The Classic of Mountains and Seas is one of the most recorded myths in China, as well as an encyclopedia of tourism and geographical knowledge. Today, I will lead you to take stock of the "Four Great Evil Beasts of Ancient Times" in ancient mythology based on the contents of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".
It is a monster in ancient Chinese legends, and it is recorded in the Classic of Mountains and Seas: "There are many golden jade trees on the Taishan Mountain." There are beasts, whose shape is like an ox and a white head, and whose name is a snake's tail. "The Dragons in the Classic of Mountains and Seas live in the Taishan Mountains in the eastern part of the Central Plains, with a white head, but they have the tail of a snake and only one eye. Everywhere it goes, it must be lifeless, but every grass it enters will die, and when it steps into the lake, it will dry up immediately.
The fact that it has such a large lethality is due to the large number of diseases and poisonous insects it carries on its body, and it is believed that it is the source of the disease. The worm has a strong immunity, and can also rely on the special substances secreted on the surface of the body to attract a large number of poisonous insects and diseases, it is surrounded by black fog, which is the poisonous insects, the more poisonous insects, the more dense the black fog. These poisonous insects and diseases are extremely harmful, often causing plagues and causing many people to lose their lives. No one dared to take a step in the places it had been in for several years, and everywhere it went, corpses were strewn across the field, there was no grass, and the water source would be polluted. Therefore, its notoriety also spread rapidly, threatening everywhere.
The shape and size of the scourge is not much different from that of ordinary dogs, but it is covered with black hair, and it also has a special luster, and its eyes are red like a fire. Although it looks like a dog, it has no interest in canine food, and as an assistant to the fire god Zhu Rong, he only eats flames. Every time you swallow a flame, a metamorphosis occurs. It is said that if a female dog is hit by a meteor fragment after a month of conception, the child born is a disaster.
The scourge is considered to be the source of fire, and everywhere it goes, there will be scenes of fire spreading, it always likes to follow Thor when he rides a thunder car on the earth, and when Thor drops a thunder axe and wedge stones, and causes a fire in a human forest or village, he can swallow the flames to fill his stomach. It seems like a good thing that it can swallow the flame, but it is not, when it digests the flame, it will produce excrement, and this excrement can melt the stone, and where the excrement falls, there will be a sea of fire.
Although the plague does not eat people, its ability to bring fire at any time is still very frightening, so people divide the plague into four evil beasts.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas and the Classic of Western Mountains describes Zhu Wei as a very powerful spirit beast, with a body like an ape, its white head and red feet, its arms strong and powerful, its body and hands are very fast, and its hair is bright red like fire. The reason why it is listed among the four evil beasts is that as soon as it appears, there will be war. In the hearts of the people, Zhu Wei is an ominous thing. As soon as Zhu Wei appeared, there would be a war, which originated from an ancient legend.
Legend has it that in ancient times there were two great powers, the two sides were opposed for ten years, and one day after A country captured a very strange ape, it was given to B country, and this ape was Zhu Wei. As a result, Zhu Tired saw that the empress was young and beautiful, and then escaped to "insult" the empress, and the emperor was furious after knowing it, believing that it was a conspiracy of country A, but this kind of thing could not be said, so he did not mention anything about this matter, and at the same time went to war with country A. The war between the two countries killed and injured countless people, and the people did not have a good life, and later people learned that the initiator of this war was actually Zhu Wei, so from then on, there was a saying that as soon as Zhu Wei came out, there would be a big war.
The Classic of Mountains and Seas describes that Fu Zhu looks like a white deer, but has four horns, white and soft hair all over the body, and Fu Zhu is not only not very aggressive, but also not very powerful. So why can fu zhu become one of the four evil beasts? It is said that as long as the husband appears, it will be accompanied by a flood of water, whether it is an arid plain or a lofty mountain, so people do not want the husband to appear, so it is classified into the four evil beasts.
In fact, Fu Zhu controlled the water only to protect his thin body. It directs groundwater to the surface and then surrounds itself. The beasts on land saw the water and became frightened, so they all fled, so that he could successfully protect himself. His original intention was not to harm mankind, but his appearance did flood many villages and bring devastating blows to the people, so the people were extremely reluctant to see him.
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