Chapter 40: The Misrepresentation of the Past in the Bible
In Greek mythology, the war between the East and the West and the subsequent human society were divided into four eras, and the first generation of humans (only men) lived in the Golden Age.
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infoAt that time, Cronus (the father of Zeus) ruled the world in the heavens, spring grew, and milk and honey flowed naturally in the grain and fruit.
Human beings are carefree, disease-free, age-free, labor-free, free of strife, just like the gods.
Unlike the gods, they will die, and death is simply immersed in a warm and soft sleep.
In the end, they all fell asleep, but the noble souls still roamed the earth.
The second era was the Silver Age.
The seasons have become distinct, but humans (still only men) have become confused.
Living at home for a hundred years is not reasonable, and it is not easy to grow up, but there is not much time left.
They were emotionally developed but insanity, they were already at odds with each other, and they were not godly, so Zeus sent them to the dark underground kingdom.
The third age is the Bronze Age.
Humans (and women don't seem to have either) are strong and rude, don't love agriculture, and love meat; There are also bronze weapons, cannibalism and continuous wars.
In the end, they had no choice but to leave the world of light and go to the dark underworld to live permanently.
After this, Zeus created the fourth (or 3.5th) generation of humanity, known as the Age of Heroes or the Age of Demigods.
Zeus summed up the lessons of history and used "genetically modified" eugenics, that is, to make people have the blood of gods, and he and his colleagues were busy in and out of bed.
The heroes of Greek mythology were produced during this period.
This generation is more just and noble, but still loves war.
Some people died under the city of Thebais, which had seven gates, in order to fight for royal power, and countless people fought for ten years for the beautiful Helen.
In the end, Zeus transports the survivors to Fukushima Island in the ocean river at the edge of the world, where three crops a year are abundant in sweet fruits and life is carefree.
The last generation lived in the Black Iron Age.
Perhaps the gods ran out of patience and materials in the process of making humans, and humans in the Black Iron Age were the worst products.
They are completely depraved, greedy and arrogant, advocating violence, disrespecting heaven from above, deceiving sentient beings from below, unfilial sons, unkind fathers, fratricidal brothers, unrighteous friends, liars gaining power, and being good and wronged.
Human life is full of sin, and God is constantly sending new evils.
The goddess of justice (purity), Astrya (sister of the goddess of shyness), sadly covered her cheeks with a white robe and fled this world forever and became a distant constellation of virgos.
There was nothing but pain and despair on the earth, and this life continues to this day.
Later, the Bible records that God created the world in seven days—the first day God created the heavens and the earth, and then the heavens and the earth, and then the 'light'.
The next day God made all the waters and the air, and he put the air up and down.
On the third day, God made all kinds of vegetables and fruits, and all the fruits had to be pitted (indeed, the kernels had pits).
On the fourth day, God made two great lights, one for day and one for night (this is the sun and the moon).
On the fifth day, God created all kinds of animals and creatures.
On the sixth day, the highest peak of God's creation was the creation of man.
On the seventh day, God regarded it as a holy day, the Sabbath.
In fact, according to the Bible, before the formation of the universe (in fact, it was born long ago), darkness shrouded in boundless emptiness and chaos (in fact, it means that they were not illuminated by the light of God's faith, but outside the scope of God's faith, not really dark), and in this darkness there were countless ancient gods and intelligent human beings, but God simply slandered them as demons, and then carried out genocide against them with peace of mind, and billions of living beings were tragically killed. He also threw the remaining human gods and dead human gods into hell, so that they would be tortured forever, and as for the back, he completely and shamelessly took the exploits of the gods who appeared before God as his own.
And in Hong Kong's "I Have a Date with a Zombie 3", it is mentioned that fate is the incarnation of the amazing emperor's book.
It has no substance in itself, just a powerful mind.
In order to realize his dreams, he does not hesitate to destroy the world in order to achieve the ideal world in his heart.
Gongsun Guiyi is a flurry, this TV series describes the character of fate exactly the same as the fate god in my memory, although this TV series is actually just a clone of the fate god's brain that has been made Xiudou by the long years.
