Chapter 32: Lexu
What do you think I'm doing?
Evgeny Napokhov lifted his wig, touched the bald head underneath, smiled around, and closed his mouth tightly.
You want to ask me to go to the top mine, but there are no windows.
"Ladies and gentlemen. Fedorovich looked at the fact that none of these experts had the idea of speaking, and his voice suddenly became louder, "I know that you are all elite experts in this area, so please think carefully about what can help us capture the great snake Jörmungandr, for example, if it has any special weaknesses, and if there are any special weapons to restrain it." ”
After speaking, Fedorovich said meaningfully: "The high-level of the entire woolly bear country is paying attention to this matter, and I hope everyone can cooperate with me well." ”
The destruction of the cruiser Kirov by the serpent Jörmungadr and the escape of his friend Kudryash by jumping into the sea have caused him to become overwhelmed and anxious.
He didn't dare to shout at those pillars of scientific research, and he didn't dare to put pressure on these folklore experts.
Cooperate?
You think I don't want to cooperate.
Norse mythology is something that we have studied all our lives, and it can be said that we have a lot of treasures about their origins, but we study the history and culture represented by myths and legends, not how to fight the gods.
Fedorovich saw that no one below took the initiative to speak, so he directly named him, "Yevgeny Napokhov, you are an expert in this area, what advice do you have?"
Named by the major general, Yevgeny Napokhov has a hard time speaking, I really don't know how to catch the big snake Jörmungad.
Seeing that there was no way to avoid it, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and speak, "Judging from the prophecy of the great god Odin in Norse mythology, the great serpent Jörmungadri will die with Thor in Ragnarok. ”
Fedorovich nodded, although it was nonsense, but the willingness of these people to speak was a good sign.
"Thor is the god in charge of thunder and lightning, very brave, no god can be defeated, has always been known as Zeus in Norse mythology, the status once surpassed Odin, in the temple of Rusara, Thor's idol is the most central, next to the great god Odin and the god of fertility Frey. ”
Remembering his previous papers, Yevgeny Napokhov said: "In the Middle Ages and beyond, the worship of gods and goddesses closely related to agriculture was much greater than that of other gods. ”
"The god of the soul of Uga in the mythology of Dongying, the god of fertility Frey in Norse mythology, the goddess of harvest Demeter in the mythology of Olympus, and the god of the underworld and agriculture in Egyptian mythology, Osiris...... In all cases, the status of their idols within the temple generally exceeds their status within the myth. ”
Thor, the god of thunder, was able to surpass the god Odin and Frey, the god of fertility, in the temple, which shows that the Norse people at that time worshiped more warriors than they worshipped theocracy and agriculture. ”
Fedorovich nodded seriously, worthy of being an expert, and his study of mythology is profound, "Then how to deal with the big snake Jörmungad?"
Yevgeny Napokhov, who was talking about the river, was suddenly stuck, he thought for a while, and said: "I mainly study the great god Odin, and I don't have much research on the great snake Jörmungad, or Petrov has studied the great snake Jörmungadri more deeply, you can ask him." ”
Fedorovich nodded solemnly, "Is Petrov here?"
Evgeny Napokhov, you bald old dog, you actually cheated acquaintances.
Petrov scolded in his heart, but his face became serious, "As the famous enemy of the gods in Norse mythology, the great snake Jörmungård has no obvious weaknesses, but if you want to capture Jörmungandr, there is no need to start with weaknesses, we have a better way to catch it." ”
"A better way?" Fedorovich's eyes lit up, looking for an expert in folklore purely with the mentality of trying it out, but he didn't expect it to be really rewarding.
Petrov's gaze deepened, "Actually, you can ask the transcendent to help capture the serpent Jörmungad. ”
"Transcendental, Mr. Petrov, where have you seen the Transcendent, what is his name, where does he live?" Fyodorovich's face instantly became serious, "Don't hide it, it's important to say it all." ”
He knew that the higher levels had been looking for the transcendental, but there had been no progress, and he didn't expect a breakthrough here.
Petrov had a look of remembrance on his face, "I met sixteen years ago when I was on an expedition in the Komi primeval forest, when I was taking pictures in the forest, and I found a strange thing, my clothes were always inexplicably hooked off by the branches of the trees when I walked in the forest. ”
"It was winter, and I was wearing a down jacket. ”
"Is it Lesh?"
Fedorovich listened to the other party's story and immediately thought of the forest demon of Slavic mythology.
Legend has it that the demon of the forest, who lives in the dense forest, often uses magic to disguise himself as the root of a tree on the land, and is very fond of tricking travelers who walk through the forest, often tearing off their clothes and hanging them on the branches of trees without a trace.
"Yes, it's it. Petrov nodded vigorously.
Yevgeny Napokhov on the side looked strange.
Petrov, a drunkard who speaks anything when he is drunk, has ever met the demon of the forest?
"The forest was silent, and I wanted to run out of the forest, but strangely enough, I would run back to the same place no matter how I ran. ”
"And then?" asked Fedorovich in a deep voice.
"Then I met a man. Petrov tried to recall the appearance of the man in the chariot of the sun in the video he had seen on the Internet, and changed it and said, "He was wearing a black trench coat, with dazzling blonde hair, a pair of gray-blue eyes full of sharpness, and a stubble left over from shaving on his face." ”
When he saw me, he did not speak, but reached out and took out a man with green skin, yellow eyes, short stature, old countenance, and a long white beard from the ground. ”
"He said that the reason why you can't leave is because the forest demon is playing tricks, that you can leave now, and that I don't tell you what happened here. ”
Listening to Petrov's description, Fedorovich suddenly remembered the man mentioned in the intelligence who helped Iceland fight the great snake Jörmungard, although the description has changed, but Petrov met sixteen years ago, and it is normal for his appearance to have changed.
I didn't expect him to appear in Russia and help a Slav.