后羿不仅是一位神箭手，而且更是一位勇于修正历法错误的“科学家”、实干家。“上射十日、下诛妖孽”的后羿神话，可以说是开天辟地后的又一次“创世”，把华夏子民重新拉回到一个正确的时间、一个安全的空间。所以后羿射日是发明创造神话故事。

三足金乌 古人认为太阳里有金黄色的三足乌鸦，而太阳之所以会日出日落，则都是由于这只“金乌”负载着太阳活动的原因。

后羿在的时候，天上有十个太阳，烧得草木，庄稼枯焦，后羿为了救百姓，一连射下九个太阳，从此地上气候适宜，万物得以生长。他又射杀死了猛兽毒蛇，为民除害。民间因而奉他为“箭神”。

Long long ago,there were ten suns.Each day,one of them set out on his jouney across the sky,but one day all ten suns set out together.As a result,the world was being destroyed by heat until Yi was sent to save the world.

Yi closed his eyes for some seconds because of the burning sunlight.Then he placed an arrow against the bow-string anddrew it to the full.Then he let go his arrow.A golden crow,one of the ten suns,was killed and fell down.

Still the earth was burning .Nine suns remained.The watchers were still blind with the pain of the heat.Yi loaded,drew and let go.When the ninth fell from the sky,Yi was told that the world needed one sun to give its warmth and light.Thus,the sky became clear and blue again.Since then,the only sun rises in the morning on his journey across the sky every day