Ancient sea beast

After Pangu's Nirvana, the soul transformed into the Three Pure Ones, namely the Daode Tianzun (Tai Shang Laojun), Yuanshi Tianzun, and Lingbao Tianzun (Tongtian Cult Leader); most of the blood in the body transformed into the twelve ancestral witches. Therefore, the Twelve Ancestral Witches and the Three Pure Ones were all transformed by Pangu. The Twelve Ancestral Witches, also known as the Twelve Demon Gods in the outside world, are born with unparalleled physical bodies, devouring the heaven and earth, controlling wind, water, thunder and lightning, filling mountains and seas, and changing the heaven and earth.

Dijiang: "The Book of Western Mountains" in the second volume of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" says: "Three hundred and fifty miles to the west is called Tianshan Mountain, with many gold and jade, some green and real yellow, Yingshui flows out, and flows to the southwest In Tang Valley, there is a divine bird, which is shaped like a yellow sac, red as a red fire, has six legs and four wings, and is faceless. It knows how to sing and dance, and it is actually the Emperor River."

Jumang: "Lu's Spring and Autumn Period Meng Chun": "The emperor Taibai Gao, his divine sentence is Mang." Gao You's note: "Taibai Gao, Fuxi's family, with the title of King Mu De in the world, died in the east, and became the emperor of Mu De. Jumang, a descendant of the Shaobai Gao clan, was named Zhong, the emperor of Zuo Mude, and died as the god of Mu Guan. ""Book of Rites·Yue Ling": "The emperor Dabai Gao, his god Jumang." Zheng Xuan noted. : "Jumang, the son of the Shaobai Gao family, is called Zhong, and is a minister of Mu Guan." Zhu Xi notes: "Dabai Gao Fuxi is the king of Mu De. Ju Mang, the son of the Shao Bai Gao family, is called Zhong, and is a minister of the Mu Guan. . The Holy Spirit succeeds the heaven and establishes the pole, and first performs meritorious deeds on the people, so the king later worships him in the spring. "Huainanzi Tianwen Chapter" records that "the ruler of the people is in charge of autumn..." That is to say, he is mainly in charge of the autumn harvest collection, so there is a "Prosperity and Harvest Mansion" archway in front of Wanghe Tower. Shaohao and Liaoshou were both father and son, as well as monarch and minister, so the two archways appeared in Xiyue Temple at the same time. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" also says: "The harvest lives in Mishan." There are many beautiful jade in the south of this mountain, and many realgar in the north. From the mountain, you can see the place where the sun sets in the west. The light gas at that time is round. The god who controls the setting of the sun is called Hongguang, and it is said that this is the harvest.

*** workers: "Shu. Yao Canon": "Flowing *** workers to Youzhou, letting Yunduo go to Chongshan, running three seedlings to Sanwei, killing Gun on Yushan, four crimes. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas. The Classic of Seas and Seas": "The wife of Emperor Yan, the son of Chishui, was born in Yanju, Yanju was born in Jiehe, Jiehe was the child of play tools, and the playware was born Zhurong, Zhurong descended to the river. "Sheng Xingong." Also in "Tianwenxun": "In the past, Xinggong fought with Zhuanxu to become the emperor. In anger, he touched the mountains of Buzhou. The sky pillars were broken and the earth was flat. The sky tilted to the northwest, so the sun, moon and stars moved away. "The earth is not satisfied with the southeast, so the water and dust return there."

Zhu Rong: Zhu Rong, whose real name is Chong Li, is an ancient Chinese mythological figure named Red Emperor, who is revered as the God of Fire by later generations. Some people say that Zhu Rong was one of the Three Sovereigns, Five Emperors and Three Sovereigns in ancient times. According to the Book of Mountains and Seas, Zhu Rong's residence is the end of the south. It was he who passed down the fire and taught humans how to use fire. Another saying is that Zhu Rong was Sun Chongli of Emperor Zhuanxu, a high-ranking official of the Gaoxin family, and the Yellow Emperor gave him the surname "Zhu Rong". In daily language, "Zhu Rong" is synonymous with fire; some newspapers' news headlines often use "Zhu Rong" as a synonym for fire, although this is a misunderstanding (Zhu Rong was responsible for fire that was beneficial to the production activities of primitive people, and in ancient times Fires in mythology are often attributed to specific strange birds and monsters, such as Bi Fang).

