A month later, in the Tianshu Cliff in Yunmeng Mountain, Gongsun Guiyi looked at the wordless Tianshu. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info "I didn't expect that the ancient god clan, including the Kunlun God Clan, would all come from the Najia clan in the totem god clan. ”

"Totem"

The word is derived from the Indian word "totem", which means "its relatives"

, "its mark"

。

In the belief of primitive people, it is believed that the people of this clan are derived from a specific species of gods, and in most cases, they are considered to be related to a certain god animal, so the totem belief has a relationship with ancestor worship, in many totem myths, it is believed that their ancestors are derived from a certain god animal or plant, or have a relationship with a certain god animal or plant, so a certain god and plant have become the oldest ancestor of this nation, and the totem holy object they believe in is called the totem god race.

The second meaning of "totem" is "sign"

。

That is, he also has to play a certain role as a symbol.

Totemic signs played an important role in primitive societies, and it was the earliest sign and symbol of social organization.

It has the functions of uniting groups, maintaining blood relations, maintaining social organization, and distinguishing from each other.

At the same time, through the totem symbol, it is recognized by the totem and protected by the totem.

The development of totem is divided into three stages: first, the nascent stage, from this time, the totem object is very similar to the natural form.

Second, the heyday stage.

During this period, the development of productive forces, the improvement of imagination, and at the same time, the strengthening of ancestral consciousness, the formation of the "anthropomorphism of the beast"

。

The early people gave the totem object some characteristics to people, and the totem image began to reach the totem holy object of half man and half beast.

3. Totemic objects began to shift to ancestor worship.

1. The Naga family Najia has many ancient origins.

Her figure appears in many ancient civilizations: according to legend, she was born with a snake body, married her sister Nuwa, had children, and became the ancestor of mankind.

Since Fuxi is the head of a snake, there is a "descendant of the dragon"

said.

Nuwa's "Chu Ci Tianwen": "Nuwa has a body, who is the craftsman?"

Wang Yi's note: "Nuwa has a snake head and a snake body. ”

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Great Wilderness of the West" Guo Pu notes: "Nuwa, the ancient goddess and the emperor, has a human face and a snake body, and changes seventy times in one day. ”

Related to this, also from Pangu in ancient Chinese origin mythology, there are also records of gods such as the candle dragon and Xiangliu being described as human heads and snake bodies (dragon bodies).

The Naga of Ancient India is at the center of ancient Indian mythology.

One of the Eight Divisions of India "Naga"

The word, Sanskrit for "dragon"

, which is pronounced in Old India for "snake"

The dragon in ancient Indian mythology is not a creature with antlers and snake body and horse face and tiger legs and eagle claws as imagined by the Chinese, but only refers to the giant snake in the sea.

This is especially true for snakes that are poisonous.

"Naga"

It's not a reference to a certain god.,It's a synonym for a race—men are called ナーガ,Women are called ナーギー二。

The upper body is a human, and the lower body is the body of a snake.

A fork or halberd is often held in the hand.

The poison they hold,Ordinary humans don't talk about it.,Even the Indian demon アスラ and even the demigod キンナリ will be knocked down by a blow.。

The Naga tribe lives in the underground world パーターラ, and their king is called ナーガラージャ and is respected by the clansmen.

Ekedna (Ancient Greek: ?) in Ancient Greece

xiδνa, literally she and the viper) is a half-human, half-snake monster in Greek mythology.

Her upper body is a beautiful woman, but the lower half of her body is the body of a snake (sometimes with two snake tails).

The place where Ekdena lived was either the underworld, the Scythian region, or the unfathomable cave of Arima beneath Cilicia.

Lamia (Greek: Λ?

μia), a female monster in ancient Greek mythology, is a snake monster that is famous for hunting children in the West.

In ancient Greek and Roman mythology, there were many banshees like Lamia who had the act of killing children, and Lamia was characterized by a delicate woman on the upper body and a snake on the lower body.

