Chapter 814: Pretending to be a god and a priest

People naturally have a desire to control, in the early days, people found that natural phenomena such as wind and rain were not under their control, so "gods" appeared, and people attributed everything that was not under their control to a "god" who controlled all this, and the totem also came from this.

Anthropologists call it "totem worship", in the early days, the totem was the "god", it was omnipotent, it controlled everything, no matter the wind or rain, this "god" was in charge of everything, an all-powerful god.

In ancient times, people worshiped "gods" to pray for good weather in the real world and peace of the tribe, in fact, the original intention was to control these uncontrollable factors through the realization of the control of "gods", so as to realize the inner desire to control everything.

Some anthropologists with two knives will say that the appearance of the totem is because of the unknown, so what is the unknown, and the unknown is actually beyond control.

Totems are so important to the history of mankind that some anthropologists even call the appearance of totems "the second great invention after fire".

The reason why I say this is because the totem completely unites the people of the entire tribe, and all the people of the entire tribe live for one "faith".

Out of instinct, the ancients knew that in order to survive, they had to unite, but there was no need to form a super tribe of hundreds, thousands or even tens of thousands of people, and a group of ten or twenty people was the most cost-effective way of life, and there was no need to form a large tribe at all.

But human beings have formed huge tribes, and there are no such large tribes of beasts such as lions and wolves, why?

It's because humans have totems.

The existence of the totem gives the whole tribe of people a faith, in fact, we can completely regard the totem as the money of modern society, so that we can understand it very well.

What is money?

Isn't money just a piece of paper that everyone recognizes!

What is a totem?

A totem is a painting or an object that is recognized by the entire tribe.

Modern people, formed countless groups, everyone works and goes to work together, in fact, it comes down to the most basic motivation, isn't it for money, whether you say for profit, or for survival, the core point is for "money", for money we launched wars, earlier colonial expansion, now financial wars, national games.

"As long as I can control the currency issuance of a country, I don't care who makes the laws." This quote from Rothschild is telling.

What we call entrepreneurship, innovation, cooperation, and promoting social development is actually the "money" that everyone recognizes in modern times.

Similarly, for the ancients, the totem was their "money", and the whole tribe united and fought for this "money", which eventually formed a huge tribe, formed a nation, and finally became a nation.

That's where totems come in.

In ancient times, when people encountered things they didn't know, they would simply put down "gods" at work.

Chen Kan stunned twelve people at one time, and these people thought it was a "god" apparition, so there was a series of actions later.

The next day, the elder, led by the elder, went to the place where the twelve had fainted, and worshipped, but there was no tribute, just a huge bonfire, around which everyone danced.

Seeing this scene, Chen Kan thought of a way to integrate into this world, which is to "pretend to be a ghost", with Chen Kan's current strength, it is very easy to do this.

The bonfire that was originally burning began to rise under Chen Kan's control, and a ball of fire appeared in the air, everyone watched this scene in amazement, the elder was the first to react, stopped dancing and knelt on the ground, repeating a sentence that Chen Kan did not understand, and under the leadership of the elder, the others also quickly knelt down.

Then this fireball slowly turned into the outline of a human figure in the air, as if Emperor Shakti was hidden in the Xuan Ice, and Chen Kan was hidden in this flame.

A person could be seen hiding in it, and seeing this scene, the expressions on the faces of these people became even more reverent, and everyone lay on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

Chen Kan waved his hand, and a powerful force helped them all up, if they couldn't see Chen Kan's performance, then what was the point!

Eighty people were all lifted up by Chen Kan's softness, they didn't understand what martial arts were, they were all shocked by Chen Kan's hand, and they were even more convinced that this was the "god" in front of them, and since the "god" had helped them up, they didn't dare to kneel down anymore, looking at the fire man in the air with wide eyes.

The bonfire burned rapidly, and the fire seemed to be guided by something to enter the fire man, and as the fire continued to merge, a person appeared in the air, starting from the feet and slowly extending upwards, until the whole person appeared.

All this seemed to them to be a miracle, and this young man was a "god", like a manifestation in religion, and then everything became very simple, and Chen Kan became the priest of the tribe without any pressure.

It took Chen Kan two days to learn their words, which is very simple, the vocabulary is very scarce, and the reason why it took two days is because there are some words that need to be understood, and whether this kind of words can be understood depends not only on Chen Kan's learning ability, but also on the professor's expression ability.

The totem of this tribe is the bird, and Chen Kan did not change their totem, because the bird is not only the totem of their tribe but also the totem of some surrounding tribes, which is like a belief that connects the surrounding tribes.

Chen Kan also felt lucky, Chen Kan only learned afterwards, because the biggest feature of birds is that they can fly, and Chen Kan was also suspended in the air when he pretended to be a ghost that day, so they agreed with Chen Kan, and what they were surprised that day was not that Chen Kan controlled the fire, but that Chen Kan could fly, so Chen Kan could easily become a priest.

The position of priest is generally only available in large tribes, generally there are no priests in small tribes like this one hundred people, and some tribes of thousands of people do not necessarily have priests, of course, there are exceptions, as long as someone can be recognized by the entire tribe, then this person can become a priest.

Because in a small tribe, every labor force is very important, and more importantly, there is no inheritance of knowledge in the small tribe, because the small tribe generally does not exist for a long time, at most a few decades, and the time is not long, which means that there is no knowledge inheritance.

And these Chen Kan happened to be all will, plus "apparition", so Chen Kan became a priest.