英语神话故事（一）：
Chang'e Flying to the Moon 嫦娥奔月
相传，远古时候有一年，天上出现了十个阳光，直烤得大地冒烟，海水枯干，老百姓眼看无法再生活去。
Legend says that there were once ten suns in the sky， which made plants wither， water in rivers and lakes run dry. It’s too hot to live on the sun.
这件事惊动了一个名叫后羿的英雄，他登上昆仑山顶，运足神力，拉开神弓，一气射下九个剩余的阳光。
Houyi， a young man who was good at archery was sympathetic with people’s torture so he decided to shoot them. He took out his bow， ascended up to the peak of the Kunlun Mountain and shot down nine of the ten suns one by one， and he might have shot the last one if it was not called off by others. Thus the severe drought was gone.
后羿立下盖世神功，受到百姓的尊敬和爱戴，不少志士慕名前来投师学艺。
Houyi thus was respected and honored by people as a hero. Young men who were fond of archery flocked to him to learn shooting.
不久，后羿娶了个美丽善良的妻子，名叫嫦娥。后羿除传艺狩猎外，终日和妻子在一齐，人们都羡慕这对郎才女貌的恩爱夫妻。
Houyi later married a pretty lady called Chang'e and lived a happy life with her.
一天，后羿到昆仑山访友求道，巧遇由此经过的王母娘娘，后羿因与嫦娥恩爱，想与她永久在一齐，便向王母求一包不死药。但所以药凡间控制得严，王母被后羿的贡献和精神打动，就给了神药。
One day on his way to a friend’s home in the Kunlun Mountain， Houyi came across the Queen of Heaven. Houyi was enamored of the happy life with his wife and wanted to be with her forever so he asked the The Queen of Heaven to give him some elixir. The elixir was strictly controlled off normal people. The Queen of Heaven， however， moved by Houyi’ s contribution and affection to love and gave him one.
据说，服下此药能即刻升天成仙。可是药只够他一个人服用，后羿舍不得撇下妻子，只好暂时把不死药交给嫦娥珍藏。嫦娥将药藏进梳妆台的百宝匣里，不料被蓬蒙看到了。
The drug was said very powerful and people who took it can fly to the heaven and became an immortal immediately. However， the content was only enough for one person and Houyi was reluctant to leave his beloved wife alone on the earth so he gave the elixir to Chang'e to preserve and wanted to seek another one for his wife. Chang'e carefully stored it in a wooden box while her action was peeked by the evil Fengmeng -one of his husband’s adherents.
三天后，后羿率众徒外出狩猎，心怀鬼胎的蓬蒙假装生病，留了下来。
Three days afterward， Houyi lead his disciples to go out for hunting but Fengmeng who wanted to steal the elixir while Houyi was way， stayed at home deliberately.
待后羿率众人走后不久，蓬蒙手持宝剑闯入内宅后院，威逼嫦娥交出不死药。
No sooner as Houyi left his house， Fengmeng knocked into the courtyard where Chang E was working. He wielded his glitter sword and threatened Chang'e to give him the elixir.
嫦娥明白自我不是蓬蒙的对手，只得拿出不死药一口吞了下去。
Chang'e had no better idea than swallowed the elixir herself.
嫦娥吞下药，身子立时飘离地面、冲出窗口，向天上飞去。
As soon as she took it， chang'e flew from her house toward the heave and finally landed on the moon.
傍晚，后羿回到家，侍女们哭诉了白天发生的事。后羿既惊又怒，抽剑去杀恶徒，蓬蒙早逃走了。嫦娥从此就在月亮上住了下来。
Houyi was told what was happening in the evening when he returned home from bumper hunting. He was astonished， anguished and then very anger so he decided to kill the evil man. But Fengmeng had fled away. Chang'e was transferred to the moon and has lived there since ever.
嫦娥决定在月亮上住下来，因为月亮离地球最近。她在月宫里过着简单的生活。尽管她上了天宫，她的心还是在凡间。嫦娥从未忘记与后羿之间的爱。
Chang'e decides to live on the moon because it is nearest to the earth. There she lives a simple and contented life. Even though she is in Heaven， her heart remains in the world of mortals. Never does she forget the deep love she has for Hou Yi.
