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After all,it is hard to think of a more important or fundamental mystery
畢竟 我們該去思索 更重要且根本的謎題才對
than what or who created and controls the Universe.
而非什么或誰創造并控制宇宙
Long ago,the answer was almost always the same.
很久以前這問題的答案都大同小異
Gods made everything.The world was a scary place.
是神創造了一切 這世界處處叫人害怕
So even people as tough as the Vikings believed in supernatural beings to make sense of natural phenomena,
所以即使強悍如維京人 也相信超自然存 在以解釋自然現象
like lightning or storms.
比如雷電 或暴風雨
The Vikings has many different gods Thor was the god of lighting
維京人有許多不同的神信奉 索爾是雷神
Another god,Aegir, caused stormy seas.
另一位神 艾迪爾 引發狂風暴雨
But the god they feared the most was named Skoll.
但他們最害怕的神叫做斯庫爾
He was responsible for the terrifying natural event
他會引發一種可怕的自然現象
that we now call a solar eclipse.
就是我們現在所稱的日食
Skoll was a wolf god who lived in the sky.
斯庫爾是住在天空中的狼神
Sometimes,he would eat the Sun,
有時他會吃掉太陽
causing the dreadful moment when day turned to night.
將白天轉為黑夜 令人們驚訝不已
