In the five thousand years of historical and cultural development, our ancestors have left many precious myths and stories to our descendants. In these mythological stories, many mythological figures are widely circulated in people's mouths, and some temples have even been built for later people to worship. And the person I want to tell today is his story no matter where he is.
Horse God is what people often call Horse Prince , and its full name is: "Water Grass Horse Mingwang" or "Lingguan Horse Marshal". In people's mouth, Prince Ma's image is that he has three eyes, also known as " three-eyed spiritual light ". Prince Ma acts decisively and hates evil as if he is aggrieved. But people have always had controversy over how many eyes Ma Prince has. But the final answer is three eyes.
According to "Journey to the South", the earliest record of the people about Prince Ma was in the Western Zhou Dynasty. Prince Ma was the god worshipped in Taoist , namely the god of the horse. Before that, Prince Ma had worked in the Heavenly Court named Xingrima. His daily duty was to patrol the Heavenly Court. On the surface, it was very glorious, but in fact it was just an optional small official.
Because of his personality, Prince Ma did not care much about the fireworks on earth, and people even disdained the incense he worshiped. During his tenure in heaven, Prince Ma always reported what he said and heard to Jade Emperor in the slightest. It is precisely because of this that Prince Ma would inevitably offend the interests of other gods. In order to find out the facts, the Jade Emperor found some gods to come down to earth to investigate the matter and found that what Prince Ma said was true. In order to commend Prince Ma, the Jade Emperor specially presented him with a heavenly eye. Prince Ma, who has three eyes, looks even more dignified.
Then what is the real identity of Prince Ma? The first statement is that according to the "Journey to the South", Prince Ma was originally the Tiansi Star in the sky, also known as the Three-eyed Bright Light. The second statement is that Prince Ma is the son of King Xiu Tu . During the Han Dynasty, he surrendered to the Han Dynasty together with King Kunxie. Emperor Wu of Han Seeing that these two people sincerely surrendered, they appointed him as an official. After his death, people built a temple to worship him in order to remember his merits, and later people called him Prince Ma.
The third statement is that Prince Ma was originally the son of King Zhou , namely Yinjiao . It is said that Yin Jiao had three eyes when he was born. When he was born, a Taoist priest passed by. Seeing that he looked the same clan and origin as the Taoist god Prince Ma, he decided that he was the reincarnation of Prince Ma.
This is the legend of Prince Ma. If you have any ideas about the origin of Prince Ma, please come and discuss it together.