每年八月十五，当月亮最圆最明亮的时候，人们会观赏月亮并寻找那个美丽少女的身影。
Each year on the 15th day of the eighth month， when the moon is at its fullest and brightest， people look at the moon and try to see it the image of a beautiful maiden.
英语神话故事（二）：
精卫填海
Once upon a time， the youngest daughter of Emperor Yan， legendary ruler of primitive China， went boating on the Eastern Sea. While she was enjoying herself， a strong wind rose on the sea and her boat capsized. Just before she was buried by the surging waves， her spirit turned into a beautiful bird. As it flew over the roaring sea， it cried sadly in the sound "jinwei， jingwei". That was why people called it "Jingwei".
The bird lived on a mountain near the sea. It hated the sea so much that it decided to fill it up. Every day， it flew to and fro between the mountain and the sea， carrying in a twig or a pebble from the mountain and dropping it into the sea.
One day， the roaring sea said to Jingwei， "Poor little bird， stop doing that meaningless thing! You'll never fill me up." Jingwei replied， "I'll fill you up no doubt! I will， even if it'll take me thousands of years! I'll fight on until doomsday!"
The brave little bird kept carrying twigs and pebbles from the mountain to the Eastern Sea without taking a rest.
From this fable es the idiom "The bird Jingwei trying to fill the sea". We use it to describe people who are firm and indomitable and will not stop until they reach their goal.
英语神话故事（三）：
宋定伯捉鬼
song dingbo， a young man in nanyang， met a ghost one night while walking along the road. "who is it?" he asked. "a ghost，" answered the ghost. "who are you?" "i am a ghost， too，" zong lied. "where are you going?" the ghost asked. "i am going to wanshi，" zong answered. "i am also going there，" the ghost said. so they went a few li together. "it is very tiresome to walk like this，" said the ghost. "why do we not carry each other on our backs by turns?" "that is an excellent idea，" zong agreed. first the ghost carried zong for & few li. "you are so heavy!" it said. "are you really a ghost?" zong said， "i died quite recently， so i am heavy." then it was his turn to carry the ghost， which was almost weightless. they went on like this， each carrying the other several times. zong said， "since i have just died， i do not know what a ghost fears." "a ghost fears nothing but to be spat at，" the ghost told him.
they came to a river. zong asked the ghost to cross it first. he listened and found that the ghost made no noise at all. when he waded the river， he splashed and made a lot of noise. "why did you make so much noise?" the ghost asked. "i have not yet learned to cross a river quietly， since i am a new ghost，" zong answered， adding， "please bear with me about that."
英语神话故事（四）：
李冰斗河神
When King Zhao of Qin conquered Shu ， he appointed Li Bing governor of the area. At that time there in the river was a river deity(河神)， who each year demanded two virgins as his wives. One day， the official responsible for the matter came to report to Li， "This time a million copper coins must be collected to buy two women for the deity." "Don't worry，" Li Bing forted him， "I have got girls for him already." When the day came， Li had his two daughters properly dressed， ready to be thrown into the river. He stepped onto the terrace for the ceremony and poured a libation， saying， "Today， I am greatly honoured to bee a relation of yours. Please， my River God， e out and honour the occasion with your respected presence， and allow me to propose a toast to you." After saying these words， Li emptied his cup， put it down and waited. The wine in the cup for the deity， however， only stirred a little and remained full to the brim. Flying into a rage at this， Li said in a stern voice， "Since you look
down upon me so， I have no choice but to fight you." Li drew out his sword， and the next moment disappeared. Quite a while later， two grey buffaloes were seen fighting on the other side of the river. Soon， Li reappeared， ordering his subordinates to help him， saying， "The buffalo facing south with a white stripe on the middle part of his body is me. That is the ribbon for my seal." Then he disappeared again to go back to his fight. Finally， his chief secretary killed the buffalo facing north. That was the end of the river deity and all the trouble he had caused.
