Satan, who is Pandora?

I believe many people know that Satan was once an angel, and his name in heaven is Lucifer. But this theory is not based on what the Bible says, because the Bible only says from beginning to end that Satan fell from a shining star. In the Bible, it is a male angel holding a torch. (You can check the Encyclopedia Britannica ~! )

Milton, an English poet, wrote that Lucifer's real name is Satan. In his long poem Paradise Lost, Satan first appeared as the angel Lucifer. Although many people don't know this book (my favorite book ~ ~ ~ was written by a Japanese writer ~ ~), Milton's narrative poems hinted at the important reasons for the failure of Britain's vibrant bourgeois revolution at that time and had a great influence on mankind. (Affect China. That's why there is Satan, even if Lucifer says. )

Satan means enemy, and Lucifer means morning star. Before Milton published this poem, there was a man named Lucifer in history. He is also a devout Christian. It can be seen that Lucifer is a good name-the light of God, but later generations have preconceived that Lucifer is Satan because of many external factors. After all, few people are as obsessed with him as I am and will seriously look for his information. )

Ok, let's not mention Satan's name, let's talk about the reason why Satan fell. I believe you are often confused because the sentences you come into contact with are too many, too complicated and all are true. There is no mention of this in the Bible, so I am not sure about the real reason and reason for Satan's fall. However, I can write down two kinds of rumors circulating in the Jianghu for your reference and see which one you want to believe. Because my little girl has little knowledge, it may be a little different. Don't hit me ~ ~ ~)

(These are just two well-known legends, maybe I don't know your version ~ ~ ~)

1. Satan betrayed God because he was jealous that his twin brother Michael became an archangel instead of himself.

2. Satan is an angel with a high position in the sky, but he is indignant, because God suddenly wants angels to obey not only its will, but also Jesus' will, so he calls all angels (next to the word fire) to fight against God. This is the version of paradise lost that I firmly believe in. Michael just had a fight with Satan in it. But for God's help, he would have lost. )

However, in the above two legends, Satan has the same ambition-"Better be the king of hell than a slave of heaven". Hee hee ~ that's why I admire him.

Having said that, don't think that Satan will be jealous when he commits a crime (here refers to the seven deadly sins in Christianity). In fact, Satan represents one of the seven deadly sins, that is "pride". Hehe, so Satan is a proud angel/devil.

References:

1. Satan, formerly known as Lucifer, is the most perfect angel created by God. Later, he became proud. He wanted to exalt his throne and surpass God, so he mobilized one third of the angels to betray God and slander him. Therefore, God proves everything with truth. It shows Satan's evil, that clever evil, and he will make people feel that God's way is unfair. Will confuse mankind in many evil ways.

Long, long ago, the owner of the world was Titan, who created everything in the world. At that time, ancient Greece was still a wilderness, and huge waves beat against the Aegean coast; Birds fly and fish jump, and animals flock. It's a pity that these advanced creatures have no souls. Humans have not yet appeared, but the struggle between the gods has resurfaced. Zeus overthrew the rule of Titan Cronus and exiled him to a distant place. During the painful exile, Cronus's son was born. He is Prometheus, the ancestor of mankind.

Prometheus was born with the glory of the gods. He is such a beautiful and clever boy, as if his eyes are clear rivers and his blue hair is boundless sky. Prometheus likes nature and this peaceful and quiet world. He grew up carefree. Until one day, Prometheus met a very beautiful woman by the water. This woman knows his name and that he is a descendant of an ancient god.

"Are you a goddess?" Prometheus asked.

"Yes, I am Athena, the goddess of wisdom. I heard that you are very wise and I came to test you. "

"Athena? Are you the daughter of Zeus? " Prometheus felt a little unhappy.

"Dear Prometheus, Athena only represents me, not the daughter of Zeus."

"Well, what's your problem?"

"This question is very difficult, and no one can answer it since the Titan era."

"You mean, where are the seeds of the gods? Where is the soul that can dominate the world? "

"The goddess of fate, my sister Clozo, told me that only you can find the seeds of the gods."

Prometheus smiled. "Goddess, if I created human beings, your father will never leave me alone."

"You mean, the owner of the future world is called' human'?"

"I call them human beings. They should have the same appearance and wisdom as God. They have souls and distinguish between good and evil. They are hidden in the land where everything grows. "

"Prometheus, you are destined to create human beings, because fate cannot be changed, no matter what it brings you. No matter what happens, I am willing to help you. "

"What if your father wants to kill me?"

