神话对神秘事物的诞生表达了深深的敬畏。星星、山脉和海洋都被形容为可以产生出一些奇妙和神秘的力量。人的诞生在许多方面同样是神秘的。现代科技使医生在人类受孕不久就能检测得到,并且把胚胎移入子宫这个过程形象化,但胎儿发展的大多数方面在科学这方面看来是未知的。胎儿在成长的早期发育阶段所受的伤害,可能要在婴儿出生以后才能发现。 Myths express profound reverence for the birth of mysteries. Stars, mountains and oceans have all been described as producing some marvelous and mysterious power. The birth of man is also mysterious in many ways. Modern technology allows physicians to be detected shortly after human conception and to visualize the embryo’s transfer into the uterus, but most aspects of fetal development appear to be unknown to science. The damage the fetus may have during the early stages of growth may not be detected until after the baby is born.