英语神话故事（五）：
玉兔入月宫
Legend a long time ago， a pair of rabbit practice Millennium became immortal. They have four lovely daughters， all born to pure cute.
One day， the emperor summoned the rabbits in heaven， it left his wife and children to be reluctant to part， stepping on the cloud temple. When it came to the south gate， see too white Venus day will lead the moon from the side walk. Rabbit fairy know what had happened， he asked a guard's door god beside. After hearing her encounter， rabbit fairy feel the innocent suffer， sympathize with her. But his meager strength， can be of any help? Think of the man in the moon， how lonely sad， if someone with good， suddenly thought of their four daughters， it immediately ran home.
The Moon Fairy rabbit tell the female rabbit， and a child to say with the goddess of the moon. The female rabbit though deeply sympathize with the moon， but loathe to give up their baby daughter， this is tantamount to the heart of flesh cut it! Daughters also reluctant to leave their parents， with tears in her eyes. The male rabbit sincere words and earnest wishes to say: "if I were alone， shut up， you are willing to acpany me? The moon in order to save the people， promised， we can sympathize with her? The children， we can't think only about yourself!"
The children understand the father's heart， all wants to go. Two rabbits with tears in his eyes， smiled. They decided to let the youngest daughter.
The little moon farewell parents and sisters， flying to the moon to live!
英语神话故事（六）：
Legend has it that there are three gods into three of the elderly poor， to foxes， monkeys， rabbits for food， the fox and the monkey had food to relief， only rabbit be at a loss what to do.
Then the rabbit said: "you eat my flesh!"
it into the fire， will he cooked， fairy touched， put the rabbit to the palace of the moon， the moon.
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英语神话故事（七）：
Pandora after the stealing of fire，zeus became increasingly unkind to men.one day he ordered his son hephaestus tobuild an image of a beautiful maiden out of clay.he then asked the gods and goddesses to award her with different kinds of gifts.among others ，athena clothed her in an attractive coat and hermes gave her the power of telling lies.a charming young lady，she was the first woman that ever lived.zeus called her pandora.because she had received from each of the gods and goddesses a gift. the gift was harmful to men. zeus decided to send her down to men as a present.so hermes them essenger brought her to epimetheus ，brother of prometheus.
The greatness of her beauty touched the hearts of all who looked upon her ，and epimetheus happily received her into his house.he had quite forgotten pometheus'warning ：never to accept anything from zeus.The couple lived a happy life for some time.Then trouble came on to the human world. when he was busy with teaching men the art of living，prometheus had left a bigcask in the care of epimetheus.he had warned his brother not to open the lid.pandora was a curious woman.she had been feeling very disappointed that her husband did not allow her to take a look at the contents of the cask.one day，when epimetheus was out ，she lifted the lid and out itcame unrest and war ，plague and sickness ，theft and violence， grief sorrow ，and all the other evils.The human world was hence to experience these evils. Only hope stayed within the mouth of the jar and never flew out.so men always have hope within their hearts.
英语神话故事（八）：
in the han dynasty in qiancheng lived a man by the name of dong yong. his mother died when he was a child. while living with his father， he worked hard in the fields. each time they went out， he would put his old father on a small cart and follow it on foot. when his father died， he was willing to sell himself into slavery for a little money for the funeral. knowing that he was a virtuous man， his master gave him ten thousand coins and allowed him to go home.
dong was in mourning for three years. when it was over， he decided to return to his master to work as a slave. on his way he met a woman who said to him， "i am willing to marry you." so they went together to his master. "i have given you money，" the master said to him. "thanks to your generous help，" dong said， "i was able to bury my father. although i am a man of low birth， i know i ought to work for you to repay your kindness." then the master asked， "what is your wife good at?" "she can weave，" dong answered. "if you insist on doing something for me，" said the master. "please ask your wife to weave a hundred bolts of fine silk for me." dong's wife set to work in the master's house. ten days later the hundred bolts were ready.
when she came out， she said to dong， "i am a weaver in heaven. the emperor of heaven ordered me to help you pay your debt because he was moved by your filial piety." after saying these words she flew into the sky and vanished.
