The myth of the beetle snake and the setting in this book

A large part of the book mentions beetles, which seem to be tightly tied to the main character, why is it set like this? is actually a bit of my preference. Enter the beetle snake, click on Du Niang, we can get the following information:

First of all, this introduction:

The beetle snake, also known as the Teng snake, is a kind of flying snake in the folklore of the Han nationality, and there are many records in this regard in ancient Chinese literature, called "divine beast", which has many representative significance. It seems that the role of the beetle snake was extremely important in ancient cultures.

Then I saw that it was recorded in "Xunzi Persuasion" that "the beetle snake flies without feet, and the flying squirrel has five skills and is poor", which means that although the beetle snake has no feet, it is more able to soar through the clouds and fog than the multi-skilled flying squirrel, and swim in the air, which is a metaphor for mortals who should concentrate on doing things consistently, and will eventually succeed. In this way, the beetle snake is praised.

Later, I saw that it was said that "beetle" was mentioned in "Erya Shiyu", that is, "beetle snake", and it seemed that the beetle snake was on the side of the fish again. He seems to be a real generalist! It's so weird that I can't help but take an interest in him.

He also said that Guo Pu of the Eastern Jin Dynasty made a note for it, referring to the beetle snake as "a dragon, which can swim in the clouds and mist". As we all know, the dragon is the totem of our Chinese nation, and it seems that the beetle snake is similar to the dragon, which seems to make me have to face him.

The explanations that follow are even more and more surprising.

Speaking of beetles, snakes are mostly called the same as turtles, so they are regarded as the doppelgangers of Xuanwu. I've been thinking, there is a turtle on this basalt totem, but how can there be a snake?

It seems that the answer has been found here. It is said that it is in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty: The Biography of Zhang Heng" contains Zhang Heng's "Si Xuanfu", which says that "Xuanwu shrinks in the shell, and the beetle snake winds and corrects itself".

In ancient civilizations, yin and yang were born, and there were four elephants behind, and the four elephants were the green dragon, the white tiger, the red bird and the Xuanwu, since it was said that the beetle snake and the Xuanwu were one. This guy is really good at stirring up, and he actually messed up here. I was immediately more interested!

Later, in Lord Cao's book "Turtle Although Shou", I met him again.

It seems that history always coincides in some subtleties. the adult, who is the traitor of the Han. It is powerful.

Although his poems are inspired by feelings, they are also in line with his temperament.

"Although the turtle is long, there is still a time. The beetle snake rides the fog, and finally becomes the ashes" can't help but be remembered, weird as a snake, the power of the dragon and the adulterous male are combined.

Another theory refers to the beetle snake is an independent member of the five divine beasts, located in the center, and the color is still yellow. It seems to have the meaning of justifying it. It makes me think that this is the guy who was knocked down in ancient mythology, and then one day finally returned to the godhood. This is also the original idea of the setting of the beetle snake in the novel.

Then further, some others are obtained, such as in ancient divination, the representative meaning of the beetle snake is the central direction of its own land, the main false alarm, and the main prison. The things represented by the beetle snake: snake, python, god, ghost, fairy, unborn, strange things, strange things.

So some of the unbelievable plots in this article are handed over to this great god. For example, the strange flower of the Black Death, such as the strange journey of the flower blooming and hiding, and the world of hiding. From the very beginning I decided to give him some detachment.

Also, in Feng Shui, it represents the wrong path. The astray path means that it is not the right way. It reminds me of a powerful guy in a dark corner, thinking of strange ideas every day. It filled me with doubts and fears.

According to the photo book, the beetle snake represents this person's eight-faced, skillful, and eccentric, hypocritical, false, scheming, and so on. This brought me back to Lord Cao's poems, and made me have to think a little more.

As mentioned later, among the Qimen Dunjia, the beetle snake is the god of fire. Its divinity is soft and poisonous, and it is a firelight, weird, frightened, dreaming, demonic, and bewitching. Here it is also said that he is good at water, and his ability is not inferior to that of Tianlong and Yinglong. After the catastrophe, it will fly straight to the Eight Wilderness. It seems to be contradictory, but it is unified to him.

What a contradictory guy, and when you look at it, I think it's an extremely powerful character. It is said that the unknown is the most terrifying. It's because of this unknown guy that it's starting to make my pen tremble. So I had to come up with the idea of writing about beetles. And it will be given more.

Attentive greatness, you will find that many of the descriptions of beetles mentioned in this book are actually more than the above perceptions.

This is really a rare multi-talented, kaleidoscopic character. I have a question, why did history give it such a heavy dimension? I had to design him to be androgynous, with three heads and six arms! What would he look like if he soared into the sky?