Jiang Li didn't participate in our conversation, and still looked out the window alone in a daze.

I reached out and patted her on the shoulder and said to her, "What are you trying to figure out for yourself?" ”

Jiang Li came back to his senses at this time, turned his head and asked me, "What's wrong?" What did you just say? ”

I said, "I ask you what you are thinking?" ”

Jiang Li replied: "Oh, I think Aunt Dan, she is a little different. Then he said, "No, I ask you what you said before?" ”

I said, "I said werewolves before, and the fat brother said that there were werewolves on the manhole cover that pressed the demon army, do you know?" ”

Jiang Li said: "I don't know, I only know that there are many kinds of demon army, and they are all ancient creatures who have accidentally eaten the elixir. What are the specifics, you have to check the canon. ”

I hurriedly asked, "What ceremony?" ”

Jiang Li said: "There is a classic book about the demon army, which is left by our ancestors, which records in detail the appearance and characteristics of the demon army, as well as the ability and temperament, as well as some historical times and events that are suspected of the appearance of the demon army, including the description and records of ancient documents, among which the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is also the most recorded. ”

The fat brother asked suspiciously: "Didn't the demon army be locked up in the well during the Yellow Emperor's period?" Why is it still in history? ”

Jiang Li smiled and said: "This person, his brain does not turn, which war have you seen that annihilated all enemies?" Some of those who remain in the world may be dead, and some may still be well hidden. ”

I hurriedly added: "Yes, yes, we have seen a zoo in Cao Cao's tomb, and there are many corpses of demon soldiers in it. Then I asked, "Where is the great ceremony you are talking about?" Hurry up and take it out and check it out. ”

Jiang Li shook his head and said: "I have only read one percent of the canon, that is not my main subject, it is my sister's, she was asked to memorize the canon when she was a child, and she cried every day." As if remembering her sister's crying nose, Jiang Li laughed happily.

I asked Yan Qiu again: "You should know about ancient books, right?" Have you ever seen a werewolf? ”

Yan Qiu shook her head and said, "How can there be, ancient books like "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", which are defined as novels, are not used as archaeological basis. In ancient Chinese books, there are only Wen Lang people, which refers to the Vietnamese in ancient times. ”

As soon as I was deflated, Yan Qiu said again: "And this werewolf is a foreign monster, and the earliest records are also foreign ancient books." ”

As soon as I heard the doorway, I hurriedly smiled and said, "You man is panting for breath, hurry up and tell us about your foreign myths." ”

Subsequently, Yan Qiu told us about the origin of werewolves abroad.

The Greek concept of zombies has changed since the 11th century. Etymologically, werewolves come from the Slavic language, and in the Balkans and Carpathians at that time, people used this Slavic word to refer to zombies and werewolves.

In 1216 A.D., King John 61 of England was poisoned by a monk who contained wolf's head grass, and the king died. Soon after, howls were heard from his grave, and terrified residents dragged the body out and left it to decompose. But it wasn't long before someone said they saw the werewolf king wandering through the forest.

From this, we get a basis that if you eat wolf's head grass by mistake, you will become a werewolf.

King of Hungary in the XV century, the head of the Germanic dynasty of the Holy Roman Empire, Sigismund. At the Council of 1414, he prompted the Church to officially recognize the existence of werewolves.

By the sixteenth century, the legend of the werewolf had spread throughout Europe. An official survey by the Holy See showed that from 1520 to the middle of the seventeenth century, there were tens of thousands of people suffering from delusions of wolves in Europe. The largest number of them are in France, as well as Serbia, Bohemia and Hungary in Eastern Europe. The legend about the werewolf was born in this context.

As for the superstition that werewolves have the appearance of humans but can become wolves, it goes back to the medieval gods and ghosts.

At the beginning of the Middle Middle Kingdom, Europeans were no strangers to werewolves. The Roman Inquisition at the time referred to werewolves as pagans alongside Jews, Protestants, and witches, saying that they were all devils. And werewolves are considered to be the most dangerous, because they were once humans, hating other normal humans, and their main prey and food are the humans around them and their domestic animals. Because of the ferocity of the legendary werewolf and its ferocity, those who claim to have been attacked by the werewolf often have severe physical damage.

