Wen/Young Master Weichen
First of all, Xiangliu is a fierce god, and Jiuying is a strange animal.
can be seen from the terms "god" and "beast" alone. The identities of these two important figures in ancient myths are vastly different. After all, the world is divided into six realms: God Realm, Human Realm, Demon Realm, and Underworld , The demon world, the beast world.
is obviously headed by gods and tailed by beasts. Even though Jiuying can both spray water and fire, in terms of skills, it can't match the disparity of status.
To put it plainly, it is the household registration that determines the fate. Xiangliu’s household registration is in the Celestial Realm, and Jiuying’s household registration is in the Beast Realm. From the record, Xiangliu’s nine heads are human heads, although their faces are blue and they look ugly. But how can I say that those are also human heads, but Jiuying's nine heads are different, they are nine beast heads that look like a fake.
has such a record in "The Great Wilderness Northern Classic": "The Gong Gongchen was named Xiang Yao, with nine heads of snake body, self-circulation, and eating on the nine soils. The nun is Yuanze, not hard but hard. , All beasts can’t handle it. Yu Yan floods, kills Xiangyu, its blood is stinky, and cannot grow valleys. Its land is rich in water, and it is impossible to live in it. Yu Yanzhi, three ren and three ju, think of a pond, because the emperor thinks Taiwan, in the north of Kunlun.”
said that Xiangliu was a subordinate of the Water God Gonggong, originally named Xiangyou, with nine heads and a snake body, and he can eat on nine hills at the same time. When you vomit, this life habit is simply unacceptable. What the
Xiangliu vomits are all venom, not only spicy but also bitter, together they form a bitter-smelly swamp, not to mention how poisonous the venom is, the smell alone can kill the birds and beasts passing by. It can be said that there is no livelihood for dozens of miles.
Since Xiangliu is a subordinate of the god of water, it naturally belongs to the water system. When Dayu was ordered to control the water, he did not do much for him. In the end, Xiangliu was killed by Dayu, and his blood was very stinky. Wherever he passed, the land would not grow, let alone hope. Can continue to grow food.
A huge poisonous swamp was formed after Yu killed Xiangliu. Dayu tried to fill the swamp three times and failed. In the end, he had to give up, and he opened up a clean pool and built palaces for the emperors by the pool. The pavilion is called the platform of all places.
Let’s talk about the nine infants and strange animals. There is no record of it in the "Shan Hai Jing". We can only infer its image from the records in the "Huai Nan Zi · Ben Jing Xun". The nine infants in the book
are like this, saying that he is a monster of water and fire, not only can spray water but also fire, he has a body but has nine heads, and each head can make the sound of a baby crying, the son thought This is probably why it is called Jiuying.
mentioned in "Ancient Chinese Myths and Legends" that in the north there is a big river called Xianshui. There lived a monster called Jiuying. At that time, there were ten suns in the sky, and one day ten suns appeared together. In the sky, the river water was so hot that Jiuying jumped ashore from the river when it was too hot. Then he ate when he saw people, and he had to eat snacks. People were required to use nine kinds of food as offerings. Eat it for him. This bad behavior of
quickly aroused the hatred of mankind. At that time, there was a very powerful person in the human race called Da Yi, which is the legendary Hou Yi who shot nine suns.
Da Yi heard that there are beasts as monsters, so he picked up the arrows and went to fight Jiuying. Houyi's arrow technique can be imagined. In the end, he sent out nine arrows, and each arrow hit the head of Jiuying. , Directly kill it.
To say that Jiuying and Xiangliu are both Hydras, the biggest difference in identity is that one has a system and the other has no system. After all, Jiuying likes to eat people the most, while Xiangliu prefers to eat soil. Obviously One is veganism and the other is vegetarian. According to the timeline, Xiangliu appeared earlier than Jiuying, and they have neither contacted nor met, but they are more similar in appearance.
There are many legends about Jiuying and Xiangliu. Everyone has their own opinions. What do you think of them?
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