Zhu Jiuyin: "Chu Ci. Tianwen": "With the opening of the northwest, how can the air flow? When the sun is not shining, how can the candle dragon shine?" And "Dazhao": "There is Hanshan Mountain in the north "The candle dragon is pardoned." "Huainanzi·Topography" The candle dragon is in the north of Yanmen, hidden in the Weiyu Mountain, and the sun cannot be seen. Its god has a dragon body and no feet. "The Great Wilderness Bei Jing" The sky is not enough in the northwest, and there is no sky. There is news of yin and yang, so there is a dragon holding fire essence to illuminate the Tianmen. "Wanxing Jing" says: The sun flows in all directions. The ancient sage said: When the candle dragon travels to the east, it will be cleared, when it travels to the west, it will kill, when it travels to the south, it will kill, and when it travels to the north, it will kill severely. "Overseas Classic": "The god of Zhongshan, whose name is Zhuyin, is regarded as day, sleeps as night, blows as winter, calls as summer, does not drink, does not eat, does not rest, and breathes as the wind; his body is thousands of miles long, and in the endless In the east, it is an object with a human face and a snake body, red, located at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain."

Qiang Liang: In the wilderness, there is a mountain called Arctic Sky Cabinet, and the sea water is in the north. There is a god with nine heads and a human face and a bird body, named Jiufeng. There is also a god who holds a snake in his head and manipulates it. He has the shape of a tiger's head and a human body, with four hooves as long as elbows. His name is Qiang Liang.

Shebi Corpse: Or "Shebi", a half-human, half-animal monster. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness East Classic" says it is a god, with a human head and a beast's body, and a pair of giant beasts. He wears two green snakes on his ears, and his name is Shebishi. "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Overseas Eastern Classic" confirms this description and mentions that the corpse of Shebi may be the corpse of Ganyu.

Tian Wu: In the Valley of the Chaoyang, the god is called Tian Wu, who is Shui Bo. Between the two waters in the north of "Shang Gong Xia Chong" and "Shang Gong Xia Chong". It is a beast, with eight heads and a human face, eight legs and eight tails, all green and yellow.

Yuzi: It is not a god in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, but there is a sentence in the ancient clan name: "The emperor Suiren Yuzi's clan".

Xuan Ming: "Zuo Zhuan·Eighteenth Year of Duke Zhao": "The fire is in Xuan Ming and Hui Lu." Du Xuan's note: "Xuan Ming is the god of water." "Si Xuan Fu" by Zhang Heng of the Han Dynasty: "The former Changli sent the feathers to fly, and the water was used to balance Xuanming." One said it was the rain master. See Han Yingshao's "Customs, Sacrifice, and Rain Master".

Houtu: Mother of the Earth: Chengtian follows the example of Houtu, the Emperor of Earth. In ancient times, she was called (Nuwa). Chengtian followed the example of Hou Tu Huang Di Zhi, the fourth god among the "Four Imperial Gods" of Taoism, referred to as "Hou Tu" and commonly known as "Hou Tu Empress". Coupled with the Jade Emperor who presides over the heaven, she is a female deity who dominates the earth, mountains and rivers.

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Four Gods

Suzaku

Phoenix is ​​a spiritual creature that represents happiness in China. There are many forms of it. Such as golden pheasant, peacock, eagle, swan, black bird (swallow) and so on. ． ． It is also said that it was transformed into the Buddhist Dapeng Garuda. The phoenix mentioned in the Phoenix myth has the head of a chicken, the chin of a swallow, the neck of a snake, the tail of a fish, and has five-color patterns. There are five kinds of phoenixes, divided by color: red is phoenix, green is phoenix, white is swan, and yellow and purple phoenix can also be said to be red bird or black bird. Suzaku is one of the four spirits. Like the other three spirits, it comes from the stars and is the general name of the seven stars in the south: Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Zhang, Yi, and Zhen. When I think of it, it's Suzaku. Zhu is red, like fire, and the south belongs to fire, so it is called Phoenix. It also has the property of being reincarnated from the fire, just like the phoenix in the West, so it is also called the Fire Phoenix.

Xuanwu

Xuanwu is a spiritual creature composed of a turtle and a snake. The original meaning of Xuanwu is Xuanming, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Ming are connected. Wu means black; Ming means yin. Xuan Ming originally described turtle divination: the back of the turtle is black, and turtle divination is to ask the turtle to go to the underworld to ask the ancestors, bring the answers back, and show them to the world in the form of divination. Therefore, the earliest Xuanwu was the turtle. Later, the meaning of Xuan Ming continued to expand. Turtles live in rivers, lakes and seas (including sea turtles), so Xuan Ming became the god of water; turtles live long, and Xuan Ming became a symbol of immortality; the original underworld was in the north, and the oracle bone divination of the Yin and Shang Dynasties said that "the divination must be northward", So Xuan Ming became the god of the north again

White Tiger

In China, the white tiger is the god of war and killing. Tiger has many magical powers such as avoiding evil, warding off disasters, praying for prosperity and punishing evil, promoting good deeds, making wealth, and getting married. And it is one of the four spirits, and of course it is made of stars. Among the twenty-eight constellations, there are seven in the west: Kui, Lou, Wei, Ang, Bi, Xi, and Shen. Therefore, it is the representative of the West, and its white color is because it is the West. The West belongs to gold among the five elements, and its color is white. So it is called White Tiger not because it is white, but because of the five elements.

