Gorky once said that "books are the ladder of human progress". Books are indispensable in life. Today, I will recommend a book - Chinese Mythology and Legends.

Myths and legends tell the stories of gods and heroes in ancient times. It includes the origin of the universe, the origin of gods and human beings, how gods rule and dominate the universe, the mysterious relationship between gods and human beings, and the great achievements of heroes in ancient times. Among them, my favorite is "Pangu Pioneer".

Pangu is the great god of creation in Chinese mythology. There are two kinds of myths about him, one is the creation of heaven and earth, and the other is the death of the descendants of all things.

According to the "Three Five Calendar" by Xu Zhen in the Three Kingdoms Period, the giant Pangu had grown in chaos for 18000 years, and chaos could no longer accommodate him, so it broke up, and Pangu stayed between the sky and the earth. The sky kept rising, the earth continued to thicken, and finally became a shape.

In the novel "Kaifa Yanyi", a tour of the Ming Dynasty said that Pangu held a chisel in his left hand and constantly chiseled chaos, creating the sky and the earth.

In world mythology, it is very common for gods or monsters to turn their bodies into all things in the universe. After his death, Pan Gu's body became the Five Sacred Mountains. His head became the East Sacred Mountains, his abdomen became the Middle Sacred Mountains, his left arm became the South Sacred Mountains, his right arm became the North Sacred Mountains, and his feet became the West Sacred Mountains.

In the Nordic myth and legend, the god killed the ice giant, blocked the bottomless cave with the body of the ice giant, made the earth with his flesh, made the sea with his blood and sweat, made the mountain with his bones, made the stone with his teeth, and made the vegetation with his hair.

Does this book appeal to you? If you want to know more about Chinese myths and stories, you can buy one and read it.