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Myths about the establishment of peace

In China, there are several legends about the creation of the world, but most important is considered to be the myth of Pangu velikane that emerged from eggs pervoosnovy universe. For many people the egg is a symbol of fertility, which is closely associated with the idea of creation and birth. For example, the South Korean legend tells of the egg, which contains the baby, which grow to become the ruler of the world, and in Indian mythology, is the motive of outer eggs. The concept of a common progenitor of human kind can be found in various cultures, both Greek and Polynesian. Incestuous marriage with her brother Nyuyva Fusi is an analogy in the Japanese myth of union Idzanami and Idzanagn, apparently borrowed from China. The Legend of Pangu dates back to the IV. BC, although its origins may be far more ancient.
On the territory of China, the myths and legends are very diverse. By skazaniyam Hebei Province, the first people created Pangu, blind figurines from liquid clay, but on the other versions – the beginning of humanity has Tyanluna Union and Daillier, the god of literature Venchana satellites. The universality of these motifs reflects the attitudes of people to the creation of the world. It confirms the theory of Carl Jung’s “collective unconscious” as a manifestation of human experience.

Classical Chinese cosmography

Chinese classical structure of the universe is contained in several sources, of which shows that there are a number of kosmografii. Thus, one of the schools argue that the universe is in the shape of an egg, which occupy the upper part of the heavens and the earth floating in the ocean at the bottom of the shell. In traditional training schools and Zhou Wei believed that heaven is like an inverted bowl, rotating around the Polar race. The land is located under the vault of heaven, and the square from all sides washed by the sea. The sky seemed inviolable sanctuary, supported by four (or eight), poles (or mountains). The fact that the Polar Star is not in the center of sky and nicely explained in the myth of defeat Gun-Guna.
The high scientific level of the Chinese civilization has contributed to understanding the universe, and some scientists are already in the I-in. AD were able to calculate that the Earth round.

Giant Pangu
In early times in the universe dominated only darkness and chaos. In the darkness, gradually take the form of eggs, was born Pangu, the first living creation. He grew up in a dream inside the eggs. After many years, becoming a giant, Pangu woke up, reached out, and the egg broke. Light and sound particles eggs rose up and formed the sky, while others are heavy and unclean, fell down and became Earth. So having forces yin and yang.

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Сентябрь 2010
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