Many fantasy novels often appear In the Taoist, Buddha, Demon Ancestor, Demon Ancestor, whether it is their strength or origin background, readers are often addicted, but their abilities in the novel can be described as various, so how are they recited by people in traditional mythology?
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Mozura
In ancient Indian mythology, Rahu has always appeared in the form of evil, known as "Dark Star", "Eclipse Star" and other titles. However, his origin is just the opposite, as a descendant of the immortals, but because of unruly drinking the undead god water to obtain the immortal body, after the East Window incident, he resented the sun and moon double god's whistleblower, and retaliated by devouring the sun and the moon, which gave rise to the nickname of "eclipse star". However, after it spread to China, his identity was gradually localized. The Dark Demon King transformed into one of the Nine Obsidian Lords, a drop in comparison to the status of Indian mythology.
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The Buddha came
For example, the Buddha is not like a thunderbolt in the folk, not only the master of the Western paradise world but also the sentient beings under the world. In addition to sitting on the Twelve Pints of Meritorious Lotus, it also possesses thirty-two phases, and its defensive abilities and spells are almost invincible in many works of art. It is said that sitting on a lotus flower has the function of improving cultivation, so most of the folk creations are images of seated Buddhas.
Whether it is the prototype of the Buddha in history or the omnipotent immortal in the novel, his main task is to preach, to help the people around him abandon evil and seek good, to break the confusion and achieve enlightenment, to break the confusion and prove the truth, he preached the scriptures and was recognized by the world, people rushed to go, and the Eastern Land Xuanzang, who was thousands of miles away, did not fear hardships and dangers to go to get the scriptures. "Journey to the West" was born, and compared with the eighty-one difficulties set up in the book, Xuanzang experienced obviously more difficult.
In all kinds of artistic creations, the Buddha's mana is beyond doubt, and Sun Wukong, who made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace in "Journey to the West", cannot escape his palm, although the original work respects the Tao and suppresses the Buddha, but also reflects his omnipotent image in people's hearts from the side. Although most of his subordinates are listening to the sutras and enlightenment, we have also heard a lot about their skills in the folk, and it is said that the son of Mozu Luohu, among the ten disciples, is known as the "first of the tantric practices", so that the strength of mozu is obviously very different from that of the Buddha.
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Daozu Laojun
Many honghuang novels have special books on the magic weapons of Taishang Laojun, among which the "Taiji Diagram" is even more all-encompassing, unpredictable, and infinitely powerful. According to legend, this picture was created by pangu's axe after it opened up the world, and similar legends also have the household name Laojun purple gold gourd was picked from Kunlun Mountain and so on. The number of his magic weapons is endless, and most of them are naturally formed by absorbing the essence of heaven and earth, and it can be said that his strength is inseparable from these magic weapons.
When Sun Wukong went to the Western Heavens to ask the Buddha to help fight against the Qingniu Spirit, the Buddha sent eighteen arhats to assist, and as a result, not only their weapons were collected, but even the Buddha's Golden Dansha was also collected. And the Buddha himself did not go personally, presumably knowing the mystery behind it, more or less is the means to understand Lao Jun, so later Lao Jun shot down the Green Bull but did not return the Golden Dansha Buddha also turned a blind eye and never mentioned it. Such strength spared Sun Wukong when Sun Wukong was making a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace, and it is estimated that it has a lot to do with Sun Wukong's master.
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Demon Ancestor Mixed Fish
In fact, the demon ancestors do not exist in traditional mythology, but with the development of the times, the creator's thinking is no longer limited to the pearl jade of the predecessors. Its name is taken from the Northern Hell Kunpeng in Zhuangzi's famous "Getaway", saying that it is an ancient divine beast that really exists in the North Hell, and the name of the Demon Clan Chaos Kunpeng is the name obtained after it transformed into a human form.
Because of his nature of soaring in heaven and earth, he has never been eclectic in receiving disciples, only looking at the qualifications regardless of race, whether it is a species in the sea, land and air, as long as the qualifications are superior, he is not rejected, but in this way, the number of human beings is far inferior to the number of other species, so that most of his men are birds and beasts, demons and goblins, so they are called demon ancestors.
All one need to know about his abilities is one or two of his many disciples, namely, the Initiator and the Quasi-Daoist, the former being the later Rulai Buddha, and the latter being Sun Wukong's teacher, Bodhidharma. Even the powerful Taishang Laojun had an inseparable relationship with the Mixed Kun, because his master was the Mixed Kun's brother Hongjun Laozu, and his strength as a master and nephew was naturally much lower.
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brief summary
It is not difficult to see that in all kinds of novels, the strength of these great gods is obvious, our mythological stories have changed a lot after the emergence of Taoism, because the gods of the West have always been lowered to one level, and the Taoist Sanqing is derived from the image of Lao Tzu, so Lao Jun is undoubtedly the creator god of the Heavenly Palace, and now the creators of the Honghuang novel are in the sky, combining the ancient myths with the myths of the past, and the mixed kun has become the second generation of immortals with the same name as the Hongjun Old Ancestor, the Nuwa Niangniang and the Land Pressure Daojun. The author undoubtedly portrays it as a character above the traditional Taoist gods. In fact, in the traditional scriptures, they may have miracles but very little, and more are just teachings in the image of wise men, elders, and teachers.
References: Journey to the West, Fengshen Yanyi, Zhuangzi
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