Athena dazed, didn't speak. He went up to him and kissed Prometheus in the eyes. Prometheus has no love in his heart, and he doesn't know what love is.

Therefore, Prometheus shaped human figures with clay and gave them souls; Athena helped him with her wise hands and injected her feelings into the human body.

"I think human beings need love." Athena said.

"What is love?" Prometheus asked.

"It's a feeling between a man and a woman, just like me and you."

"What can they do with love?" Prometheus still doesn't understand.

"You can sacrifice everything for the person you love, including eternal life."

I was born to kill my love-Pandora.

After the appearance of human beings, they continued to multiply and soon formed a large group, which spread all over the world and the world was full of vitality. However, for a long time, they lived like walking corpses, lived in caves without sunshine, were unaware of the cold and summer, and turned a blind eye to everything around them. They have no idea how to use their souls.

Prometheus paid great patience and wisdom and taught them to use the soul. Teach them to build houses and control livestock; Teach them writing and language; Teach them to work and be kind to them. Prometheus cares about all human activities, and gradually, the world seems to be under the control of Prometheus. Zeus can no longer stay in the divine world with peace of mind. He will never allow anyone to surpass himself in power and prestige. He began to attack mankind to crowd out Prometheus. When Zeus's series of revenge actions were resolved one by one, he cut off the thing that human beings least needed-fire. However, the son of Titan bravely and skillfully borrowed the fire from the solar car. This time, even Athena was a little jealous of his wisdom.

Because Prometheus openly opposed Zeus, Athena was in a dilemma. She really likes Prometheus, but he must never betray her father, Zeus, the father of the gods. Zeus saw through his daughter's mind and asked her, "What if I want to kill the person you love?" When Athena kissed Prometheus, she suddenly remembered his strange eyes and replied, "I am the goddess of wisdom, and I will never allow anyone to surpass me." Maybe I'll kill him myself. "Athena was furious and full of infinite sadness.

So Pandora was born. She is a stone statue carved by Vulcan hephaestus with exquisite craftsmanship. Athena herself put on shiny white clothes, garlands and golden ribbons. Hermes, the messenger of the gods, taught her the most beautiful language; The beautiful god Aphrodite endowed her with all kinds of attractive charm; Zeus, on the other hand, injected a vicious disaster into this beautiful image and asked all the gods to give her a gift that was harmful to mankind. The stone statue turned into a charming woman with a beautiful face. She has long black hair, mysterious veil and shrewd eyes. Zeus named her Pandora, which means "a woman with all talents".

Pandora came to earth, and wherever she went, even the gods on the earth were amazed. She went straight to Prometheus and presented a beautiful box with both hands.

"Prometheus, please accept my gift!" Her voice is sweet and her smile is charming.

But Prometheus was unmoved. "I never accept any gifts from Mount Olympus."

"I would be honored if you would open the box and have a look." She breathed like an orchid, swaying and winking at Prometheus.

"It seems that I will let you down." Prometheus ignored this beautiful woman and turned away. Just then, Pandora tripped over a fast stone at her feet and almost fell. Fortunately, Prometheus caught her in time. At the same time, the box fell to the ground, the lid was opened, and disaster came at that moment.

I must bear the pain of destiny takes a hand-Prometheus

Disaster flew out of Pandora's box like black smoke and quickly filled the whole earth, sky and ocean. Disease spreads quietly, pain breeds constantly, and death rushes around the world like flying ... mankind has fallen into the abyss of disaster.

Pandora picked up the box and closed it before the only beautiful thing hidden at the bottom of the box hoped to fly out. She gave Prometheus an evil smile. "It is your kindness that has harmed you and mankind." Prometheus sat at the foot of Olympus with a very painful expression. I don't know why, Pandora saw his appearance and her heart ached fiercely.

Then Zeus decided to punish the disaster Prometheus brought to mankind. This was a blatant conspiracy, but the gods could do nothing. Zeus gave the enemy to his son Vulcan, who was very kind and worshipped Prometheus. He didn't want to kill him. However, two of his men, powerful and violent slaves, locked Prometheus on the cliff of Caucasus Mountain without authorization. Vulcan said sadly, "No matter how much you whine and lament, it won't help. Zeus's will is unshakable, and these rulers who have just seized power from others are very cruel. " Unless you are willing to be his loyal disciple and obey his orders. "

Prometheus smiled with an unusually calm smile. "Whoever learns to recognize fate will suffer the pain of fate."

