We have now come to the era of civilization. When we look at various phenomena in feudal society with the light of civilization, we will feel that they are the behavior of barbarians, especially the phenomenon of incest in feudal society..
For people in the feudal society, they adopted incest marriage in order to strengthen their power and to ensure the nobility of their aristocratic status.
For us, we have already gone through medical research and know the dangers of incest marriage . We also know that incest marriage may lead to offspring withering and may lead to family genetic diseases.
However, these phenomena are different from those in feudal society. They are all rights given to nobles by God. Even if they have very obvious family genetic diseases due to incest marriage, this only represents the glory that nobles should have.
Should we condemn the marriage of close relatives in feudal society? It is something that goes against human ethics and moral principles. I think It shouldn't be, because civilized society is constantly advancing . Maybe in the near future, what we think of as civilized phenomena will be just barbaric and unreasonable behavior for future people.
Pharaohs of ancient Egypt frequently married their daughters, and they could also choose to have children with their daughters. Why didn't the society at that time think this was against human ethics?
This is because this phenomenon was highly mythologized in the society at that time. The ancient Egyptian Pharaoh held supreme power in his hands. He was the messenger sent by to the world. His every word and deed represented the will of God.
Ancient Egypt is one of the four ancient civilizations . Although its civilization has been passed down for a long time, it has been interrupted. Moreover, during the ancient Egyptian period, the pharaoh married his own daughter. The reason why people did not think this behavior was against human ethics was because the society at that time had not established a clear moral system.
In the animal world , mating between blood relatives is also deliberately avoided. In the lion family, the lion king will deliberately avoid mating with his daughter. , until out of desperation, in order to continue the bloodline, it will choose to mate with its daughter. Animals are like this, but as an Egyptian pharaoh, he does not have this awareness. It is not because his behavior is animalistic, but because he has already regarded himself as a god.
Feudal society in China, although it is a highly centralized system , the emperor seems to be supreme, but the emperor's rights will also be restricted , Although the European royal family is also the supreme representative, the power in the hands of European kings will also be affected by theocratic authority , but the ancient Egyptian pharaohs are different.
The power in the hands of the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh was supreme. He was both a king and a god. , The Pharaoh was the largest god in the world. .
In the mythology of ancient Egypt, it has been stated that gods will have the phenomenon of intermarriage , and the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh is the largest god in the world, so he naturally got God has authorized , so the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh can perform consanguineous marriages in accordance with God's actions, and the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's actions have also been recognized by the people. The people will even refer to the ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's actions to correct and restrain themselves.
The ancient Egyptian pharaoh chose to marry his daughter. In addition to being highly consistent with God's will, the most important thing was to ensure the purity of his own bloodline.
In a hierarchical society, the reason why people are willing to submit to the nobles is because the nobles deliberately strengthened themselves h The divinity of tml1 bloodline is that their bloodline is extremely noble, so they become rulers of the world. In order to ensure that the bloodline of his nobles is not contaminated in the slightest, the ancient Egyptian pharaohs deliberately maintained a close relationship with their daughters.
Since the ancient Egyptian pharaoh already had the blood of the aristocracy, then the members of his family must also have the blood of the aristocracy. The best way to ensure the inheritance of the aristocratic blood is to marry close relatives.
As a result, the ancient Egyptian pharaoh chose to marry his daughter, and even had children with his daughter. Although there were many family genetic diseases in the ancient Egyptian royal family due to incest marriage, , for people at that time, This is exactly the characteristic of God. Because they are messengers from heaven, they are destined to be unique. Their unique appearance also makes their power more concentrated.
Summary : According to today’s people’s ideas, when judging the marriage of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh and his daughter, they think it is against human ethics , are treasonous actions , but in the society at that time, this was indeed a popular trend.
The status of ancient Egyptian pharaohs in people's minds is equivalent to that of today's traffic stars. Fans will demand themselves according to the actions of their idols. Because of their own beliefs, even if idol stars do something wrong, they will deliberately excuse them.
In the era of underdeveloped productivity, people had already regarded Pharaoh as the representative of the gods in their hearts. Everything the gods did was correct, that is, Even if it is wrong, it is also correct, not to mention that people never think that what Pharaoh did is wrong, because he is the centralized representative of monarchy and divine power. There is no such person in the world. Such people only come from the world of gods.
