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, which show the beauty of the human body is also conforms to modern people’s aesthetic standard. Visible , the ancient Greek ancestors’ aesthetic taste is very modern . Many people mistakenly regard ancient statue of Venus as the creation of the modern man , this would be demonstrate .But Chinese mythology is the god depicted with the body of the adult beast. For example,God fuxi who were humanheaded and snakebodied, the sun god yan di is the Minotaur, they are animals incarnate, or induction of celestial, and they tend to be mysterious and inprehensible. These images in the totem worship and witchcraft activities are the results of spiritual illusion, which show that there is a reproductive image and ancestor worship in their minds.In addition,Greek mythology is the God of humanity God, gods walking human, but also ordinary people’s emotions, God will make mistakes, God will be infighting between, people will bee God. Zeus and some goddess and downtoearth ladies gave birth to many children, some of them are gods, or the hero of half human and half god, so Zeus is also known as the father of the gods and mortals. Another is the story about jealousy. At this time the gods attended the wedding party of Peleus and Thetis, to which Eris was not invited. And being in pain because of anger and jealousy, this persistent goddess decided to spoil the feast, and though unwele, she appeared and threw among the guests one of the Apples of the Hesperides, in which the inscription “for the fairest” could be read. Helping herself through that device, she succeeded in starting a dispute between Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite. So Zeus, who knew the otherwise anonymous shepherd Paris, appointed Hermes to lead the three goddesses to Mount Ida in order to be judged by the same shepherd, and in that way put an end to the quarrel. When Hermes came to Mount Ida with the three goddesses, he called Paris and said to him:” Come here and decide which is the more excellent beauty of face, and to the fairer give this apple’s lovely fruit.” While Paris reflected, the goddesses, who for the occasion had bathed their immortal bodies, offered him bribes in order to win Eris’ award of beauty: Athena offered him the mand of Phrygia and the destruction of Hellas, or as some say, that he would be bravest of mortals and skilled in every craft. Likewise Hera offered him, besides wealth, the dominion over Asia and Europe. But Aphrodite offered him the hand of Helen, whose beauty was famous worldwide, and this bribe won the , as we all know, our Chinese god would never have such a mind, our god stand high above the masses and be all seriousness. If we give them to these people’s lust, it is a blasphemy to them. Differences in the social valueIn western myth especially Greek mythology, appraisement standard of god with wisdom, strength for standards, and the Chinese ancient myth of god is much by moral appraisement for the criterion. This way of thinking deeply infuse among Chinese cultural psychology.The Chinese ancient myth has extremely obvious noble spirit, especially paring with western myth and Greek myth in particular appear more prominent. The Chinese ancient myth of the great god are otherworldly, no mortal flesh godhead characteristic。 The sixth day, God created land animals and man。 The fourth day, God created the sun, moon, and stars。 The second day, God created the atmosphere。 his sweat fell as rain。 his bones the valuable minerals。 his facial hair, the stars and milky way。 his blood formed rivers。 left eye the sun and right eye the moon。 with each day the sky grew ten feet higher, the Earth ten feet wider, and Pangu ten feet taller. After the 18,000 years had elapsed , Pangu was laid to rest. His breath became the wind, mist and clouds。 On the relations between countries, advocates and goodneighborliness and harmony. The Chinese nation is a peaceloving and pleasant people. Chinese and western cultural differences are also reflected in the mythology. Chinese myth and Greek myth have always been regarded as the representative works of eastern and western cultural spirit. 2 Cultural Differences from Chinese and Western MythsThe myth was ancient Greek, the original intention for the story about gods and heroes legend, it is a false idea of trying to explain natural phenomena. Lu Xun is defined under the myth : “When ancient people saw great changes beyond manpower on the earth , they made up stories which being considered as myths to explain. ” We can see that the myth is that the original people to imagine ways of thinking of the objective world awareness, understanding and interpretation of spiritual and cultural phenomenon, where the essential features of national culture. Therefore, this article from the perspective of myth to analyze the differences between Chinese and Western cultures.Greece and China have saved a lot of myths, the myth story documents the ancestors’ faltering footsteps. In Greek mythology and Chinese mythology in content the mythology and heroic stories have similar the myth of the Greek emphasizes the human nature, Chinese mythology is against human nature, Greek myth reflects the humanistic care more progressive than in China.The myth of human nature is created by the original pioneers in social practice, and in the form of a story showing the ancient knowledge of the natural, social and aspirations of the peoples. Marx said : “ The Myth is through people’s fantasies, machined by a form of involuntary art forms of nature and society itself. ”Myth usually regarded God as the main character, this is the early to supernatural power worship, and expressed their wish to conquer nature, change society of China and Greece.As the two great civilizations of east and west, there have been rich in myths and legends, they are truly recorded the tottering footsteps of human in childhood. As the source of two national cultures of East and West, in