Guided by the official rulings of the Church, attitudes towards wolves developed to the point of hysteria. Thousands of people were tortured into confessions, and those who confessed to being werewolves were usually sentenced to be burned at the stake. In the sixteenth century, in France alone, about 30,000 people were identified as werewolves and burned alive.

At that time, people recognized werewolves as simple, with eyebrows together, long hairs on the palms, and a withdrawn personality, like a hermit, etc. It can be seen that in European society at that time, patients with genetic diseases with abnormal appearances, albinos who were sensitive to sunlight, and some lost, abandoned, and wild children raised by animals became victims of the church.

I asked Yanqiu, "Is there a specific description?" What does a werewolf look like? ”

Yan Qiu continued to answer.

The European legend of the werewolf has matured into a description that the werewolf has a wolf head, a body with hair, and is much taller than the average person. Werewolves are terrifying monsters due to their penchant for human flesh and other animals, especially humans.

Werewolves are basically divided into two types: one is natural, that is, they are born werewolves. This kind of werewolf is very fierce and strong, and has the ability to transform into a human. They usually use this ability to deceive, and innocents are sacrificed under the mask of werewolves. Wolves are brutal by nature, as they attack quickly and have a keen sense of smell, making them very dangerous.

The other is acquired, where the cursed person loses his mind on a moonlit night and becomes a slaughterer, and during the day he returns to a human being, similar to what we see in the movies. Unless someone lifts the curse, they will be bathed in blood for the rest of their lives. A small number of lucky ones still have a faint humanity left, but they are usually unable to stop the slaughter. They are not as tough as natural werewolves, but they are still a competent butcher and can bite people to death. Once bitten by a werewolf, it will also become a werewolf.

After listening to Yan Qiu's narration, it is really a long knowledge, but the specific description of the werewolf is only at the stage of our cognition, and some details and the monsters I saw still can't be compared.

Maybe the werewolf I've seen is tough, but it's not brutal, it didn't bite me, or I'd have been soaring under the moon. Maybe it's a cursed werewolf with a remnant of humanity.

I asked Yan Qiu again, "Is there any remedy for the werewolf in uniform?" Is there a way to deal with a werewolf? You can't wait to die, can you? ”

Yan Qiu said: "If you are unfortunate enough to encounter a werewolf, there are some methods, but I don't know if it works." One is to call out the werewolf's name on the spot, and the other is to knock it on its forehead three times or draw a cross symbol. If none of the above works, immediately shout and shine a bright light to scare the werewolf away. If you want to track down a werewolf, you can leave a scar on it and then look for someone with it. ”

As soon as I heard it, it wasn't very reliable, who knows what its name is when the werewolf transforms? Make a cross on the head, and the werewolf will wait for you to touch its head? Shouting, not to mention, must be useless, what person who has been attacked by a werewolf does not shout? But I didn't seem to shout myself, it shouldn't be the time to die, but I really left the scars, that night in the werewolf's neck, I did cut a knife, I knew to leave late, look for it in the resort, especially the big-nosed foreign tourists.

The fat brother said: "The easiest way is to feed the werewolf when he is still a human." ”

After we laughed, I asked, "Is that werewolf a foreign monster from Europe?" ”

Yan Qiu said: "It's not all, the legends of Europe are only the most complete now, because of some historical reasons." ”

Yan Qiu then explained to us.

In fact, in the ancient Indian legends of the Americas, some wizards also have the ability to transform, which can change according to the needs of the environment or situation, similar to ancient shamanism. In order to avoid being tracked by enemies and beasts, the wizard transforms himself into a wolf, bear, eagle and other animals, and after transforming, he not only has the abilities of these animals, but also retains the consciousness of a human. In contrast to Europe, wizards who can turn into wolves are regarded by the tribesmen as heroes with high mana.

Different but similar legends did not produce the product of blending, because later, the civilized Europeans conquered the Americas with barbaric means, and the Indian civilization was strangled at the same time. With the prosperity of the West for hundreds of years, the legend of the European version of the werewolf spread all over the world.

Hearing this, Jiang Li turned his head and asked with interest: "Sister Yanqiu, why are there only werewolves and no tiger people and eagle people in the foreign legends you told?" ”