Zongman: Traveling through countless worlds at the same time

It is not so easy to use the power of mythology just like the power of fairy tales.

(ceaf) Even Athena, the goddess of wisdom, has doubts about this.

"Even if it is the myth of the concubine body, the concubine body does not feel that those poets have the same identity, and they sang the content!"

The silver-haired petite goddess said with great puzzlement.

The thoughts of fairy tale writers are still traceable.

Whether it's Grimm's fairy tales or Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.

Many of its stories have been edited and adapted by the author.

Since it is something that comes from the mouth of one person, it is not surprising that there is a certain unity of thought.

Therefore, it is not difficult to extract the core from the fairy tale.

But mythology is different.

The intricate mythology itself has a relatively chaotic origin, and has experienced the addition and re-creation of various poets after that.

Athena is the goddess who came to the earth thousands of years ago.

During the Age of Gods, he also had a certain understanding of the human world.

Therefore, she is well aware of the nature of those poets who sing myths.

Those poets with a casual style have basically all kinds of strange personalities, and what they value is completely different.

It is simply impossible to expect these casual poets to reach a certain consensus under the creation of myth.

Poets who have experienced different ages from these ideas.

A myth that is unified after creation.

It is no exaggeration to say that it is a pot of simmering.

To find some kind of unifying core in the myths put together by poets who have not collaborated on these roots.

That is simply impossible.

This doubt about Athena.

Su Mo just shook his head.

"Consensus is something that cannot be reached by agreement in advance."

"Since it is the core of the record of the myth itself, as the key to the myth, it is naturally the most difficult to modify."

"No matter how the gods themselves change, no matter how the myths themselves are distorted and rewritten, the thoughts that can still be preserved over a long period of time are the most precious places in myths."

Even in the godslayer world.

This god of disobedience has many vests, and the relationship between gods is intricate in a world.

Even in these myths, even the very important main gods are not even their own gods.

The core of the myth itself has remained.

No matter how the name of the gods changes, no matter how the deeds of the gods change.

In the end, what remains unchanged is the most precious core of mythology.

"That is - cosmology.".

Chapter 520

"Cosmology?"

After hearing Su Mo's words, Athena tilted her head in doubt.

She is no stranger to this term.

In the study of mythology~, this is often mentioned.

Cosmology refers to a kind of conjecture and hypothesis about the world formed by ancient humans as reflected in mythology.

It also includes human perception of the world.

The most important thing is, of course, the discussion of the model of the universe.

For example, Huaxia was born very early and established the idea of ​​the Tao of the unity of nature and man.

On the basis of this idea unchanged, the hypothesis of the universe model has been advancing with the times.

From the round sky and the round place, to Gaitian theory, Huntian theory, and Xuanye theory.

Getting closer and closer to the true model of the universe.

in this regard.

Western civilization also had an era of celestial movement theory. After being denied, the celestial movement theory was gradually replaced by the terrestrial theory, leading to the current scientific universe model.

If the so-called cosmology refers to this.

It was exactly as Su Mo said.

No matter how the deity of the gods changes.

No matter how distorted the myth itself is.

As the most fundamental setting of the world view, it has almost never changed.

"It's just that this kind of thing doesn't have much to do with the theme of the myth, does it?"

Athena asked very puzzled.

If myth itself is a story, the model of the universe is, at best, a stage to build.

The stage itself, no matter how it changes, shouldn't have much significance.

At the very least, it shouldn't be able to dictate the heart of the story.

"Yes, the model of the universe itself is not particularly important."

Su Mo nodded and agreed with her statement.

Then, the voice changed.

"However, a cosmology is not the same as a cosmology model."

After shaking his head, he didn't show off, but said bluntly.

"As the most central thing in mythology, the most important thing about the cosmology itself is not the setting of the cosmological model, but the discussion of the relationship between human beings and the world."

Literary works, after all, are human-centered and human-centered narratives.

Even in myths and legends.

Therefore, compared to the cosmic model, the relationship between humans and the world is the most important part of the mythological system.

