Chapter 50 eater

This is the most misunderstood by humans among all animals.Gluttony became the ultimate symbol of greed.  In fact, Taotie is probably a kind of alien beast.According to Zhu Changling's paper published in 1933, the image of Taotie may be related to the creation god in the middle period of Sumer.A clay tablet made in the 22nd century BC found in the ruins of Ur depicts the earliest discovered Uroboros-a big snake with its tail in its mouth and its body formed into a ring.The Sumerians believed that the serpent was a servant of the Creator.The shape of the snake's head and snake's tail symbolizes the cycle of everything in the world.This mythical beast migrated eastward and once settled in Elam in the eastern part of the Iranian plateau.The Elamites called it tud'ieh, which means "to reorganize".According to Zhu Changling, the word "taotie" comes from the Elamite tud'ieh.Eventually, they migrated to China and found their home in the mountains of the north.

 Early Chinese people mistakenly believed that the reason why Taotie often appeared with its own tail in its mouth was because it was so hungry that it ate itself, and finally deduced the character of Taotie as greedy and delicious.Point out the habitat of Taotie in the northern mountains.They are hundreds of kilometers long, and the part below the neck is very similar to the legendary dragon, but it does not have the mane and golden scales like the dragon, and at the same time, its claws are not as sharp as the dragon.The biggest difference between a Taotie and a dragon is that it has a cow-like head.Its horns are black and horny, called "tundou", instead of the yellow and velvety "chimu" like the dragon.The yellow chi wood is the source of spiritual energy, because without the chi wood, Taotie would not have the acrobatics of flying.And the black Tundou is the root of all greed, so Taotie has an appetite that can never be satisfied.It will devour all edible things in its path.Sometimes, they even devour the softer limestone.When everything around it is swallowed by it, and there is nothing to feed its hunger, it will even eat its own body.After hundreds of years of hardship, the Ouroboros who migrated to China finally consumed themselves from the neck down.The author finally stated that the book's description of Taotie was only based on legends and the author's own imagination.Due to its amazing feeding habits, no one can survive the sighting of a glutton.

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