愚人节的传说

       Mythological roots  神话传说

There have been quite a few attempts to provide mythological explanations for the rise of April Fool's Day.

愚人节的起源也有许多神话故事。

One story dates back to Roman mythology, particularly the myth of Ceres (the Goddess of grain and the harvest) and Proserpina. In Roman mythology Pluto, the God of the Dead, abducted Proserpina and brought her to live with him in the underworld. Proserpina called out to her mother Ceres for help, but Ceres, who could only hear the echo of her daughter's voice, searched in vain for Proserpina. The fruitless search of Ceres for her daughter was commemmorated during the Roman festival of Cerealia and believed by some to have been the mythological antecedent of the fool's errands popular on April 1st.

其中之一可以追溯到罗马神话，特别是罗马神话中丰饶女神及其女普罗塞耳皮娜的故事。传说，冥神普罗托诱拐普罗塞耳皮娜并将其带至地狱一同生活。普罗塞耳皮娜向母亲求助，但是丰饶女神却只能听见其女的回声，苦寻无果。丰饶女神寻女的故事在农神节上被人记录流传下来，并被一些人看作是4月1日愚人常做傻事的神话起源。