解说：中国传统神话故事中，“年兽”是一只凶猛的野兽，每到除夕夜就会出现做乱。

Explanations: Accoring to the Chinese myth, "NIAN" is a savage beast that usually comes out on Chinese New Year's Eve.

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后来的波利尼西亚人的口述历史和传统也没有提供任何见解，因为它们早在追溯到拉皮塔人的时代之前就已经成为神话。

Nor do the oral histories and traditions of later Polynesians offer any insights, for they turn into myths long before they reach as far back in time as the Lapita.

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既然佛教与道教通过其瑜伽传统都可以追溯到它们的起源：印度教，那么东方思想从仔细考察印度教的哲学和神话学开始，也是合情合理的。

Since the yogic tradition from which both Buddhism and Taoism trace their origins is Indian, a thorough look at Eastern thought begins here, with the philosophy and mythology of Hinduism.

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And as in all of these early lyrics, Jove conventionally throughout the Renaissance is used as a name within these classical fictions to signify the Christian God.

在早期的抒情诗里，贯穿文艺复兴的始终,丘比特在传统意义上意在，在众多的古典神话中,使上帝意象化，符号化。

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