In the articles before the "History Book Lingxuan Pavilion", there were many articles on the theme of the Wild Beasts, such as the Ten Great Divine Birds of the Ancients, the Ten Great Divine Dragons of the Ancients, and the Ten Great Spirit Snakes of the Ancients. Readers who are interested in ancient mythology can click to follow and flip through on their own, I will not let you down. Today, "History Book Lingxuan Pavilion" uses this article to talk about the seven giants in ancient mythology.
In ancient myths around the world, myths about giants have been circulated. In ancient Greek mythology, there were hundred-armed giants, Titan giants, and cyclops, there were five brothers of giants in ancient Roman mythology, and there was a giant family headed by Imir in Norse mythology. So what giants are there in our ancient mythology?
1: Pangu
Pangu, the creator god, is the highest-ranking giant in ancient mythology and the largest giant in ancient mythology. How tall is Pangu? I will give you a detailed calculation today. In the ancient classic "Three-Five Calendars", it is recorded as follows: "Pangu changes in one day and nine changes, God is in heaven, and holiness is in the earth." The sky is one foot high, the earth is one foot thick, and the Pangu day is one zhang long. So eighteen thousand years old, the number of days is extremely high, the number of earth is extremely deep, and pangu is extremely long. ”
Pangu grew taller every day for 18,000 years. When we calculate, we will start from zero height according to Pangu, and the initial height of that point is negligible, 1 * 365 * 18000 = 657 million zhang. How many meters was equal to one zhang in ancient times? Different dynasties have different lengths, and according to the standards of the Han Dynasty, one zhang is equal to about 2.4 meters. Pangu is about 15.8 million meters tall. What is the concept of 15.8 million meters? The diameter of the Earth is 12.74 million meters. According to the setting in ancient mythology, the giant Pangea is higher than the earth.
2/3: Father and wife
In ancient mythology, the size of the giant Pangu can be said to be unmatched, even the desolate beasts such as the Candle Dragon and the Kunpeng are not comparable. Under Pangu, the largest giant will be Father Park and his wife. Father and Wife Park are a giant couple, and it is recorded in the ancient mythological classic "Classic of Mountains and Seas" as follows: "In the great wilderness of the southeast corner, there is Father Park. The couple is not tall for thousands of miles, and the abdominal circumference is hundreds of auxiliaries. At the beginning of the day, let the husband and wife lead the hundred rivers, lazy and careless, who their husband and wife stand in the southeast, not afraid of cold and heat, do not drink or eat. ”
In the mythological classic "Classic of Mountains and Seas", Father and Mrs. Park appear as an embarrassing image of a punishment station. The two of them are giants of infinite power, summoned by the gods to channel rivers (the gods here are not Dayu). But Father And Father Felt That the work was too boring and very tired, so the two of them lazily rested halfway. This kind of passive slackness annoyed the gods, and the gods let them both go to the punishment station, no matter the wind, frost, rain and snow, they had to stand and not let them eat. How tall are Father and Father Park? The two of them are "thousands of miles high, and the abdomen is surrounded by a hundred auxiliaries", and the hundred auxiliaries are also a thousand miles. Father and Mrs. Park were about the same height as the Candle Dragon, a thousand miles.
4: Father Kwa (Great War Ancient Dragon God)
Except for Pangu and Father Park, the other giants in ancient mythology are not outrageously tall. Father Quao, he is estimated to be one of the most famous giants. In the ancient classic Classic of Mountains and Seas, Father Kwa is not a positive figure, he is a warrior under Xuan You. However, the reason why Father Kwa agreed to help Xuan You rebel against the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan was also very simple, when Xuan You had just been defeated by the Yellow Emperor, and Father Kwa thought that he should help the weak.
Father Kwa led his people to fight for Xuan you in the east and the west, and his achievements were outstanding. However, in the end, Father Kwa died at the hands of Ying Long, the yellow emperor's general. The Classic of Mountains and Seas records as follows: "Ying Long has killed You, and he has killed his father, but he went to the south, so it rained a lot in the south." "Ying Long is the Ancient Dragon God, and Ying Long's combat strength is not comparable to that of Father Quao. Ying Long consumed a lot of divine power to kill Xuan You, and with Ying Long's divine power of a small amount, he finally killed the giant Quao's father after a big battle with Kwa Father.
5: Lomber
In many ancient texts, there are records of the giant LongBo. In the Classic of Mountains and Seas, it is recorded as follows: "Long Bo, who grew thirty years long, was born and died at the age of 18,000. "The giant Long Bo is thirty meters tall, which translates to about eighty meters. In ancient mythology, there is no record of the height of the father, and the author estimates that the height of the father should be similar to that of LongBo. In fact, Long Bo's original height was more than thirty zhang, and he was much shorter by the gods because he made a mistake.
Long Bo was similar to Father Park at the beginning, he lived by the sea and usually caught whales as food. One day, when Long Bo caught a fish, he caught five giant turtles. Long Bo felt that the change of taste was also good, so he took the giant turtle home and stewed it. In fact, these five giant tortoises are the spirit turtles carrying the five immortal mountains of Daiyu, Yuanyu, Fangju, Yingzhou, and Penglai. Losing the burden of the spirit turtle, the five immortal mountains floated around the sea. It took a lot of effort for the Gods to fix these five Immortal Mountains, and in a fit of rage, the Gods reduced Long Bo's height to thirty zhang.
6: Giant Spirit God (Single-handedLy Pick Sun Wukong)
Generally speaking, the giant spirit god comes from the Journey to the West. But as early as the Han Dynasty, there were legends of giant spirit gods in folklore. In the Han Dynasty's "Kaishan Map", it is written: "Those who have giant spirits and hus, who have attained the way of Kunyuan, can build mountains and rivers, and come out of rivers." "But the giant spirit god we are familiar with is still from the Journey to the West." The giant spirit god is a giant in "Journey to the West", when Sun Wukong makes a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, the giant spirit god will fight Sun Wukong as the god of the celestial realm.
Although the giant spirit god is huge in size and weighs a thousand pounds with a pair of Xuanhua plate axes in his hand, the giant spirit god is a typical "paper tiger". The Giant Spirit God looked tall and powerful, but he was not Sun Wukong's opponent at all. When the giant spirit god singled out Sun Wukong, Sun Wukong could hit his whole body with a stick. The original "Journey to the West" is described as follows: "The stick is like a dragon playing in the water, and the axe is like a phoenix wearing a flower." The Great Sage gently picked up the iron rod and his head was full of numbness. ”
7: Xuan You (Great War Ancient Dragon God)
In ancient mythology, Xuan You was the sworn enemy of the Yellow Emperor of Xuanyuan. The yellow emperor and the yan emperor's tribe united to finally defeat Xuan You's Jiuli tribe. Although Xuanyu is a villain, his will to fight and combat effectiveness are very strong. If you talk about going it alone, the ten Yellow Emperors can't beat one Xuan You. Xuan You was finally killed by the Yellow Emperor's general Ying Long, but it was not easy for Ying Long to kill Xuan You, and he spent a lot of divine power, resulting in Ying Long eventually being unable to fly up to the Celestial Realm.
In ancient mythology, Xuanyu was a tall giant with steel bones and iron bones. According to legend, Xuan you "is five feet long, with cattle hooves, four eyes and six hands, ears like swords, horns on the head, and eats iron and stone." "Five zhangs, that is, about ten meters." This height is placed in the ancient mythology, and Xuanyu can only be regarded as a small man among giants, so Xuanyu is barely on the list. Giant Kwapa and Giant Xuanyu, both of whom fought against the Ancient Dragon God Ying Long.