英语神话故事（九）：
阿卡同Actaeon
Actaeon loved the hunting.he had been searching the woods every day. when she was tired with hunting artemis used to take abath in a little mountain spring.
阿卡同酷爱打猎。他每日都穿越森林，搜寻猎物。当厌倦狩猎时，阿尔特弥斯常常在小山泉中淋浴。
On this particular afternoon he felt so tired with running about that he，by accident，came over to the springing search of water.
而就在这个午时，他四处奔波颇感疲劳，因寻找水而偶然来到这片泉水旁。
He was thus surprised to find Artemisba thing.
这样，他就惊奇地发现水中沐浴的阿尔特弥斯。
The angry goddess was not to be calmed. she splashed water in the xiaogushi8 hunter's face. as soon as the water drops fell on Actaeon，he was changed into a stag .just at that moment he heard the barking of his team of fifty hunting dogs. they were ing up to him. he was suddenly seized with fear ，and presently ran away. the dogs，all driven mad by the goddess，ran after him closely. running as fast as his legs could carry him，Actaeon was soon out of breath .feeling certain that he 1was to die，he dropped to the ground and made no further attempt to get up. the dogs came nearer to their former master and tore him to places.
恼火的女神无法息怒。她将泉水溅到猎手的脸上。水落在他身上后，阿卡同转眼就变成了一只牡鹿。恰在这时，阿卡同听到了猎狗的嚎叫，猎狗们向他扑来，他突然惊慌失措，拔腿逃跑。而那群被女神逼疯了的猎狗们则在后面穷追不舍。阿卡同拼命狂奔，很快就上气不接下气。感觉自我肯定会死去，他就一下躺在地上，不想再起来了。猎狗赶上了从前的主人，将他撕成了碎块.
英语神话故事（十）：
Apollo among the crowd of olympian gods the one most widely admired was apollo.he was the son of zeus and let to.according to greek mythology，leto was driven by hera from land to land at last poseidon took pity on her and brought the island of delos out of water for her to live on. There she gave birth to the twins ，apollo and artemis. apollo was me sun-god. He wore a purple robe.he usually sat in his bright eastern palace early in the morning and madeready to start his daily journey across the sky. during the day hed rove his carriage of gold and ivory ， and brought light，life and love to the great world below. iate in the afternoon he came to the end of his journey in the far western sea and got on his golden boat to return to his eastern home. apollo was the god of music and poetry. He could stir up all feelings.These feelings are expressed in lofty songs.
With his lyre of gold and the sweet accents of his godlike voice heled the choir of the muses at olympus.The pleasant music from his lyre was so exciting that stones marched into their places in rhythmic time and of their own will when he helped poseidonbuild up the walls of troy. on one occasion，invited to a contest by the human musician marsyas，he won and then flayed him to death for his pride.on another occasion，he lost out topan at a musical contest and turned the ears of the judge ，king midas，into those of an ass. his son ，orpheus ，took over such skill from the father that his lyre moved man and animals alike. apollo stood for youthful and manly beauty.his goldenhair ，stately manner and air all bined to make him the admiration of the world.a beautiful girl，by the name of clytle ，was so fond of his beauty and glory that from dawn to dusk she knelt on the ground ，her hands outstretched towards the sungod ，and her eyes looked at his golden wheeled carriage racing across the blue sky.Though her l
ove was not returned，she had never changed her mind about apollo.The gods were moved at the sad sight ，and changed her into a sunflower.
英语神话故事（十一）：
Prometheus prometheus was a titan .in the war between zeus the giants he had stood on the side of the new olympiangods.out of the clay he made the first man ，to whom athena gave soul and holy breath.prometheus spent a lot of time and energy in creating the gift of fire.and fire raised man above all animals .