"If you stick to your faith, you will be tied here for 30 thousand years." Vulcan kindly comforted Prometheus.

"The new marriage will destroy the king of the gods." Prometheus said to himself.

"This is a prophecy? Or a curse? " But despite repeated questioning by Vulcan, Prometheus refused to say a word again.

Hearing this terrible prophecy, Zeus was a little uneasy. Every day he sent someone to force Prometheus to explain the meaning of this prophecy. But Prometheus would rather suffer pain and punishment than give the autocratic Lord of the gods another chance. Zeus is worried about this day by day, and intends to think of a way with Athena's wisdom. In fact, Athena, like her sister Goddess of Justice, rarely agrees with some of her father's practices, but now she only hates Prometheus without love. She is such a proud goddess that she fell in love with the descendant of an exiled god, but he didn't respond and was not tempted by her at all. With this in mind, Athena said, "Send an evil eagle to peck at his heart every day, which makes him feel heartache." This happened to be heard by Pandora passing by. Somehow, her heart ached again.

When Pandora dived into the barren hills of Kutja, she saw Prometheus chained to the broken rocks in Caucasus at a glance. His blue hair fluttered in the cold wind, his eyes were dry, his eyes were dim and his heart was bleeding. Above is the endless sky, below is the terrible abyss, Prometheus alone endured the pain of destiny takes a hand. All this makes Pandora feel sad. She is a stone statue, how can she have a heart? How can it be sad?

Pandora used magic to come to Prometheus. She took off her white veil to reveal her beautiful face. Prometheus looked at her with resentment. Pandora knew that Prometheus' disasters were all her own making, and she gently wiped his wounds with her veil. When her hand touched his heart, love was born.

Born of hate, died of love-Athena

"Can I fulfill that ominous prophecy?"

Prometheus looked at Pandora in surprise and shook his head. His prophet is given by heaven, and he will never go against God's will and say his prophecy before it happens. Of course, this prophecy has nothing to do with Pandora. He knew that she was just a tool for Zeus to get back at himself. Why give her so much pain?

"At least, I can give people hope." Pandora looked at Prometheus painfully. "I can do something for you, even if it costs me eternal life."

"You are not human, you will never know how to save me." Prometheus finally spoke. He was moved by Pandora's tears.

Pandora's intoxicating smile, "there is a price to pay for the game of exchanging souls, but I am willing."

Pandora came to the world and piled three piles on a flat land, namely earth, stone and sand. She recited incantations, took people's souls from the earth and exiled her sinful souls. The price of exchanging souls is that she can't talk anymore, but Pandora doesn't care. Because he touched Prometheus's heart, she vowed to save the suffering hero. Then she immediately realized that the only way to save Prometheus was to let go of hope, so she opened her box and let go of hope. There is hope in the world again, mankind will not perish, and Prometheus will no longer be a sinner.

Pandora knew Zeus would know everything soon, and he would be punished if he broke his oath. Time was running out, so she came to Prometheus again and released him without hesitation. Prometheus didn't know what she was going to do, but Pandora couldn't tell him what she had done. She put an iron ring inlaid with Caucasian rocks around Prometheus' neck, so Zeus would think that Prometheus was still in the Caucasus. This talented woman not only has the wisdom of Athena, but also has the kindness of Prometheus. She was determined to trade her life for Prometheus' freedom.

After all this, Pandora returned to the temple of Zeus, looked at Prometheus' distant back in the sky and shed her last tear. She cast a spell and turned it into a stone statue. Athena saw everything, but she did not tell her father Zeus. She sighed at Chen Fan and said, "Pandora was born of hate and died of love. Is this a mockery of the gods? She gave up eternal life for love, but Prometheus didn't know it. He never knew love. I hope that all mankind will not repeat the same mistakes. "

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To this day, mankind is still thriving and the heavens are still conquering, but the story of Pandora has long since become a thing of the past, and no one has mentioned it again.

Note: The story is based on Greek mythology and self-accumulation, and is partially adapted on the basis of respecting historical facts. Pandora's box is a metaphor for the abyss of disaster; Prometheus' kidnapping symbolizes the pursuit of freedom; Aphrodite, the goddess of beauty, is also called Venus in Roman mythology. Prometheus predicted that Zeus and thetis would get married after a long time.