Chapter 259: The Distinction of the Dragon and the Snake
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Xiwu continued: "Through some of the records in the Classic of Mountains and Seas, we have restored the condition of the earth at the time of Genesis. This is very similar to Pangea. ”
Su Yuan said: "It seems that the earth's land plates are also 'divided for a long time, and they must be divided for a long time', in a state of constant motion!" ”
"That's right! After the formation of all things in heaven and earth, there is a saying that Nuwa created man, but where did Nuwa come from? Xiwu said, "Please look down ......."
During this period, countless gods came to Earth, most of whom were celestial beings or gods who fell from the Light and Sound Heaven.
The whole earth is full of shining gods, who only have ornate appearances and no substances. Able to fly freely, and still retains some supernatural powers.
Pangu's incarnation of the Emperor of Heaven, the human beings who lived in the beautiful "Garden of Eden" are the legends of Adam and Eve. The Garden of Eden is on the Kunlun Mountain, according to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", the Kunlun Mountain is ten thousand feet high, and only the heroic Hou Yi can climb it. Kunlun Mountain was later destroyed, leaving only the lower capital of the Emperor of Heaven, which was only an abandoned city.
The Garden of Eden is full of flowers and flowers. The ground was sprinkled with gold, pearls, and agate, and there were trees of all kinds, the fruit of which could be used for food, and the garden was the Tree of Life and the Tree of the Separation of Good and Evil, where Adam and Eve enjoyed a happy, leisurely and happy life.
Since then, in the Ragnaroka era, a series of major events have occurred.
The first major event was the serpent's temptation to steal the forbidden fruit, and mankind was driven out of the Garden of Eden.
Through the record of "Mountains and Seas", we have restored the beauty of the land at that time. There are all kinds of exotic flowers and plants growing on the ground, such as Xuangui, Yaobi, white wood, white willow, Langji and so on, and there are a lot of gold and silver jewelry.
Nuwa is also one of the gods who descended from the heavens, and she has also created many human beings in her own image.
At that time, the fallen celestials began to taste all kinds of earthly food, and as a result, they grew bodies with bones and flesh. During the long transition period, they were in a situation of demigods and half-humans, so it is not surprising that the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" records all kinds of unseen and unheard things.
It can be seen that there are gods, animals, and three kinds of human beings living on the earth, namely: the disembodied gods, the semi-physical gods, the human beings created by the Emperor of Heaven, the human beings created by Nuwa, and various other animals. The Age of the Gods is actually an era in which gods, humans, and beasts live together, so it is conceivable that their descendants are strange, strange, and different.
At this time, people do not work hard, do not think about it, everywhere is naturally grown delicacies, such as the jade elixir, Shirou, Ganhua, Baigu, Ganqi, Yaobi, Baidan, Qingdan, etc., and the clothes they wear are also animal skins. There is a kind of "clothing tree" that grows clothes for people to enjoy. There is a kind of "meat-seeing" tree, which grows a lot of meat, and eats one piece after another, and never finishes it. The list goes on and on.
Among them, snakes are a very interesting thing, and people often confuse dragons and snakes. In fact, it is difficult to distinguish between dragons and snakes, and it should be the dragon that lures humans to eat the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. That's why the Emperor of Heaven punishes them to walk on their stomachs. If they were snakes, wouldn't it be superfluous to punish them for walking on their stomachs?
For example, in the scriptures, it is often said that "the eight divisions of the heavenly dragons", the celestials, the yakshas, the gandharvas, the asuras, the kinaras, and the maharaja belong to the heavenly beings; Both the dragon and the garuda belong to the dragon family, and both here are collectively referred to as "dragon heaven", or "heavenly dragon". It can be seen that the status of the dragon clan and the celestial people is equal.
The dragon is the longest of the insects, the dragon has magical powers, unpredictable, can be big or small, and appears from time to time. There are many types of dragons, including golden dragons, white dragons, green dragons, and black dragons. There are viviparous dragons, oviparous dragons, wet dragons, incarnate dragons, Za dragons, eagle dragons, Jiaolong, Li dragons, heavenly dragons, earth dragons, king dragons, human dragons, fish dragons, horse dragons, elephant dragons, toad dragons, and so on. In terms of appearance, it is divided into scales called Jiaolong, winged dragon called Yinglong, horned dragon called dragon, hornless dragon and so on.
As a dragon with great powers, it has four kinds of suffering:
1. The suffering of being devoured by the Dapeng Goldfinch Bird;
2. The suffering of becoming a serpentine when mating;
3. The pain of being bitten by small insects;
Fourth, the suffering of hot sand in arid places.
The habit of the dragon is inseparable from water, and the profession of the dragon is to rain clouds. But there are five situations in which they cannot rain:
1. When the fire is inflamed;
2. When the wind blows away the clouds;
3. When the demon asura collects the clouds and enters the sea;
Fourth, when the rain master is unwilling to help;
5. When sentient beings suffer from deep suffering.
When the celestial beings who have eaten earthly food grow bones and muscles, most of the time they will take the form of dragons. However, dragons often turn into snakes, and dragons have seventy-two variations, which can become gods, humans or other animals, so the ancients often said that dragons are snakes.
Let's take a look at it again, so many dragons, snakes, and various animals live with gods and three kinds of human beings, and the offspring that reproduce are all kinds of rare things recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas". Such as Dijiang, Light Ghost, Qiqi, Yingyu, Ear Mouse, Ox, Mandrill, Pony, Mermaid, Elephant Snake, Arowana and so on. Three-body, one-armed, one-handed, one-legged, human-headed snake body, human-faced beast body, etc. are not uncommon.
Or that it was the dragon and snake that created a chaotic world that was half-god, half-human, half-beast. One can imagine what kind of mentality the Emperor would have had when he saw that the human beings he had created had fallen to such a degenerate level......
The Emperor of Heaven was furious and decided to destroy these sinners with a great flood! Only the prophet was instructed by the Emperor to build Noah's Ark in advance and bring his family, neighbors, and various animals to safety.
This is the second big event, during the Great Flood, the whole world was in a vast ocean, and only a few mountains remained. Countless humans, animals, and exotic species have been destroyed.
After the formation of the Celestial Realm, the Emperor of Heaven and many powerful gods ascended to the Celestial Realm. Or that all the good heavens on earth have been transferred to heaven.
The humans of the Nether Realm have become outcasts of the Emperor of Heaven, regardless of their own lives. By refining stones to mend the sky, the god Nuwa finally stopped the great flood. Later, many famous sages appeared in the world, such as Fuxi, Shennong, Yao, Shun, Yu, etc. These people all took advantage of the authority of the Emperor of Heaven to command the world in the name of the Emperor of Heaven, and were known as the Three Emperors and Five Emperors in history.
At this time, the human beings all over the world were busy controlling the flood, and the god Kun ordered the divine bird to steal the "Si Soil" that could prevent the flood, and when the Emperor of Heaven found out, he took back the "Si Soil" and sent the fire god to kill Kun. Kun's belly suddenly cracked, giving birth to Yu. It can be said that Yu is the doppelganger of Kun, or the son of the soul. When Yu grew up, he used the method of dredging to divert water into the sea and succeeded in controlling the water.
The problem of the flood was solved, but the world became a bitter land. The earth no longer has any attraction to the gods of all stripes, and they all go to the heavenly realm. And people who can't go to heaven gather together and discuss how to live in the future. (To be continued.) )