Qinglong

Qinglong, also known as "Blue Dragon", is the oriental god in ancient mythology. The dragon is the totem of the Chinese nation. Ever since the Yellow Emperor appointed him to the heavens to command power in all directions, the dragon has become a symbol of the Chinese nation and even the whole of China. The more definite form was established in the Han Dynasty. From the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the dragon was identified as the symbol of the emperor. Symbols and representations. In Eastern legends, the green dragon has a body like a long snake, a unicorn head, a carp tail, a long beard on its face, deer-like antlers, five claws, and a mighty appearance. In Western mythology, the dragon is more like a lizard with wings.

Four Spirits

Qilin

Qilin, also known as "Qilin", referred to as "Lin", is a benevolent and auspicious beast in ancient legends. An animal in ancient legends, together with the phoenix, turtle and dragon, is called the "Four Spirits". Known as the Holy Beast King. And it is the mount of God.

Phoenix

Everyone is familiar with the mythical bird. It has a head like a chicken, a chin like a swallow, a neck like a snake, a chest like a tiger, and a tail like a fish. Bird of Five Virtues.

According to Guo Pu's annotation in "Erya Birds", the characteristics of the phoenix are: "Chicken head, swallow chin, snake neck, turtle back, fish tail, five colors, about six feet high." "Come from the country of the Eastern Gentleman, soar across the four seas, cross Kunlun, drink from the mainstay, wash your feathers in the weak water, and don't stay in the wind cave, see that the world will be at peace." "The Classic of Mountains and Seas·Illustrations" says that there are five types of image character patterns: "The first text is called virtue, the wing text is called Shun, the back text is called righteousness, the belly text is called faith, and the back text is called benevolence."

Turtle (One of the 4 Spirits)

Dragon

The dragon is a miraculous animal in Chinese mythology that is good at change, can cause clouds and rain, and benefit all things. Legend has it that it can hide and appear. Climb to the sky and dive into the abyss in the autumn wind. It can also stir up clouds and cause rain. It is the leader of all scale insects and the head of the four spirits (dragon, phoenix, unicorn, and turtle). It later became a symbol of imperial power. Emperors of all dynasties claimed to be dragons, and the utensils they used were also decorated with dragons.

The Four Evils

梼杌

A ferocious beast in ancient legends.

According to legend, it is the son of Zhuanxu, the Northern Emperor of Heaven. It is also named Aohun, which is difficult to train. From these names, we can roughly infer what it does. Like Qiongqi, Yaozhu later became one of the Four Evils.

Qiongqi

According to the "Book of Mountains and Seas? Hai Nei Bei Jing", Qiongqi looks like a tiger with a pair of wings, likes to eat people, and can even steal people's heads. The whole thing started to eat, it was a ferocious beast. However, also in the "Book of Mountains and Seas", the "Western Classic of Mountains" mentions another image of Qiongqi. In that chapter, Qiongqi looks like a cow with the hair of a hedgehog, which is similar to the "Hainei Northern Classic" There is a big difference between those who say it. However, both are ferocious beasts that like to eat people, so there is no difference in this aspect.

Chaos

. "The Book of Western Mountains" in the second volume of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" says: "Three hundred and fifty miles to the west is called the Tianshan Mountains. There are many gold and jade, some are green and real yellow, and the Yingshui flows out, and flows to the southwest into the Tang Valley. There is a sacred bird, whose shape is Like a yellow sac, red as red fire, with six legs and four wings, Hundun has no face, it is the song and dance, and it is actually the Emperor River. "Hundun is chaos, and the image of chaos is the divine bird that knows song and dance."

Taotie

A legendary greedy monster. Ancient bells and tripods were often engraved with the shape of their heads for decoration. "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals·Xian Shi": "Zhou Ding's gluttonous food has a head but no body. It cannibalizes people without swallowing them, causing harm to their bodies. It is necessary to repay them with words." "Shenyi Jing·Southwestern Wilderness Jing": "There is someone in the southwest. Yan has a hairy body and wears a pig on his head. He is as greedy as a wolf. He likes to accumulate wealth for himself and does not eat other people's crops. The strong will seize the old and the weak. He is afraid of the crowd and kills them alone. This is called Taotie. " Song Shaobo "After hearing about it." Volume 26 of "Records": "In the early days of Shaosheng, my ancestor was an official in Chang'an Mansion. He was selling soup cakes in front of the Han Emperor Gaozu Temple in Xicheng. He got a white jade box, which was more than a foot high. It was engraved with clouds, dragons and phoenixes. It was built as a sacred mountain in the sea, and it was enough for gluttons. , a true treasure of the third generation."