Or so an ancient legend goes at least.

至少古代事是这样讲述的。

In fairy tales witches often use magic to change persons into animals or birds.

在事中，巫婆常使用魔术将人变成动物或鸟。

In the Samburu creation story, wildlife belong to women.

桑布鲁的事中，野生动物属于女人。

Over the generations, many myths have abounded about the Canary Islands.

几代以来，加那利群岛盛传许多 事。

But first, let’s start with the myth.

但首先让我们先来说一下这个事。

So much for the myth itself, Sophie. But what is the real meaning behind it?

这个事到此结束。然而，其中真正的意义究竟是什么?

Nordsveen described the experience as being magical and like a fairy tale.

Nordsveen称此次经历“很奇”且像“事”一样。

Round these concepts whole societies, as well as stories, were organised.

所有社会，无一例外，都是围绕这些对立的概念构建而成的，各种的事就更不用说了。

Man sometimes mythological stories feel a LOT like mad libs.

有时事中的男人感觉很像疯狂的人。

This is a lesson that's also taught in many a myth.

这是一个很多事中都在传递的寓意。

What explains the power of all this modern-day mythology?

当代事为何有如此大的魅力？

They are fairy tales that have been proved false.

它们是已经被证伪的事。

But there were countless myths about Thor and Odin, Freyr and Freya, Hoder and Balder and many other gods.

事实上，关于索尔与欧丁、芙瑞耶(Freyr)、芙瑞雅、霍德尔(Hoder)、波尔德(Balder)与其他多位天，还有数不清的事。

Over the millennia a wild profusion of mythological explanations of philosophical questions spread across the world.

数千年来，世界各地有许多企图解答哲学性问题的事。

But what I have done instead is turn my relationship into the kind of myth I don't quite believe in.

然而我所做的却是将我的爱情变成了一个 我自己都不怎么相信的事。

And of course, we couldn't do an episode on thoeries of mythology without mentioning the best-known mythologist of the twentieth century.

当然，在介绍事时，我们不能不提到二十世纪最著名的学家。

As observant readers may notice, many of aforementioned productions are inspired by ancient tales of monsters and mythical beings called yaoguai.

敏锐的读者可能会注意到，前面提到的许多作品都是受古代怪物和被称为妖怪的事的启发。

Though the story is mythical, Gilgamesh was probably a real king of Uruk.

尽管这个事是事，但吉尔伽美什很可能是真正的乌鲁克国王。

" My teacher read myths to us, " said Jack.

“我的老师给我们读事，”杰克说。

There are several myths about the discovery of tea.

关于茶的发现，流传着几个事。