摘要
根据我国古老的神话传说,人类是由始祖女娲仿造自己的模样用泥土捏出来的.但动物诸如猪、狗、马、羊等是怎么来的却不甚清楚.与此形成对照.被西方奉为经典的《圣经》(Bible)在其开首篇《创世纪》(Genesis)的第一章中对人类和动物的起源是这样解释的:God commnded,“Let the earth produce all kinds of animal life:domestic and wild,largeand small”——and it was done.So God made them all,and he was pleasedwith what he saw,then God said,“And now we will make humanbeinga;they will belike usand resemble us.They will have power over the fish,the birds,and allanimals”.本段大义为:上帝说:“地上要生长出动物来——家里的、野生的、大的、小的”——各种动物就出现了.上帝又说:“现在,我们来造人,人要长得象我们,并负责掌管鱼类及大大小小的禽兽.”