Servants of the Western Gods: 1. Werewolf
It's the Old Saxon word "wer"
(Meaning is "man")
) and "wolf"
(Meaning for "wolf")
The reason why the word "person" is put
Put the "wolf" in front
It is placed in the back because the transformation process of werewolves is from humans to wolves, and in "Bird's Gate 2", there is a kind of monster that is just the opposite, and their transformation process is from wolves to humans, so it is called "wolfwere"
。
Werewolves in Greek mythology were called "lycanthrope"
, where "lykos"
It's a "wolf"
Meaning, "anthropos"
It's "people"
meaning.
Legend has it that Lycaon was an Acadia (ancient Greek hill pastoral area, known for the simplicity and tranquility of its inhabitants, and later became a "paradise")
He had many wives, fifty sons, and a daughter named Calisto, and some stories say that Lecaon was a cruel king, and some stories say that Lecaon was a good king, but his sons were ungodly, and in short, Zeus was so angry with his poor hospitality when he went to Arcadia that he turned Lecaon into a wolf.
There are many ways to become a werewolf, the most well-founded method is to be bitten by a transformed werewolf on the night of the full moon, but since most werewolves are indistinguishable from humans after transformation, it is difficult to tell the difference.
Some Dark Wizards drape the fur of a real werewolf over themselves and become a werewolf on a full moon night by stepping on dew-stained werewolf footprints, while more powerful wizards will use Transfiguration to make themselves werewolves in some way, but there is a big difference between the two, and it can be very risky to do so!
The form of werewolves is mainly divided into two categories, the first is an ordinary wolf [mostly a forest wolf], and the second is a half-wolf and half-human creature as shown in the picture.
In the second type of werewolves, they are also divided into werewolves and human wolves, werewolves are mainly characterized by a full body coat, the structure of the body is more like a wolf, with the same tail as a wolf, with a long snout, and the internal organs are no different from wolves, but the biggest feature is that werewolves have claws.
Man-wolves, on the other hand, do not necessarily have all of their bodies covered with hair, their internal organs are more human-like, they have no or only a short tail, and their greatest feature is that they have nails instead of claws.
(In fact, the werewolves in the picture are mixed, so they cannot be specifically classified, and it is possible that they are a mixture of werewolves and human-wolves.)
Werewolves generally live in the forest, and some of the more daring ones live next to humans.
Werewolves are irrational after transforming, and individual werewolves can control themselves and not hurt people after transforming, but most of them will create murder incidents, and werewolves will not know what they have done after turning back into human form.
But there is one thing, they know that they have changed, and they know the pain of transformation.
Werewolves are very painful when transforming, because the changes in the structure of the body are very uncomfortable, and most of the werewolves' sanity will disappear little by little when transforming, just like syncope, the outer brain of the brain is closed, and only the inner brain, that is, the part that controls hormone secretion and primitive instincts, is functioning, so it will lose its mind.
It's very simple to distinguish a werewolf, after a werewolf becomes a wolf, it is generally rare to move with a real wolf, and there are many werewolves who will go to a deserted place by themselves before transforming themselves, waiting for dawn to avoid harming humans.
Werewolves are discriminated against in many ways, and werewolves in general have no friends, and most of them live silently on the fringes of society.
2. The earliest origin of vampires is said to be Cain in the Bible.
According to the Bible, Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden and went to the wilderness and had many children.
Cain is the eldest of these, and at the same time the third human in the world.
He was a farmer and lived with his brother as a shepherd.
On one occasion, as a custom sacrifice to God, Cain's green turnips aroused God's displeasure because his brother had provided abundant meat for the sake of animal husbandry.
Cain was angry and murdered his brother, and the next day God asked Cain where his brother was, and he argued that he did not know.
God said angrily: Cunning!
Your brother's unjust soul cries out to me about your atrocities, so you must accept my punishment!
Cain then begged God for forgiveness, but God said, "No, I will not kill you, and I know that you will be spurned in the future."
So I'll give you a different mark, so that you will let others know that you don't deserve to be killed---- just try to torture you.
In the millennia of hidden vampire legends, Cain's curse was to live forever by sucking the blood of the living, and to suffer from this curse for generations.
And God made his mark visible to everyone, which is different from what is written in the Bible.
Later in the book, he and Satan's ** Lilith (Dark Eve), who first appeared in Sumerian mythology, the first wife of Judaism in the Old Testament, left the Garden of Eden because she was dissatisfied with God, and Lilith was said to be a powerful witch, and taught Cain how to use blood to generate power for his own use.
Because of this, some people believe that Lilith is the real first vampire.
