Chapter 116b Yuehua's pale face finally showed a somewhat relaxed smile, and she couldn't help but use a little force to pull Xiao Lei's hand.
Xiao Lei looked at the statues around him, but suddenly said: "Frankly speaking, what dragons, giants, strange monsters and the like outside, I am not curious, because there are many strange creatures in our Eastern myths and legends, although they are impossible to exist in the eyes of ordinary people, but at least I have seen some living creatures, I believe that these strange creatures do exist, although the dragon is strange, but I have also seen a very huge crane, that crane is still alive, After being domesticated by some practitioners, it was used as a means of transportation.
Xiao Lei smiled and said, "Maybe these things are too strange for you, but I've seen a lot of them, and I don't think it's strange at all."
Since we have strange creatures in the East, there must be in the West as well. ” "To be honest, I personally think that the legend about Zeus is a bit like what we say about the Yellow Emperor in ancient China, the Yellow Emperor is the recognized ancestor of our China, and he is also the ancient emperor of ancient China, of course, at that time he was not called the emperor, hehe.
However, the Yellow Emperor was not only the leader of Shenzhou at that time, but also was shaped into a mythical god in the legend, and the legend of the Yellow Emperor is also a god, which is not similar to the description of Zeus in Greek mythology, they are gods, and they are also leaders, what I mean by this is that I think that the so-called immortals are just human beings, but they are more powerful than modern humans and have some skills that ordinary people do not have. ” Yuehua listened attentively and said with a smile: "However, there are gods in the East and the West, so what kind of pattern is it in ancient times?"
Xiao Lei pursed his lips: "To be honest, I don't think there's anything strange about it, just like in modern times, the gods of the East rule the East, and the gods of the West rule the West, and everyone has their own sphere of influence."
Well, how to put it, it's like the current countries, each with its own territory. ” "Hehe" Yuehua covered her mouth and smiled: "Your statement is novel, so what are the gods, are they kings, and are they the leaders of the country?"
"Of course."
Xiao Lei smiled: "Isn't China's so-called Jade Emperor the image of an emperor, and the Yellow Emperor in ancient times was the ruler of Shenzhou at all."
And Zeus, isn't it also the human beings who controlled the ancient Greece at that time, they seemed to be high rulers, but now the legends that have been handed down have endowed them with godheads, so that their images and personalities are gradually diluted, but they are more mythologized.
Personally, I'd rather think that they're just human."
Yuehua excused: "It's just some humans with magical skills, right?"
Xiao Lei smiled: "Yes." ” "But why are there no gods now, if according to what you said, those gods in ancient times were the leaders who ruled over mankind, then why don't modern humans have those god-like leaders," Yuehua said with a smile.
Xiao Lei rolled his eyes and said with a smile: "Good question."
Probably because human beings are gradually becoming stronger, gradually developing various technologies, and the times are progressing, there is no need for those magical powers, so in ancient times, the gods, that is, those humans with magical abilities, could rule over other human beings, but later, the skills of those gods were no longer enough to suppress other human beings, so they withdrew from the stage of leaders.
Maybe there are other reasons why you ask me, I don't know" He raised his hand and pointed to the majestic statue of Zeus, and said with a smile: "Maybe ask this old guy, he may know, hahaha" Yuehua didn't smile, she said with a straight face: "But how to explain this place According to what I know, the Temple of Zeus has been destroyed a long time ago, and there are still its ruins."
And this statue of Zeus has long been destroyed.
But why is it here, in the Pyrenees, on the border between France and Spain, and it is not the territory of ancient Greece?
According to your guess, Zeus was the leader of mankind during the ancient Greek civilization, but its temple should not be here, one is that the temple is recorded to have been destroyed in war, and the other is that it is beyond the boundaries of Greek civilization. ” Xiao Lei sighed: "I can't answer this question to you, I'm afraid I can only ask Zeus, the old man."
However, I have other conjectures about the sphere of influence," Xiao Lei frowned.
He suddenly said: "If my guess is true, every mythical god exists, and they all have their own spheres of influence, so there are also wars between each other's spheres of influence."
Subsequently, Xiao Lei roughly explained his opinion.
Or rather, it's the crankiness of his head.
"Ancient Greek civilization is fundamentally the cradle of European civilization and the birthplace of Western civilization.
So let's assume that the gods in Greek mythology were originally the rulers of the West, at least in ancient Greek times, this was their sphere of influence, but now in the Western world, the general religion is Catholicism, and most Westerners believe in God, I think except for the current Greeks, few people believe in the gods of Greek mythology. ” But in the ancient Greek era, Greek mythology, the dominant religion of that era, at that time, the so-called Christianity had not yet appeared.
Christianity emerged in the middle of Roman times.
Or in other words, the Roman era replaced the Greek era, and Christianity replaced Greek mythology, I say so, you can understand" Yuehua said: "You mean that Christianity overthrew the rule of Greek mythology and robbed the sphere of influence that originally belonged to Greek mythology."
Xiao Lei smiled very strangely: "Maybe it can be explained like this."
But fortunately, because I have been dealing with a few Catholic guys lately, I have also deliberately studied the origin of their religion. ” Xiao Lei is telling the truth.
Recently, he has always dealt with Ye Buqun, and he has indeed studied the origin of Catholicism carefully.
