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After all,it is hard to think of a more important or fundamental mystery
毕竟 我们该去思索 更重要且根本的谜题才对
than what or who created and controls the Universe.
而非什么或谁创造并控制宇宙
Long ago,the answer was almost always the same.
很久以前这问题的答案都大同小异
Gods made everything.The world was a scary place.
是神创造了一切 这世界处处叫人害怕
So even people as tough as the Vikings believed in supernatural beings to make sense of natural phenomena,
所以即使强悍如维京人 也相信超自然存 在以解释自然现象
like lightning or storms.
比如雷电 或暴风雨
The Vikings has many different gods Thor was the god of lighting
维京人有许多不同的神信奉 索尔是雷神
Another god,Aegir, caused stormy seas.
另一位神 艾迪尔 引发狂风暴雨
But the god they feared the most was named Skoll.
但他们最害怕的神叫做斯库尔
He was responsible for the terrifying natural event
他会引发一种可怕的自然现象
that we now call a solar eclipse.
就是我们现在所称的日食
Skoll was a wolf god who lived in the sky.
斯库尔是住在天空中的狼神
Sometimes,he would eat the Sun,
有时他会吃掉太阳
causing the dreadful moment when day turned to night.
将白天转为黑夜 令人们惊讶不已
