Ancient myths are vast and profound, with a long history. Our ancient mythological system is very complex, and in general, there are three major mythological systems, such as the creation myth system, the Mountain and Sea Classic mythological system, and the Taoist mythological system.
In different mythological systems, there are different gods and immortals. Among the three mythological systems, the Taoist mythological system appeared the most recently, and it absorbed many gods and immortals in other mythological systems, such as the ancient divine beast Qinglong was absorbed as the "Mengzhang Protector True King", and the Western Queen Mother in the Classic of Mountains and Seas was absorbed as the "Queen Mother Niangniang".
In ancient mythology, Emperor Yan was the god of farming and medicine, gonggong was the god of water, Zhu Rong was the god of fire, and Haotian was the god of the sky. So who is the god of war in ancient mythology?
Today, the history book Ling Xuange will use this article to talk about the three gods of war in the ancient mythology, one of whom was a dragon who cut the dragon to repair the heavens, one who fought alone in the heavens, and one who died at the hands of mortals.
1, Nuwa Niangniang - cut the dragon to make up for the heavens
In ancient mythology, Nüwa Niangniang is one of the creator gods, and there are myths and legends of Nüwa Niangniang in ancient classics such as the Classic of Mountains and Seas, Huainanzi, Chu Ci, and Li Ji.
Not only that, in the two most famous divine and demonic novels in later generations, "Fengshen Yanyi" and "Journey to the West", Nuwa also appeared. The two most widely circulated myths and legends of Nüwa Niangniang are the fabrication of soil and the refining of stones to make up for the heavens, in addition to her "seventy in one day" and "the establishment of the marriage system" and other myths and legends.
In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it is mentioned that Nuwa "transforms seventy times a day", which means that Nuwa can incarnate seventy kinds of beings in one day. Pangu created the heavens and the earth, and later transformed into the earth and mountains, but it was Nuwa who nurtured all living beings. In ancient mythology, Nuwa Niangniang is not only the god of nature who nurtures all things, she is also a true god of war.
In the process of Nüwa refining stones to replenish the heavens, it is not as simple as refining the multicolored divine stones to make up for a hole. Gonggong disappeared after crashing into buzhou mountain, but in the north there appeared a black dragon that stirred up trouble, and this black dragon may be the embodiment of gonggong.
In order to quell the flood, Nuwa beheaded the black dragon. Nuwa not only beheaded the Black Dragon, she also beheaded the Divine Ao to support the four poles of heaven and earth. Since the limbs of the Shen'ao could support the heavens and the earth, it meant that its size had surpassed that of Kunpeng. An Ancient Divine Beast of the level of Shen Ao, if it didn't have the combat power of heaven, how could it be able to pick it up?
The emperor and the emperor fought for the gods here, and the emperor cut off his head and buried it on the mountain of the changyang, but with milk as the eye, the navel as the mouth, and the dry qi to dance - "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"
According to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", The Punishment Heaven once fought alone against the Heavenly Emperor. In ancient mythology, there were many gods and immortals who rebelled against the Heavenly Emperor, and Xuan You, Quao's Father, and Gonggong all once fought against the Heavenly Emperor. The Heavenly Emperor who worked together was The Emperor of Heaven, and the Heavenly Emperor who was opposed by The Heavenly Emperor of Punishment and Xuan you was the Yellow Emperor. Compared with Xuan You and Gong Gong, the fighting spirit of the Punishment Heaven is stronger, and he is also more courageous, so the Punishment Genius is called the "God of War" in the ancient mythology.
According to the ancient classic Classic of Mountains and Seas, the punishment was supposed to be a subordinate of Emperor Yan. "Shennong is the joy of the heavens and the joy of helping the plough, and the chant of the harvest year." According to this point of view, The Punishment Heaven did not do less agricultural work under emperor Yan. As for why The Punishment Heaven had to fight the Heavenly Emperor alone, this should be related to the enmity between the Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor.
The great war between The Yan Emperor and the Yellow Emperor was a great struggle in ancient mythology, and in the end, the Yan Emperor was defeated and had no choice but to submit to the Yellow Emperor. Both the Punishment Heaven and the Gonggong were members of the Shennong Tribe, and their confrontation against the Heavenly Emperor was also a follow-up to the Battle of Yanhuang.
3. Yi - died at the hands of mortals
Beyond the East China Sea, between the sweet waters, there is the country of Xihe. There is a woman named Xihe, Fang Ri bathing in Ganyuan, Xihe, the wife of Emperor Jun, born for ten days - "The Classic of Mountains and Seas"
In ancient mythology, the legend of Yi is closely related to the ten suns. If there were no ten suns, Houyi would not have descended. The Ten Suns are the ten sons of "Emperor Jun" and "Xi He", who live on the Fuso Tree.
In ancient mythology, this Fuso tree is towering into the clouds, thousands of feet high, and nine of the ten suns live under the Fuso tree, and one branch lives on top, taking turns to go to heaven every day. But one day something went wrong, and the ten suns flew into the sky together.
"When the Yao shi came out at the same time, the grass and trees scorched, and the Yao ordered the shooting for ten days, and the nine days in the middle of the day were all dead, and they fell on their wings, so they left them for one day." At this moment, Yi stepped forward, and he shot down nine suns in succession with the divine bow in his hand, relieving the drought of the mortal world. Not only that, Yi also shot and killed the six ancient demon beasts such as the Nine Babies, Chiseled Teeth, and Snake Cultivators, and he was a veritable Ancient God of War. But Yi's ending is very difficult to understand, and he finally died at the hands of mortals.
In ancient mythology, Yi came down from the Celestial Realm, and after he completed the task, the Queen Mother of the West gave him the immortal medicine. But Chang'e took the immortal medicine herself and left, leaving Yi alone in the mortal world. Emperor Yao felt that Yi had made a great contribution, so he named him "the first divine archer" and gave Yi a lot of rewards. This was actually all that Yi deserved, but it angered one of Yi's apprentices, Feng Meng.
Feng Meng felt that he was the first sharp archer, but he also knew that his archery skills were inferior to those of Hou Yi. As long as there is Yi, Feng Meng will not be able to get out. So when he was blinded, he took advantage of Yi's lack of attention to sneak in from the rear and shot Yi with an arrow. The ancient texts record the following: "The study of Yi is to shoot at Yi, and to do the way of Yi." Thinking of the world, only Yi is victorious over himself, so he kills Yi. "Poor Ancient War God Yi's unparalleled archery skills, and finally died at the hands of mortals."