There are many strange and strange beasts in ancient myths and legends, including auspicious beasts, ferocious beasts, mythical beasts and so on.
What are the four most famous ferocious beasts? Let’s take a look at
1. Taotie
Taotie can be said to be the first among the four ferocious beasts. According to the "Book of Mountains and Seas·Northern Second Classic": The Taotie is shaped like a goat with a human face, and its eyes are under the armpits. , tiger teeth and human claws, its voice is like a baby's. It only has a big head and a big mouth. It is very greedy and eats whatever it sees. Because it eats too much, it eventually dies of starvation. doesn't just eat people, he can eat anything he sees. In the end, he was imprisoned by the ancient emperor and ate himself when he couldn't find anything to eat! The image represented by Taotie is Chi You. Legend has it that during the battle between Chi You and the Yan Emperor Yellow Emperor, his head was cut off and turned into a Taotie. Later, the Yellow Emperor honored Chi You as the "Lord of War", the god of war. It is a symbol of greed, so it is often used to describe gluttonous or greedy people . Hence the gluttonous feast.
2. Qiongqi
Qiongqi, one of the four evils in ancient Chinese myths and legends, "The Classic of Mountains and Seas: Hai Nei Bei Jing" records: Qiongqi looks like a tiger, is as big as a cow, and has a pair of wings. is Descendants of the Western Emperor Shaohao were exiled by Shun for breaking faith, evil loyalty, and advocating evil words. They moved to the fourth generation to ward off evil spirits. 's sharp claws can easily tear apart prey. They are the ancient legends of punishing good and rewarding good. An evil beast, , when it hears people quarreling, it will bite the person's nose if it hears that someone is upright, but if it hears that someone is unreasonable, it will give the animal it killed to that person. People as a reward will also encourage that person to do more bad things. " Qiongqi" was later hailed as a treacherous person.
3. Chaos
The word "chaos" often appears in fairy tales, and chaos is indeed a ferocious beast. The appearance of chaos in "神神经" is slightly different from that in "The Classic of Mountains and Seas". The chaos here looks very like a bear, but I still have unclear facial features and no understanding of . Therefore, the description of the appearance of chaos is vague and uncertain, so chaos also has the meaning of describing vague and unclear thoughts. It is said that if a person with high moral character comes close to chaos, it will be very irritable, but if some people with evil intentions come into contact with chaos, it will obey the instructions of those people. Later, "chaos" was used to describe those who are right and wrong. points, people who confuse right and wrong .
Four, 梼杌
梼杌 is a monster living in the remote west. It has a body like a tiger and a hairy dog. It has long hair, a face a bit like a human, legs a bit like a tiger, and its mouth has tusks like a wild boar. Its tail is eight feet long, and it dominates the wild lands of the West. No wild beast can beat it. There is a saying in the "Shenyi Jing·Western Wasteland Jing": " There is a beast in the western wasteland. It looks like a tiger and is as big as its fur. It is two feet long. It has a human face, tiger feet, mouth and teeth, and a tail that is one foot and eight feet long. It disturbs the wilderness. , named 梼杌. It is said that he is the son of the Northern Emperor Zhuanxu. He is also very vicious and likes to eat people. He is also the kind of being who does not listen to dissuasion and insists on going his own way. He does not care about the wrong things he has done. It's useless for anyone to say. Later, "梼杌" was used to describe a stubborn person with a vicious attitude.
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