Later，there held a joint meeting of gods and men. the meeting was to decide what part of burnt animals should begiven to gods and what to men.prometheus cut up an ox and divided it into two parts ：under the skin he placed the fresh，and under the fat he put the bones，for he knew the selfish zeus loved fat. zeus saw through the trick and felt displeased at the prometheus' favor towards men.so in a masterful way he took away the gift of fire from mankind.however，prometheus managed to steal fire from heaven and secretly brought it down tomen.flying into an anger at this unjustified act of rebellion ，zeus let the other gods chain prometheus to a rock on mountain caucasus ，where a hungry eagle ever tore at his liver which ever grew again.his period of pain was to be thirty-thousand years.prometheus faced his bitter fate firmly and never lost courage before zeus.at last heracles made prometheus and zeus restore to friend ship，when heracles came over in search of the golden apple and killed the eagle and set
the friend of mankind free.
英语神话故事（十二）：
Eros（Cupid ） eros was the god of love ，better known by hislatin name cupid.son of aphrodite by ares ，he took his place among the small gods of olympus.he was represented asa little naked boy ，with sparkling wings ，and he carried his bowand arrows wherever he wandered.shooting his thrilling arrows in evils ，he inspired the passion of love and provided all nature with life and power of reproduction.The lovely ，naughty god had two kinds of arrows ：the gold tipped arrows used to quicken the pulse of love and the lead tipped ones to palsy it. besides ，he had a torch to light hearts with. though sometimes he was blindfolded ，no man nor god ，zeus himself included ，was safe from his evils.
A one time the little naughty god was wounded by his own arrows and such burning love was awakened in him for the human maiden psyche that he disregarded the constant interference of his mother and plucked up his courage to beg zeus for justice. another famous story where eros played an important part was the argonautic expedition.medea ，daughter of king aeetes ，was wounded by eros'' arrows，took jason''s part in recovering the golden fleece and eventually became the hero''s wife.
英语神话故事（十三）：
Ares son of zeus and hera ，ares was appointed god of war.hewas terrible and majestic，and his march shook the world.
Of all the major gods at olympus，he was the most hateful ，loving struggle and war and ever thirsty for blood .on the other hand he signified courage and victory in battle ，and was devoutly worshipped by soldiers going to war.prayers were addressed to him before the war and spoils presented at his altar after it. he was the one god who ever had to submit to the power ofhis inferiors .at one time lack of tact and good udge ment led to his shame.he was fighting with two giants ，and finding himself no match for the two monstrous creatures，laid down hisarms and was imprisoned in chains. he was set free in the end by the artful hermes，but not before he had suffered all the humiliations。he was as thoughtless as he was unkind .
A son of poseidon''s，attempting to kidnap his daughter，made the war-god unhappy，so that he killed the youth without he sitation.in retaliation，poseidon dragged him before a group of athenian judges for trial.The court was held on a hill outside athens.ares presented his case and was declared innocent . the hill was ever after called areopagus ，“the hill of ares”，and the judges receivedthe names of areopagitae.
英语神话故事（十四）：
河神的女儿伊俄 Io
Io was the daughter of a rivergod. She was loved，run after and won by Zeus. Hera became so green eyed that she flew down from Olympus one day to pay her rival back .Zeus，however，had foreseen her arrival and changed Io into a beautiful white xiaogushi8 little cow. Seeing through the trick，Hera asked for the cow as a present and Zeus had to give in to her wish .Then she left the cow to the care of a hundred eyed monster，Argus. Argus' eyes were ever open and no escape was possible. Unable to bear to see her so unhappy，Zeus sent Hermes down to destroy the monster. Dressed up as a shepherd，Hermes lulled Argus to sleep with his sweet songs and long stories，then killed him and set Io free. But Hera's anger was not to be calmed down yet. She sent a gadfly to attack the cow and drive her from land to land. In her misery the cow passed xiaogushi8 over the strait which divides Europe and Asia. In this way the strip of water got its name Bosporus ，the way of the cow. She wandered over the sea，which by chance go
t from her its name the Ionian Sea .In the end she arrived in Egypt where she was turned back into her natural form .She settled down and gave birth to a son，Some of her children remained in Egypt and ruled as kings for a longtime.
