines, its beak was white, and its feet were red. YanDi felt the bird was from the soul of Nvwa. He wept bitter tears. However, the bird suddenly cried “Jingwei”, and flew rapidly to the West Mountain. It took a small stone from the mountain by its mouth, and then threw the stone into the East Since then, the bird would carry small stones in its mouth and throw them into the East Sea every day. The SeaGod understood the purpose of the bird. He laughed and said to the bird, “My sea is so vast and deep. You are not able to fill up it forever!” However, the bird answered, “I will try forever, and I believe your sea will be filled up in the end.”O(jiān)ur ancestors saw such a bird throw small stones into the East Sea and cried “Jingwei”, so they called it “Jingwei”. For thousands of years, the story of the bird called Jingwei has encouraged people to strive for their ideals generation after generation.Marx once said: Every one has a myth of such a clan’s ancestors, he was considered to be given the name of the clan ancestors and heroes. Greek myths and legends create a series of heroic images with adventure spirit, reflecting the cultural characteristics of the western people’s zeal for adventure. With characterization as its basic means, heroism subtly expresses the author’s heroic plex and ideals through the description of the character’s personality and fate. The article cited an example about Hercules. Apollo had many divine responsibilities. As Phoebus, he was the sun god, and every day he drove the chariot of the sun across the sky. He was the god of healing and music. Finally, Apollo was a god of prophecy: the Greeks believed that Apollo knew what would happen in the future, and that he could advise people how to act. Hercules hurried to the temple where Apollo gave such advice. It was in the town of Delphi and was called the Delphic oracle. Apollo said that in order to purify himself for the spilling of his family’s blood, he had to perform 10 heroic labors (this number would soon be increased to 12). Hercules got even more bad news. Apollo declared that he had to go to the city of Tiryns. The king of Tiryns was Eurystheus. Eurystheus had a reputation for being mean, and Hercules knew that the king would give him a tough time. The hero had to serve Eurystheus for twelve years while he performed the Labors. There was some good news, though. When the tasks were pleted, Apollo said, Hercules would bee immortal. Unlike other men, instead of dying and going to the Underworld of Hades, he would bee a god. His story is of a man who was so strong and courageous, whose deeds were so mighty, and who so endured all the hardships that were given to him, that when he died, Hercules was brought up to Mount Olympus to live with the gods. Individualism and collectivism differencesMarx had said that any society’s change is produces along with the social productive forces development change. Individualism is the main line of Occidental culture, and can be divided into extreme individualism and rational individualism. As the article mentioned, the king of the gods Zeus unrestrained, and he loves affairs in the divinity and the earth。 Athena, Hera and Venus scramble for symbolize beautiful golden apples. These myths story has the distinct personality characters, contain the most primitive elements of individualism.In Chinese society, collectivism has a long