Take knocking on wood, thought to date back to pagan rituals aimed at eliciting help from powerful tree gods. We still do it today, though few, if any, of us worship tree gods.
就拿敲木来说吧，这种被认为在拜占廷时期用来从强大的树神得到帮助的方法，今天我们仍然在做，尽管现在几乎都没有人崇拜树神了。
The gods don't take too kindly to that and so poor old Tantalus was made to stand in a lake with water up to his chin. Overhead were branches of a tree hanging with fruit.
神对于此非常的不仁慈，所以可怜的老坦塔罗斯被迫站在水面到他下巴的湖中，他的头上有垂挂着结满果实的树枝。
Traditionally, many people believe that there are gods living in the mountain and Yakusugi (a kind of cedar) is considered as sacred tree.
传统认为此山有神灵的存在，屋宇杉被认为是神树。
Ye shall utterly destroy all the places, wherein the nations which ye shall possess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree.
你们要将所赶出的国民事奉神的各地方，无论是在高山，在小山，在各青翠树下，都毁坏了。
Destroy completely all the places on the high mountains and on the hills and under every spreading tree where the nations you are dispossessing worship their gods.
你们要将所赶出的国民事奉神的各地方，无论是在高山，在小山，在各青翠树下，都毁坏了。
But the olive tree answered, 'Should I give up my oil, by which both gods and men are honored, to hold sway over the trees?'
橄榄树回答说：'我岂肯止住供奉神和尊重人的油，飘摇在众树之上呢？ '？
It is intended to be read by the gods who have just eaten of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
其目的是要由刚才谁的树的知识吃神阅读善恶。
The idea probably dates back to prehistoric time, s when people believed that the gods lived inside trees. Touching a tree was a way of acknowledging the deity and of securing its favor.
此举的源头恐怕要在史前了，那时人们相信神灵居住在树木里，触摸树木是承认神灵并获取其宠爱的一种方式。
After the child, farmers find that branch have become a small tree, he realized his host was originally a messenger of the gods.
小孩走后，种地的发现那树枝竟变成了一棵小树，它才明白自己本人接待地原来是一位上帝地使者句号。
Satan gave a deceitful reply:"You will not surely die, for God knows that the day you eat of that tree, you shall be as gods, knowing good and evil."
你还记得那棵树的名字吗？就是识别善恶树。撒旦诡诈地回答说：“你们不一定死。因为神知道，你们吃的日子眼睛就明亮，你们便如神能知道善恶。”
On the tree rested the three Victory Gods — the Giant Roc, the Lion, and the Flying Dragon.
树梢上栖息着大鹏、狮子、飞龙三个胜利神。
On the tree rested the three Victory Gods — the Giant Roc, the Lion, and the Flying Dragon.
树梢上栖息着大鹏、狮子、飞龙三个胜利神。
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