Foreign myths include:

1. Pandora’s box:

Pandora then lived with Epimetheus. Soon after, Prometheus brought Epimetheus a big box and repeatedly told him not to open it. However, Pandora was a very curious woman, and Prometheus' repeated warnings made her want to open the box. Desire, she thought: "Why should an ordinary box be hidden so secretly? And the lid is so tight, why on earth?"

While Epimetheus was out, Pandora quietly opened it The box turned out not to contain what Pandora expected, but instead countless disasters and pests. Before Pandora opened the box, mankind had no disasters and lived a peaceful life.

That is because all viral diseases are locked in boxes, so that humans can be protected from torture. Due to Pandora's curiosity, disasters and plagues escaped. From then on, disasters harmed and caused suffering to mankind day and night, everywhere.

In panic and fear, Pandora quietly closed the box, leaving the only beautiful thing in the box - hope. Therefore, even if human beings continue to suffer and be tortured by life, they always have precious hope in their hearts to motivate themselves. Before death, hope always exists, and life is absolutely full of beautiful hopes.

2. Damocles Sword:

Damocles was a courtier of Dionysius II, the tyrant of Syracuse, Italy in the 4th century BC. He liked it very much. Flatter Dionysius. He flattered: As a great man with power and prestige, Dionysius was very lucky.

Dionysius proposed to exchange identities with him for a day, so that he could try the fate of the leader. At the banquet held in the evening, Damocles enjoyed the feeling of being a king.

When the dinner was almost over, he looked up and noticed the sword hanging above the throne with only a horsehair. He immediately lost interest in good food and beautiful women and asked the tyrant to let him go. He never wanted to be so lucky again.

3. Zeus proposed marriage:

After Zeus became the ruler of the gods, Hera lived in seclusion in the Cuckoo Mountain. Although Zeus was romantic, he was very fond of his sister. Hera never forgot. Once, it was raining heavily. At this time, Zeus turned into a poor bird and got into Hera's arms, making Hera show infinite love and affection.

When the rain stopped and the sun rose, Zeus revealed his true form and promised to marry her. Later, they finally got together, and Hera gave birth to Ares, the god of war, Eletia, the goddess of childbirth, Hebe, the goddess of youth, and Hephaestus, the god of fire.

After Zeus and Hera lived together, they kept the secret for three hundred years. Finally, they officially announced and recognized Hera as Zeus’s wife and queen, and held a grand and luxurious sacred wedding. All the gods were present to celebrate it.

Gaia, the mother of the earth, gave a golden apple tree as a gift to Hera. Hera planted the golden apple tree in the sacred garden of Hesperides in the far west. , and also sent the hundred-headed dragon Ladon and the Hesperides sisters to guard the golden apple tree. Among Zeus's many wives and lovers, only Hera could enjoy such honor.

4. Patron Saint of Athens:

The legend that Athena became the patron saint of Athens is related to the competition between the goddess and Poseidon. When Athens was first founded by a Phoenician, Poseidon competed with Athena for the honor of naming it, and the one who could offer humanity the most useful things would become the patron saint of the city. Poseidon struck the ground with his trident and conjured a war horse.

Athena conjured an olive tree - a symbol of peace and prosperity. Because war horses were considered to represent war and sorrow, Athens was named after the goddess. The goddess soon took the city under her protection. On the Acropolis of Athens, one of the most famous buildings in ancient Greece still remains - the Parthenon, which worshiped the goddess Athena.

5. Brahma created the world:

It is said that in order to create the world, Brahma, the highest entity, first created water and put his seeds into the water. The seed becomes a golden egg as brilliant as the sun. Brahma was born in the golden egg and retained it for one Brahma year, and then divided it into two halves through meditation, one for the sky and one for the earth, with the empty world and the ocean in between.

After that, the sun, moon and stars, rivers, lakes and mountains, gods and demigods, human animals and plants, thoughts and languages, joys and sorrows, etc. were created. This world existed for one "kalpa" and was burned up by the calamity fire when Brahma fell asleep and was destroyed. After he wakes up from a deep sleep for 1 "kalpa", he will recreate everything in the world so that it can exist for another "kalpa" before being destroyed again. This is repeated over and over until the end of the universe, when he returns to Brahman from whom he was born. The life span of Brahma is 100 Brahma years.