Long, sharp canine teeth: Vampires usually suck blood out of their victims' necks by cutting their teeth into their victims, and some are able to hide this trait in normal states - this has become one of the most important characteristics of vampires.
At the same time, vampires have cold, pale skin.
In Bram Stoker's novel Dracula, vampires can also see through envelopes, change the shape of flames, drive wolves away, and crawl like spiders.
In the movie "Twilight", vampires have handsome appearance, huge strength, and extremely fast speed.
They can also transform into bats: Vampires are currently associated with bats, and they are often surrounded by bats and can become vampires themselves.
After becoming vampires, Cain and Lilith were born with "nearest divine powers"
The 13 third-generation vampires known as the United States.
And these 13 third-generation vampires evolved into the 13 clans of modern vampires.
There is also a legend that this third generation of vampires refers to the humans in Noah's Ark.
When the flood receded, they came out of the ark and engaged in a holy war against the second-generation vampires, and killed all the second-generation vampires, who were known as the "nearest gods"
of vampires.
And today, thousands of years later, the bloodline of vampires has reached the thirteenth to fifteenth generation.
Before the Middle Ages, vampire members were often able to become overlords or even compete for power due to their special abilities and immortality.
It wasn't until around the 14th century that the Inquisition of the Catholic Church knew about the existence of vampires and immediately carried out a large-scale killing.
While vampires have abilities, no single vampire can stop the cooperative threat of thousands of mortals at once.
As a result, the vampire's survival is in an unprecedented crisis.
In response to the dire situation, several vampire clans (around the sixth to eighth generations) had to form alliances, resulting in the Camarilla (Secret Party) Alliance.
This is an alliance of seven clans, and it is still the largest alliance to this day.
When the Esoteric Party was founded, there were six strict traditions that vampires in the Coalition were required to follow forever.
The supreme purpose of the entire precept tradition is to stipulate that vampires must be hidden in human society and must never reveal their identities, so as not to lead to a crisis in the vampire's existence, which is the origin of the seclusion vow.
Another alliance outside of the secret party is thesabbat.
Although each clan can join the Demon Party, it is mainly controlled by two clans.
The Demon Clan, the Demon, who does not recognize the doctrine of escapism, rules by fear, force, and threat, and is said to bury the new vampires alive, induce fear in them, and control them through rituals and bloodbounds.
The demons also regard humans as inferior animals and drive them to kill at will.
Members of the Secret Order often refer to Sabath as the Hand of Darkness.
In addition, the remaining four clans that have not joined the secret party or the demon party usually remain neutral in the struggle between the two alliances or act at the opportunistic level, and it can be regarded as the ancient vampires There is no record, maybe there are but they are not found.
Why do we think that most vampires are set in medieval Europe?
This is due to one of the earliest and most classic vampire literature.
Coupled with the fact that standard vampires always live in castles in the European Middle Ages, and live for hundreds or thousands of years, and vampires are super nostalgic, it is always reminiscent of the cruel and barbaric Dark Ages in Europe.
And the book that gave rise to the modern vampire was Bramstoker's Dracula the Vampire.
At the time, Bramstoker was preparing to write the novel, and while researching the materials, he stumbled upon the name of the Grand Duke, which meant demon.
It was later named after that.
And in European history, there is indeed a person named Dracula.
He was known for his cruelty.
Prisoners of war were often inserted from the buttocks into a long wooden stick, which was then passed through the body and out of the mouth, and then raised high to torture the prisoners to death.
Look at what our Judas betrayed the Son of God for?
That's right!
Thirteen Roman silver coins!
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So there is another way of saying that the other ancestor of vampires - Judas.
It should be noted here that the vampires of the third generation seem to have gone into dormancy after completing the holy war.
After that, there are very few things about vampires.
It wasn't until around the 14th century that the Christian Church openly acknowledged the existence of vampires, which led to mass hunting by the Inquisition.
During this period, the only one who could have a slight connection to the 14th century was Judas.
Otherwise, there would not have been a vampire.
Tombs and coffins as habitats: During the day, vampires tend to rest in coffins or graves, existing as corpses.
It is active only after the sunlight is gone.
This is a common and undisputed trait of vampires, who are believed to be afraid of sunlight and will disappear when exposed to sunlight.
But then there were claims that vampires' skin sparkled like diamonds in the sun, and as a result, vampires did not appear on clear days in order not to reveal their identities.