英语小故事带翻译:伊俄是河神的女儿，宙斯爱她、追求她、并得到了她。赫拉对此嫉妒不已。一天她飞下奥林波斯山向情敌施加报复。然而宙斯早已预见到她的光临，就将伊俄变成了一头美丽的小白牛犊，赫拉看穿了其中的诡计，非要一头牛犊作为礼物。宙斯无奈，只得让她如愿以偿。赫拉便将牛犊托付给百眼魔鬼阿刚斯看管。阿刚斯的眼睛永久睁着，要想逃脱是不可能的。看到伊俄如此忧郁，宙斯简直无法忍受，便令赫耳墨斯将魔鬼铲除。赫耳墨斯乔装成牧羊人给阿刚斯唱悦耳动听的歌，讲冗长乏味的故事以哄他入睡。之后便寻机杀死魔鬼，释放了伊俄。但赫拉的狂怒并未消除。她派了一只牛虻去攻击牛犊，使她颠沛流离。在十分悲痛之中，牛犊穿越了分隔欧亚大陆的海峡。从此这片狭长的水域被称作博斯普鲁斯海峡，意为牛犊之路。她之后漫游过海，这片大海也就在偶然中有了名称——伊奥尼亚海，最终她到了埃及，并恢复了她本来的体态和容貌。她在那里落户并生了个儿子。她的一些子孙就呆在了埃及，当了很长时光的国王.
英语神话故事（十五）：
海妖塞壬
Far out in the sea there was an island，on the rocky edge of which lived three Sirens，the three sisters of magic song. Half human and half bird，the Siren sisters sat in a field of flowers，singing in voices that excited the hearts of men.The attractive songs were so sweet that ships were attracted to the island and struck to pieces on the rocks.No sailor nor ship had ever been known to pass the Island of the Sirens without being attracted to disaster .
遥远的海面上有一岛屿，石崖边居住着唱魔歌的海妖塞壬三姐妹。半人半岛的塞壬姐妹们坐在一片花丛里，唱着盎惑人心的歌，甜美的歌声把过往的船只引向该岛，然后撞上礁石船毁人亡。过往的海员和船只都受到迷惑走向毁灭，无一幸免。
Acting on the advice of Circe，Odysseus took careful preparation against the Sirens.Before their ships came to where they could hear the song，Odysseus had himself tied to the mast ，stopped the ears of his men with wax and ordered them to ignore his orders and gestures xiaogushi8 when they were passing the fatal island .
奥德修斯遵循女神喀耳斯的忠告。为了对付塞壬姐妹，他采取了谨慎的防备措施。船只还没驶到能听到歌声的地方，奥德修斯就令人把他拴在桅杆上，并吩咐手下用蜡把他们的耳朵塞住。他还告诫他们经过死亡岛时不要理会他的命令和手势。
Soon they came in sight of the rocky island，and the attractive song reached the ears of Odysseus.It moved him so much that he struggled in despair to free himself and shouted for his men to turn towards the rich and flowery grass land of the singing sisters.But no one paid xiaogushi8 any attention to him.The sailors kept straight on until they were pletely out of hearing.Then his friends freed him and took the wax out of their ears.For once the Sirens had sung with no effects.The eldest of the sisters，Partherope，loved Odysseus so much that she threw herself into the sea after his ships had passed.
不久石岛就进入了他们的视线。奥德修斯听到了迷人的歌声。歌声如此令人神往，他绝望地挣扎着要解除束缚，并向随从叫喊着要他们驶向正在繁花茂盛的草地上唱歌的海妖姐妹，但没人理他。海员们驾驶船只一向向前，直到最终再也听不到歌声。这时他们才给奥德修斯松绑，取出他们耳朵中的蜡。这次塞壬海妖们算是白唱了歌。三姐妹中的老大帕耳塞洛珀深深地爱慕着奥德修斯。当他的船只走过后，她就投海自尽了。