Mention the Dapeng Golden-winged Bird, presumably people who have seen "Journey to the West" know its existence: this cargo is Rulai's uncle, or the three kings of the Lion and Camel Country, called "Yuncheng Wanli Peng", and the fan has ninety thousand miles. In fact, the name Roc Goldenfinch was passed down from Hinduism. In Hinduism, its name is Karoula, which is the mount of Vishnu, one of the three main gods in Hinduism, while in Buddhism it is ranked as one of the Eight Branches of the Celestial Dragon.
Whether it is Hinduism or Chinese Buddhism, there is a legend that the Roc golden-winged bird eats 500 dragons and 1 dragon king a day. So the question is, is the Roc Golden-winged Bird really eating dragons? Or is it really a Chinese dragon it eats? The answer is definitely no.
Because in Hinduism there is no record of Garoulo (Dapeng goldfinch) eating dragons, there are records of Garoulo eating Naga. So what is Naga? In Hindu cultural circles, Naga is a cobra (somewhat inaccurately stated here), with no feet, no horns, and highly venomous. In the water, underground. There are palaces and love treasures. Has the power to control water, clouds and rain. The so-called Dragon King is a cobra with multiple heads.
When Buddhism was introduced to China, in order to better spread Buddhism and expand the influence of Buddhism in China, the cobra of Naga was translated into a dragon and became a dragon in the eight parts of the Buddhist Heavenly Dragon. After all, in our native Chinese mythology, snakes can turn into dragons, and Naga's ability to control water and move clouds and rain is very similar to Chinese dragons.
In fact, there is another point that can prove that the dragon in the Buddhist scriptures cannot be regarded as a dragon, because the word naga in the ancient Hindi (Sanskrit) originally represents a cobra, plus the authentic ancient Indian religious murals, the naga in the painting is completely a 100% large cobra, and the appearance is difficult to relate to the Chinese dragon of any period in history.
To this day, the scientific name of the king cobra is still called naja, which is a transliteration of its ancient Indian name naga (because India is the most abundant king cobra). The English interpretation of the word "naga" is only "the snake god of ancient Indian mythology", and there is absolutely no place to mention that it is related to "dragon". And it's normal for large birds of prey like the Roc Goldfinch to prey on snakes.
Therefore, the Roc Golden-winged Bird eats cobras, not dragons, so saying that the Roc Golden-winged Bird eats "dragons" is a completely stealing beam for pillar. Moreover, our Chinese dragon looks like this: the horns are like a deer, the head is like a camel, the mouth is like a donkey, the eyes are like a turtle, the ears are like cattle, the scales are like fish, the whiskers are like shrimps, the belly is like a snake, and the feet are like eagles. Can this be eaten by the Roc Goldfinch? I really don't believe it! (If you like it, pay more attention, like more, favorite, retweet and comment, thank you!) My other articles are also very exciting, welcome to read! ）