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Apple is Love It's derived from a story of Greek myth. The goddess of discord Eris deliberately threw a golden apple with the inscription on it that dedicated to "send the most beautiful person", thus setting off a contest between the three goddesses. Final, the goddess of beauty and love, Aphrodite got this golden apple. Meantime, the ancient Greeks believed that when a man threw an apple at someone he liked, If the other side receives it, it was a sign of mutual affection. Until now many English songs also about the apple symbolizes the expression of love. For example, the song "The Bottom Line" by the British electronic band Depeche Mode; the song by the American harmony group Andrews Sisters "In Apple Blossom Time". As well in some literatures, such as Song of Solomon of the Bible, Dante's Purgatorio.
Apple is War It's derived from a story of Greek myth. The story tells the Trojan War. A contest between the three goddesses. Parris, the son of the King of Troy, he acted as an arbiter and gave the golden apple to the goddess of love and beauty, Aphrodite because goddess promised him that the most beautiful woman in the world would as his wife. Then Parris came to Sparta, met beauty Helen (Queen of Sparta), took her away and attacked the Palace of the King of Sparta, launching a ten-year Trojan War. Here is a related English slang that is further derived, which is 'an apple of discord'.
Apple is Woman It is derived from some stories. The golden apple used by the goddess Eris to create disputes so that it caused the three goddesses to fight each other; in the fairy tale, Snow White and the seven dwarfs, Snow White was cheated and seduced
by her stepmother. She ate half of the poisonous red apple so that she fell asleep; the ancestor Eve was banished from the Garden of Eden because the temptation of the snake to eat the forbidden fruit; in many literary or film themes, it also reflects the close connection between apples and women. For example, In the ninety-third of Shakespeare's Sonnets, In a novel, Brooks, Charles Stephen's The Sign of The Greedy Pig. These art carriers are inextricably linked to women and apple.
In terms of shape, the shape of an apple resembles a woman's buttocks, and its longitudinal section is very similar to a woman's breast.
Apple is Wisdom It's from British folklore. When scientist Issac Newton was in the garden thinking about gravity a ripe apple fell from the tree and hit him on the head. From this, he thought of a question: When the ball is thrown into the air, why does it not go up, but always go down? Then it enlightens to him that there might be an invisible force at work, and from that, he derived a formula, "Newton's law of universal gravitation".
Apple is Head It is because in the book Structuralism and
Since, Dan Sperber described a set of contrast
relationships. He compared the human head and body with the fruit and tree trunk. He described, 'For westerners tend to place emphasis on the external shape of the fruit and human head. Different fruits correspond to different tree trunks, and different heads correspond to different trunks; for Asmat headhunters, the head is a detachable and valuable upper appendage of the body. In summary, I thought that westerners may pay more attention to external and matching. They may consider that every item has corresponding objects. I think about a slang, which is 'the apple never falls far from the tree'. For the headhunters of the Asmat tribe, using parallelism to think that contrast relationship. they believed that the head is an individual. headhunting ritual is more similar to "religion" and is a need for faith rather than food.
Apple is Thankgiving It is derived from the custom of an apple for the teacher. There are two ways of saying this. One is that before the rise of the education reform in the United States, during public education, some poor families would give teachers food in exchange for their services. Later on, the education reform decides the beginning of the unified autumn school coincided with the harvest season of apples. Sending teachers apples became a thankful and practical gift. Over time, this traditional custom evolves and spreads so that people will naturally associate Apple with the teacher. Another is In some elementary school in the United States, Some students use a polished apple to express gratitude to the teacher or to please the teacher, hoping that the teacher will not care about their poor homework. Here are related English slangs that are further derived, which are 'apple-polisher'.
Apple is Health It is derived from a proverb in the popular dictionary "one apple a day keep the doctor away. This proverb first originated in an old proverb in Pembrokeshire, Wales, in the 1860s. The original is "Eat an apple on going to bed, and you'll keep the doctor from earning his bread". There is another episode here. During the Prohibition era in the United States, the sales of cider were so severely affected that people had a negative impression of apples. Later, the growers would like to reverse such a bad reputation so apples are promoted as healthy food. Increasingly slogans and advertisements about apples and healthy appeared. Apples are connected with dentistry, and apples are portrayed as "the guardian of teeth ". Of course, many studies have shown that apples are indeed beneficial to the human body.
Apple is Fertility It is derived from a tradition, Apple Wassail would be practised in the cider orchard of southern England during the winter as well as in some areas of US. Those kinds of tradition have continued and spread to the present. The purpose of this ceremony is to scare away the evil spirits in the orchard, bless the trees and pray for a good harvest in the coming year. On this day, people would sing around the bonfire, drink cider, hang toast soaked in alcohol on the branches, and smear the cider on the roots of the apple trees in the orchard to show respect for Apple Tree Man who is considered the spirit of the oldest apple tree in an orchard, reside the fertility of the orchard and take care of farmer’s property. A folktale is related to this wassailing. Simply, the hardworking and decent elder brother contributes mulled cider to the Apple Tree Man so his respect gets a generous reward.