"In a stable society, people living in the same era often have a certain commonality in their thinking about the world. This commonality is the key that even the poets who collect myths, process and create them have not noticed. ."

If the fairy tale itself is sung by the poets who sing the epic.

Then, I am afraid that when these myths were created, the poets themselves did not realize the consciously natural thoughts in their minds!

It seems that fate has completed the mythical epic through the hands of the poet.

"For example, Zoroastrianism, that is, Zoroastrianism, their cosmology is [Dualism of Good and Evil]."

"They believed that humans should refrain from temptation and devote themselves to good in order to overcome evil."

"Under this view of the universe, 'good' and 'evil' are naturally the two most important cores. And, according to the prophecy in the myth, goodness is destined to defeat evil."

"Therefore, only the good gods and the evil gods can get the greatest support from the Zoroastrian cosmology, and the evil gods will eventually be defeated, and the good gods can dominate everything."

Su Mo explained it with the example of Zoroastrianism, which he is very familiar with.

relative to other myths.

The Zoroastrian view of the universe is the most famous and the easiest to understand.

Zoroastrian myths tell one thing from beginning to end.

- Good will triumph over evil!

Therefore, I want to get enough power bonus in the Zoroastrian mythology system.

You only need to have the attributes of a good god and get the corresponding fate bonus.

Although I don't know how big this bonus can be.

However, since the King of the End has the bonus of the hero's destiny, he can obtain a combat power that exceeds the level of the godslayer.

Then if Su Mo passed the Demon God ceremony and became a three-digit almighty field.

If you get the corresponding fate bonus.

Wouldn't he be able to come into contact with the power of the truth level of the universe?

Become a three-digit exception directly, and even hope to be promoted to the double-digit full power field? !

If that's the case, it's really a step up to the sky.

of course.

The myth of the godslayer world is naturally not enough to support this level of power.

Only the myth of the little garden world can make Su Mo get enough bonuses.

"Dualism of Good and Evil..."

Hearing Su Mo's example, the petite silver-haired goddess nodded slightly.

The teachings of Zoroastrianism can be said to be of the rare type on the surface.

It is indeed not difficult to grasp the gist of this myth.

If so are other myths.

It doesn't seem like it's too difficult to get the gist.

"However, the Greek mythology where the concubine is now does not seem to have a definite theme."

Athena thought for a moment and frowned slightly.

Greek mythology, half Theogony, tells the story of the gods, beginning with Ouranos and Gaia.

The other half is Homer's Epic, which mainly tells the story of heroes who are the protagonists and the gods occasionally intervene.

Athena, the goddess of victory, occupies a lot of space in it.

But even as a witness in the myth, she couldn't imagine that her own myth had a clear purpose like [Dualism of Good and Evil].

In Greek mythology, heroes are active at the center of the stage, but even if they are the sons of gods, they are not necessarily victorious.

God's interference, conspiracy, betrayal... There are not a few heroes who have died in various experiences, and there are not many heroes who have failed.

And the gods who are the center of mythology are not divided into different poles of good and evil like Zoroastrianism, and they fight with each other according to their camps.

Instead, it was overthrown again and again in the constant cycle of replacement.

For this type of mythology, it is difficult to distill a sufficiently convincing core.

Even she, who is the goddess of wisdom, is a little stuck.

However, after thinking for a while, she still realized something, but she didn't get the point.

・・・・ Flowers・・・

Noticing that she was only close to the door, Su Mo reminded aloud.

"Remember the myth of Sisyphus?"

Sisyphus, the founder and king of Corinth in Greek mythology.

He was punished by the gods for kidnapping the god of death, requiring him to push the boulder to the top of the mountain.

But because the boulder is too heavy, the top of the mountain is too steep.

So that every time before reaching the top of the mountain, the boulders will roll off, and all previous efforts will be lost.

He has to push the stone again.

Sisyphus accepts this hopeless punishment day in and day out, and his story is also known as the epitome of cyclical, never-ending, and ultimately futile efforts.