Its name, Lamia, comes from the Greek "Λ?μio?"

, meaning "esophagus"

, symbolizing "greed"

, which depicts the image of Lamia devouring children.

Medusa (Greek: m?) of ancient Greece

δouσa, also translated as Medusa, Medusa), is a banshee in Greek mythology, one of the three banshees of Gorgon, generally portrayed as a snake-haired woman with wings.

Her father is Falkus and her mother is Koto, a sea monster.

Her hair is all snakes.

According to the poet Ovid's Metamorphosis, she was a beautiful maiden who was cursed by Athena for having an affair with Poseidon, the god of the sea (some versions say that Medusa was cursed by Athena for her beauty in comparison with the goddess of wisdom), and in a fit of rage, Athena turned Medusa's hair into a poisonous snake and cursed her, and anyone who looked into Medusa's eyes would be turned into a stone statue, and thus became an ugly monster.

The goddess who appeared in ancient Egyptian mythology.

It is depicted as a female head and the body of a snake, and sometimes there are depictions of wings.

However, I also found diametrically opposed descriptions of the snake-headed human body.

“メレトセゲル”

It means "the woman who loves silence"

, this "silence"

The meaning includes "to die"

With "Night"

As a result, she was named "the queen of the land of the dead"

or "Mistress of the West"

(alluding to the direction in which the sun sets).

Legend has it that she listened to people's troubles, judged the dead, guided lost souls, and was a goddess of mercy.

They are all part of the ancient totemic gods, such as mermaids and sirens, but with the end of the mythological era, the strong men of each race have fallen.

In addition to the Naga tribe, the mermaids and sirens in the West were all suppressed by the religion of later generations, and they were reduced to demons, and even in the East they were deified.

2. Mermaids are called mermaids for women, and black scale sharks for men.

Mermaid, the legend says that the upper body is a beautiful woman, and the lower body is a beautiful fish tail covered with scales.

They have no soul and are as merciless as the sea; Voices, like their appearances, are often deceptive; It has a variety of characteristics such as **, vanity, beauty, cruelty and desperate love.

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas: The Three Classics of the North" cloud: "Two hundred miles to the northeast, it is said that the eastern part of Longhou is the east, there is no grass and trees, and there is a lot of gold and jade." The water of determination flows out of the river, and flows eastward into the river. Among them, there are many mermaids, whose shape is like fish, four-legged, and whose sound is like that of a baby, and they eat without dementia. ”

Guo Pu's note: "Or say, the mermaid is the salamander, like a catfish and four-legged, and the sound is like a child's cry ......"

。

There is also a record in the ancient "Taiping Guangji" in China: Taiping Guangji Volume 464 Water - Taiping Guangji East China Sea Big Fish: Sea Mermaid Sea Mermaid, there are in the East China Sea, the big one is five or six feet long, like a person, eyebrows, mouth and nose, hands and claws, and head are all beautiful women, all of which are sufficient.

The skin and flesh are as white as jade, scaleless, with fine hairs, light and soft in five colors, and one or two inches long.

His hair was like a horsetail, and he was five or six feet long.

The yin shape is no different from that of the husband and woman, and the widows near the sea are often obtained, and they are raised in ponds and marshes.

When intercourse, it is no different from people, and it does not hurt people.

"In the thirteenth year of Taizu, in Jiao County, Dongting, a scholar crossed the sea and encountered a strong wind, but he was not in the waves. The corpse floated on the shore for several days, and some fishermen saw that its mouth was choked, like a pigeon's egg, and the light was shining, and the burning pain was unbearable when touched, thinking that it was ominous. Russia woke up, entered the Dragon Palace from the clouds and was tied with the dragon girl, and suddenly felt the water waves surging, and I didn't know where I was, and I ......didn't know where I was - Ming, Ye Fangzi "Pingshan Thatched Cottage Notes" "There are sharks in the South China Sea, and the water dwells like fish, and its eyes can cry beads." ——Jin, Zhang Hua, "Naturalist"