Chapter 587: The Greatest Shaman
Shamanism is a primitive religion developed from prehistoric worship, and in its glory days, it once spread all over the world, and the ancestors of East Siberia, Mongolia, and even Manchuria, the Jurchens, believed in shamanism, and for a long time, the indigenous people of Greenland only believed in shamanism.
However, with the invasion of immigrants and religions, most of the people of Greenland have converted to Christianity, and only a few Inuit tribes in more remote areas still maintain their former faith.
Unlike the major religions that are popular today, shamanism does not have a great being like God or Allah, and is based on the theory that all things have spirits, and the shamans of the tribe can connect with these spirits hidden in the natural world through a series of ancient séance rituals, so that they can have supernatural powers such as prophecy, dream interpretation, and weather control.
In fact, the shaman means "the one who dances wildly with excitement" in the Tungusic language, and the word itself describes the most common means of séance used by shamans.
Knowing the origin of the two, it is not difficult for Zhang Heng to know why the eagle suddenly flew in from the window to attack him, but according to Ole, even shamans are rarely able to communicate with the animals around them anytime and anywhere, let alone ask them for help in a critical moment.
Especially in recent years, as more and more people have switched to it, shamans can feel that their own power is constantly declining, and many of the dream interpretation and astrology that could be done before are now becoming more and more difficult to do, let alone control the weather and communicate with animals and plants, and even many shamans have not been able to say a complete prophecy for decades, and this has formed a vicious circle.
It was in this context that Alethia was born.
"Alethia was born at midnight, and there was a great earthquake on the island, and my parents said that they had never seen such a terrible earthquake in their lives so long, it was as if the whole world was shaking, and huge ravines appeared in the solid ice field, and one of them happened to pass through the location of the tribe, and some people could not avoid it, and fell into it, and immediately their bones were gone.
"In addition, there was also an aurora in the sky, but it was different from what everyone usually saw, the aurora was blood-red at that time, and the stars were very strange, my teacher Gaba's elf told him that something bad was about to happen, so the teacher asked the people in the tribe to take out the weapons they used in hunting, and also organized a team of patrol people, but the earthquake passed quickly, and then the aurora disappeared, because of the teacher's warning that many people did not dare to sleep all night, and it was not until the next day that everyone got the news, About eighty kilometers away from us, after last night's earthquake, Alethia and her tribe were attacked by a group of people of unknown origin.
"The target of those guys is the newborn Arethea, their weapons are of average level, many of them are even just learning how to shoot, and some of them are simply holding a harpoon that they found out of nowhere, but everyone is crazy, they are not afraid of death, and with the advantage of numbers, they are almost successful. Fortunately, at this time, Araithia's teacher stepped in - Kunayu, she is the most powerful shaman in the last two hundred years, the controller of the blizzard, even in the distant past, few people can reach her height.
"People say that in that battle, she summoned an unprecedented terrifying blizzard, almost single-handedly turned the tide of the battle, and froze all the intruders to death on this ice field, but because Arethia had been held in the arms of the group of unknown people at that time, so people at that time thought that she was also dead, and was frozen into a popsicle with her, but no one expected that when she was found, although she was frozen very badly, she still had a heartbeat and breathing, so Kuna Yu accepted her as a disciple, He also said that this girl who escaped death will not only inherit her mantle in the future, but will also become the greatest shaman among the Inuit. ”
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Songjia was completely fascinated by the story told by Ole, she didn't expect that there would be such a twist and turn in the girl named Arethia next to her, just like the protagonist of the TV series and the middle, although it was a little strange why Ole was unusual, suddenly became so cooperative, and took the initiative to shake out the secrets of the tribe, but at this time she was completely immersed in the story, and she didn't want to interrupt the Inuit teenager's narration at all.
Zhang Heng knew what Ole was thinking, because in the process, he had seen Ole peek at the window next to him more than once, and then contacted the person in the bar who cooperated with Ole and Aresia to put the bugging device in Songjia's wallet, and the Inuit boy should be hoping that his companion would come to rescue them if he found out that something was wrong.
It's just that his method of delaying time looks a little strange, and most people will try to make up some nonsense at this time, but Ole will not lie, so he can only choose to sell his companion again.
Of course, in terms of results, his trick did work, although his language was simple and basically did not use any rhetorical devices, but because of this, there was a feeling of extra sincerity, and the story itself was bizarre enough to be fascinating, at least Songjia couldn't bear to interrupt.
And Zhang Heng, this time he came to Greenland to explore his own life experience, and now he is still in the stage of collecting clues, and he will naturally not refuse the information provided by Ole, he knows that Ole still has a helping hand, but he doesn't care, and even wants to meet the other party in the future.
Because Zhang Heng has realized that the local shamanism in Greenland may be of great help to his future investigation, especially these Inuit are the head snakes here, compared to Songjia, because they have supernatural powers, they will obviously know more, in fact, they are already conducting investigations in related aspects, so the two sides have a common purpose, but now the question is how to get the other party to cooperate with him.
After all, the first impression left on each other when the two sides first came into contact was not very good, Zhang Heng was still pointing a gun at Arethia at this time, although he could also use the same means to threaten Ole to continue to serve him in the future, but this was obviously not as good as letting the other party sincerely help him.
Just as Zhang Heng was thinking about this question, Ole's face was getting worse and worse, because he had already told the story of Alethia, but there was no movement on Aili's side downstairs.