The predecessor of Catholicism was, of course, Christianity.
When Christianity was just born, at that time, people in the Western world were still believing in other religions, and the religion that human beings believed in at that time was actually a mutation of Greek mythology because of the decline of ancient Greek civilization, but Greek mythology still existed, but it was regarded as after the integration of various Western peoples, and the legends were a little messy.
But in general, it still can't get out of the framework of Greek mythology.
In other words, or it can be reluctantly explained that before the advent of Christianity, the mainstream of Western civilization and religious belief was still Greek mythology But the advent of Christianity changed that.
To use a more appropriate phrase: Christianity "overthrown" the rule of Greek mythology and replaced it as the dominant position of religious belief.
It then grew to become the most common religion in the West.
Moreover, Christianity's standards for other religions are very harsh, and Christianity believes that all the gods of all religions except God are false gods According to historical records, Christianity came out of the bloody journey Xiao Lei said this, and suddenly smiled: "Look, this is a war to grab the sphere of influence, there are wars in ordinary human beings, but there may also be wars between gods, for example, Christianity replaced the gods of Greek mythology and became the spiritual leader of the Western world, I think, it may be because the gods of Greek mythology are not as powerful as the gods of Christianity, and they were defeated, haha."
In Christianity, God is the only supreme being, and there is the Son Jesus below, as well as the so-called angelic legions, the seven guardian angels, etc., forming a mythological system of its own. ” Yuehua couldn't help but laugh and said: "You are a child's theory, can the Greek gods and the Christian angel legions still fight?"
"Why not" Xiao Lei's eyes suddenly became very strange: "Why can't the gods fight wars between the gods, and the wars between the gods are even explicitly recorded, such as the Bible" Yuehua was stunned for a moment, Xiao Lei sneered: "The Bible has clearly recorded that the war of the god class, the legend is not that there is a fallen angel Lucifer who betrayed God, and at the same time a group of angels betrayed him together, and then there was a war between God's angel army and Lucifer's rebels, and finally Lucifer was defeated and fell into hell" Xiao Lei laughed and mocked: "Let's analyze that since war can break out within Christianity, why can't it break out for other mythical wars, and internal wars can break out, There must also be foreign wars" He pointed to the statue of Zeus, circled around again, pointed to the twelve main gods in Greek mythology, and said with a smile: "These, they, who originally ruled the religion of the spiritual leaders of the Western world, now the whole West believes in God, not them, that is, these Greek gods are just the defeated."
"The vanquished" Yuehua muttered with a little surprise in her eyes.
Xiao Lei changed his words, and suddenly sneered again: "Actually, Eastern mythology and Western religions have also broken out wars, at least I guess so. ” "What" Yuehua was really surprised this time: "Why" "Or the theory I just said, since internal wars exist, foreign wars also exist theoretically.
It's just that the world doesn't know much about it. ” Xiao Lei slowly sat beside Yuehua, and suddenly said, "You know Alexander the Great, the greatest emperor of mankind in the Greek era. ” "The territory of ancient Greece was originally very small, and the expansion of its territory was accompanied by war.
Let's take an analogy, on the one hand, the foreign war expanded the territory of the ancient Greek civilization and on the other hand, it also allowed more human beings from other places to be annexed into Greece, and at the same time, more people believed in the Greek gods Alexander, and the Greek coalition army expanded countless vast territories and spilled the religious seeds of Greek mythology to more places.
On the one hand, there is territorial expansion, and on the other hand, there is also the expansion of religion, and in the same way, when Christianity ruled the West, foreign wars were also often fought in the name of mission. ” "According to the current historical record, well, I also thought of it suddenly, because I happened to see a movie about Alexander the Great, the most outstanding emperor of the ancient Greek era, he led his Greek coalition, defeated Persia, all the way to the East, he really entered the East and hit India, we can assume that this is also a religious expansion.
It's just that he failed.
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Or we can see it as the first confrontation between the mythological religions of Greece and the mythological religions of the East.
However, it is estimated that the era when Alexander the Great fought to the east at that time coincided with the Warring States period in China, and if Alexander the Great crossed India and continued northward, then the first opponent he encountered was the Qin State at that time."
"And in the Christian era, there were Crusades, and in the same way, it can be assumed that this was the expansion of the religious power of Christianity to the East, but in my opinion, Christianity seems to be more powerful than the gods of Greek mythology, at least the territorial expansion of Christianity is much more than that of Greek mythology, they not only ruled Europe, but even conquered the Americas, at least, they almost exterminated the mythical religions that originally existed in the Americas.
All in all, two words expansion" "In the end, I conclude that there may also be wars between the gods of various myths, as well as between the humans they rule.
This is the process of expansion, like a big country merging a small country, survival of the fittest, and a strong religion can defeat other religions and occupy more spheres of influence.
And the weak religion is either exterminated or conquered and loses its sphere of influence. ” After hearing this, Yuehua couldn't help but take a deep breath and said with a wry smile: "You think a lot." ” Xiao Lei smiled: "So, it is not surprising that these gods are just rulers who were forced to step down after defeat."
The most appropriate way to say it is that in the current Western world, Christianity is the ruling party, while other mythological religions are opposition parties hahahaha" a183ss4509291 This book is already in its entirety, so feel free to subscribe to the chapters of this book
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