Apple is Power It is derived from the coronation ceremony of the monarch. When the monarch of Europe was crowned in the Middle Ages, they held a sceptre in one hand and a Sovereign's orb in the other. The sceptre represents power from the Holy See and the Sovereign's orb represents secular power. The combination of the two shows that the monarch is the leader of the unity of politics and religion. The Sovereign's orb is composed of a ball and a cross, representing the temporal power given to the monarch by God to rule the country. The orb is also known as the "King's apple". This coronation ceremony also continued to some countries, such as the coronation ceremony of the monarch of United Kingdom. After, Combining the sceptre and orb. the monarch also used a Sovereign's sceptre with cross in the coronation ceremony that represents the monarch’s “temporal power under God�.
Apple is Temptation It is derived from a story of the book of Genesis, Hebrew Bible. It is recorded that Adam and Eve, the ancestors of mankind, had a carefree life in
the Garden of Eden. They could eat freely trees, except for the fruit of a tree of knowledge of good and evil. As a result, Eve was tempted by a talking serpent to eat 'forbidden fruit' from that tree. Then she also gave this fruit to Adam eat. Finally, they were expelled from the Garden of Eden because they stole to eat the 'forbidden fruit' and betrayed God. No one was sure of what the fruit of wisdom looks like, so some people used fig,dates or wheat to describe it. However, a large number of medieval Renaissance oil paintings and frescos used apple as a representative of 'forbidden fruit'. Over time, everyone conscious that apple is 'forbidden fruit'. Here is a related English slang that is further derived, which is 'Adam's apple' (means larynx).
Apple is Youth This is derived from the goddess Idun in Norse mythology. In the Garden of Asaph, the goddess Eton has an important responsibility that she is keeping a kind of magical apple for the gods. All gods must go to Idun here on a regular basis to eat a "youth apple" so that the gods can stay young. Otherwise, they will become old. There is a story in Prose Edda written by Snorri
Sturluson in the 13th century. Because Loki, the god of lies and mischief, was teased by the giant Thiazi, his whole body was scarred. In the end, Rocky had to agree to a humiliating one. Thiazi's requirement was to lure the goddess Idun and Youth Apple out so that Loki could regain freedom. As the goddess Idun was captured by Thiazi,, the gods could not eat "youth apple" in time, so they all grow grey and old. Finally, Loki had to tell the truth to the gods and Idun was rescued.
Apple is Eyes Candy It is derived from a story of the Christian Old
Testament. Human Lot hospitality entertained two angels who were dispatched by LORD. Other
residents of Sodom city asked Lot to bring those of two guests out. Although Lot offered them his two virgin daughters to instead of the two angels, they still disagreed. Finally, the two angels told Lot to take his family and leave quickly, not to look back because they would destroy this city. After burning, everything in the city was turned to ashes, but the apple trees that grew out of the scorched earth looked very attractive. When plucked apple, the fruit turned to ashes and smoke. Sodom also called "city of sin". Later generations interpreted this story, Sodom was destroyed because of homosexuality. In the novel written by French writer, Donatien.A.F, The 120 Days of Sodom and the film of the same name that reflect the evil of human nature through fornication.
Apple is Evil It is derived from the Latin word: malus (apple). In the fourth century A.D., Pope Damascus ordered the biblical scholar, Jerome to translate the Hebrew Bible into Latin. In the end, Jerome took 15 years to finish the canonical Vulgate, using
Latin spoken by ordinary people. In fact, Jerome used a pun to translate the word apple (peri). He used "malus'" to translate "peri" so that apple has meanings both of a noun apple and an adjective evil. You can also see the same translation of word apple in his other book, Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Another theologian at the same time as Jeram, St Augustine of Hippo converted the Latin Bible into the Letter to the Romans of the New Testament, and the meaning of apple is more related to fall
of man and original sin. This actually reflects the Christian doctrines. Now many movies interprete villains by eating apple, such as Final Girl.
Apple is Auspiciousness This is derived from "PING GUO"(means apple) in the Chinese. The Chinese pronunciation between the character "Pin" of "Ping Guo"and "Ping" of "Ping An"(means safe) are similar. People would put the apple-shaped decoration in the car to pray for safe travel. It also could see apple-shaped decoration in some Chinese taxi drivers' cars. Similarly, the pronunciation the character "Ping" of "Ping Guo" and "Ping" of "He Ping"(means peace) are similar so apple also symbolize peace. On St. Allan’s Day, or Cornwall’s Day (means the first day of winter) in the United Kingdom, apples would be given to every family member as gifts to express good luck. These apples have a special name, "Allan" Apple. In the evening of this day, the girls would put "Allan" apple under the pillow in order to dream of their future husband; the children would put the apple under the pillow to keep good luck.
Apple is Slur It is derived from the stigmatization of Native Americans against some Indians who followed the development of the times. Those people will be called "Apple" because Native Americans believed that apples were red on the outside and white on the inside. Due to the continuous rapid development of many fields in contemporary society, such as the continuous update and development of electronic equipment such as computers, transportation is also more convenient. Although it is wise for indians to follow the development of the times and adapt to the new changes, these progressive people will be thought by some Native Americans that they have abandoned their national culture. This insulting word is as extremely impolite as another insulting word "Oreo".