Chapter 139 glorious hand

glorious hand "Glorious hand", this is a very interesting term in folklore.This noun is literally beautiful Bright, "Hand0fGlory", but its essence is not glorious at all, because it is a Western folklore A "magic weapon" used by the thieves in the book to sneak into people's homes to steal things. This is a death row prisoner who was hanged The hand cut off from the corpse, after being refined by sorcery, when the thief used this hand as a candlestick and inserted a candle into the When people are at home, the people in the house will fall asleep. The famous British folklorist Sir Fletcher, in his twelve-volume work, discusses

When it comes to the so-called "inductive effect" of magic and black art, it is mentioned that European thieves are still superstitious. People's "magic weapon".He said: "Among the black magic of induction that fights poison with fire, there is a thriving sect that uses The dead come to practice the law.Because a dead person cannot see, hear, or speak, so you can take advantage of it. Using the bones of dead people or anything else stained with death, through the effect of induction magic, make people who see this People with things will also be induced to become blind, deaf or temporarily lose the ability to remember words... In Europe,

According to legend, the "glorious hand" has such characteristics, which is the hand of a hanged prisoner, which has been air-dried and tempered. made.If a candle, also made from the fat of a condemned prisoner on the gallows, was inserted in In the palm of this "Hand of Glory", use it as a candlestick, and it can make the person who sees the light Can't move at all, not even a finger, completely dead.Sometimes they will The dead man's hand is used as a candle, or even a bunch of candles, and all the withered fingers are set ablaze, and will have the same effect.But if someone in the room is awake and not asleep, there is one finger that will not light.

This kind of demon fire cannot be blown out, only with milk can it be extinguished. " Out of curiosity, I went to Radford's Encyclopedia of Superstitions and found "Hands of Glory" The refining method is as follows: Cut off the hand of a prisoner who has been hanged for a crime, and use the shroud to tightly seal the severed hand. Wrapped around in order to squeeze out the blood that was still inside.Then put this hand in the crock again, add Zi finely crushed nitrate salt and pepper, in which it was pickled for a fortnight until completely dry, and then put Dry in the hot dog days.If it is not dry enough in the sun, put verbena and fern

Fueled pan to bake until it is completely dry.Then, use sesame seeds and virgin beeswax, mix And the candle made of the fat of the condemned prisoner, use this hand as a candlestick to light the candle, this is the legend "Hands of Glory" in. It is said that if you use this hand as a candlestick to light candles and sneak into someone's house, the people in the house will fall asleep and cannot wake up. Move it around until the candle goes out.There is also a legend that walking into someone's house with such a candlestick in hand can make them invisible. make people unable to see themselves.For this "glorious hand", European thieves are very superstitious about its mystery

The magic continues to this day. Although there are many legends about this "glorious hand", it is quite difficult to study the effect of actual use. Reliable examples are not easy to find, and the following is the only reliable example, which is found in the German method of the hospital archives.But the answer it gives us is no, this legendary and famous magic weapon has never been used It has the kind of mana that has always been legendary. On January 3, 1931, several thieves entered the home of Mr. Nepal in Lauklu, Germany Wanting to steal, they carried "glorious hands" and candles of human oil.Of course these thieves are superstitious

The magic power of this kind of thing is lit up, hoping to make the people in the house fall asleep.Nachiichi It didn't work at all, Mr. Nepal was awakened, and he shouted loudly to call the police, waking up other people in the house, The thieves were so frightened that they dropped their "glorious hands" and fled.Later, this weird thing was taken to court for filing. certificate.This is the only modern information on this famous legendary thing.