Chapter 197 1. Cannibalism: a complete denial

Within the scope of the study of the history of mythology, death heralds the most fundamental and complete negation. There are many meanings of negation: being knocked down, eliminated, physically killed, and spiritually destroyed.Generally speaking, once a kind of negation enters the realm of mythology and is difficult to transmit outward through some kind of distorted signal, then this kind of negation is often the last one: spiritual destruction. What needs to be destroyed is often not a person, a group, a concept, or an event, but the complete erasure of certain desires and desires. What were those that were devoured by alien monsters, those that were erased from the memory of our ancestors?

The first of the four mountains in the east is the mountain called Beihao, which is adjacent to the North Sea.There is wood Yan, its shape is like poplar, Chihua, in fact it is like jujube but has no seeds, its taste is sour and sweet, and it is not malaria to eat.Fresh water flows out, while the northeast flows into the sea.There is a beast, its shape is like a wolf, its eyes are red-headed rats, its sound is like that of a dolphin, its name is 獦狚, and it cannibalize people.There is Niaoyan, whose shape is like a chicken with a white head, mouse feet and tiger claws. It is called a bird, and it is also a man-eating bird.

——"Shan Hai Jing · Dong Shan Jing" There is a Beihao mountain here. There is a fruit on the mountain that can cure malaria, but no one can eat this fruit. why? Because there are man-eating beasts on the mountain, and the most terrible thing is that there are also man-eating birds. The man-eating beast looks like a wolf, with a red head and mouse-like eyes. It makes a sound like a piglet, and its name is 獦狚.The man-eating bird looks like a common chicken, with a white head, mouse-like feet and tiger-like claws. Its name is the finch. Why are these man-eating birds and beasts gathered on this mountain?

This turned out to be a large-scale civil uprising event in ancient times. The cause of the event involved the spread of disease, but it may have nothing to do with it.In any case, around the old chief at that time, there were two powerful forces gathered. One was like a wolf and a tiger, extremely vicious, and was dedicated to cleaning up those dissidents for the old chief; the other was more gentle, mainly Responsible for the propaganda work, these propagandists are flying all over the ground like birds, asking the people to sing about the great achievements of the old chief every day. His home was smashed to pieces.

The people were so tortured by these two gangsters that they couldn't bear to live. In a rage, they mobilized and lodged a serious protest to the old chief. After hearing this, the old chief was shocked and said: Is there such a thing?You wait for me to investigate and investigate... A long time has passed. The people urged the old chief to announce the results of the investigation every day. Live... The people were furious and were about to reason with them. At this time, the two teams came out, beat the people to their heads and ran wildly, screaming in the north... From this point of view, the living environment of the ancient human era was really terrible. It's too bad.