Chapter 1761 Queen of Hell (32)

  A long time ago, the earth was desolate, and the gods stayed alone in the sky, feeling very lonely. He used a cane to drill a big hole in the sky. Then, the snowflakes and ice cubes were continuously spread into the cave until the snowflakes and ice cubes piled up into a mountain, which reached the sky. Later, people called the mountain Shasta.

  So the **** came to the top of Shasta Mountain from the sea of ​​clouds, and walked down the **** again. When he reached halfway up the mountain, he thought to himself: "You should plant some trees on the mountain."

  So wherever his finger touched, trees and flowers grew, and the snow under his feet melted into a rushing river.

  The **** also broke his walking stick, rubbed it into large and small sawdust, and sprinkled it in the mountains and rivers, turning them into beavers, otters, fish, and beasts in the mountains and forests.

  He gathered the fallen branches and leaves of the tree together, took a breath, and turned them into birds and insects.

  The largest of the beasts is the grizzly bear. They are covered with gray hair and sharp minions. They not only walk on two feet, but also speak. The appearance of grizzly bears looks terrible, so the gods let them live in the jungle at the foot of the mountain far away from them.

  At this time, the **** decided to move to the ground with his family. He set up a large bonfire in the mountain and drilled a hole on the top of the mountain to let smoke and sparks fly out of the hole. Whenever he added wood to the fire, the ground would vibrate and sparks and smoke would fly out of the hole.

  One spring, Tianshen and his family were chatting around the bonfire, but Fengshen sent a terrible storm to the ground, shaking the top of the mountain. The strong wind continued to raging, and the smoke from the bonfire could not be discharged from the cave on the top of the mountain. It was enveloped in the cave, and they were soaked in tears. The **** said to his youngest daughter: "Go to the entrance of the cave, tell Fengshen, ask him Scrape lightly. If this continues, I am worried that our residence will not be preserved."

  Having the opportunity to hang out, of course it is the happiest girl.

  Her father told her again, “When you reach the entrance of the cave, don’t stick your head out. Be careful that Fengshen grabs your hair and throws you on the ground. Before you talk to him, you must wave your hand to say hello.”

The little girl came to the cave on the top of the mountain and conveyed her father’s request to Fengshen. When she was about to turn around and go home, she suddenly remembered that her father had said that the ocean could be seen from the roof of their house. The little girl really wanted to see the ocean. Because his father made the ocean after they moved.

  So she poked her head out of the hole and looked around, completely forgetting her father's instructions. At this moment, Fengshen grabbed her long hair, dragged her out of the cave, and threw her into the ice and snow.

  She fell into a low spruce forest at the junction of the forest and the snowy field, her long fiery red hair gleaming in the snow.

The grizzly bear foraging for the little bear cubs passed by and found the little girl, took her back to her home, asked her who she was and where she came from, mother bear was very affectionate to her, and let her know her child—— Little bears. This little red-haired girl ate and lived with the cubs, played and grew up together.

  The little girl has finally grown into a big girl, and the grizzly bear’s eldest son married her. Many years have passed. The children they gave birth were neither like fathers nor mothers. The fur on their bodies is not as thick as a grizzly, but they do not look like the gods. All grizzly bears are proud of these children. Grizzlies are kind and loving. They built a house specially for the red-haired mother and her children. The house is very close to Mount Shasta, now we call it Little Mount Shasta.

  After many years, the mother grizzly bear knew that her death was near, and she felt very disturbed because she took away the goddess' daughter. She decided to tell the **** of the past and pray for his forgiveness. She summoned all the children to her grandchildren's new home, and sent her eldest grandson to the top of Mount Shasta to see the **** Yao and tell him the current home of her long-lost daughter.

  The gods were very happy after hearing this, and hurried down the mountain in three steps and two steps. He walked too fast, and the snow under his feet melted. Until now, we can still see the huge footprints of the gods on the hillside path in the morning sun.

  He came to his daughter’s residence and shouted: "Where is my daughter?"

  He thought his little daughter was still the little girl from before.

   But when he saw that his daughter had given birth to a bunch of weird children, and realized that these were his grandchildren, he was extremely angry. A new tribe appeared on the earth, and he didn't even know anything. He gave Mother Bear a vicious look. Mother Bear died immediately. He cursed all grizzly bears: "From now on, you will all have to bend down to the ground and walk on four legs. You will never be allowed to speak anymore. Reflect on the sins you committed."

  He drove his grandson out of the house, carried his daughter on his back, extinguished the fire in his heart, and went back to the sky.

  And these strange creations, the grandsons of the gods are all over the earth. They are the earliest Indians-the ancestors of all Indian tribes.

In the myths of the Iroquois tribes, the ancestor of human beings, Atastsik Avinhai, fell from the upper realm where the animals inhabited, borrowing the power of some animals, such as beavers, muskrats, otters, and tortoises. In the Yinghai Sea, the muskrat dived to the bottom, picked up a mass of mud, and placed it on the turtle's back. The mass of mud became larger and larger, which is the origin of land.

  In the mythology of the Ajo Mawi, the coyote (Coyote) and the eagle worked together to create the world. The coyote created the mountain, but it was not high enough, and the eagle piled up the ridge again. The eagle flew over it, its feathers fell to the ground, rooted, and clumps of trees grew, and the tiny cilia became shrubs and other plants. The coyote and the fox made man again, and then he went to the west to fetch fire.

  In the myth of Algonqin, after the world was destroyed by floods, the great **** Michapo sent the muskrat to find enough soil to reshape the earth, and later married the muskrat and gave birth to mankind. The protagonists of these creation myths are all animals.

  The myths of Native Americans are influenced by shamanic witchcraft, they believe in nature, and they also respect the plants and trees in nature. Even plants have their own souls.

  At the same time, because of the worship of animal gods, the belief in totem worship has also been derived.

The fox represents the border between light and darkness, able to see the two worlds clearly, the horse symbolizes freedom, the coyote sometimes represents the **** of creation, sometimes the cunning liar, the bear represents dreams and insight, and the cougar represents bravery, swift wisdom and patience. A leader who is both tough and soft, the **** represents the ability to defend his family.

Animals are the incarnations of the gods of nature. The Indians living near Mount Shasta never hunt grizzly bears. If an Indian is killed by a grizzly bear, his body must be burned immediately, and all the tribes who pass there must be in his Throw a stone on the grave until it becomes a big grave.

  Darwin's theory of evolution mentions that humans evolved from monkeys. Egypt also has animal worship, such as baboons. They will not fight for a peanut.

Animal worship is a very primitive nature worship. Nature is very primitive. In comparison, anthropomorphic Greek gods are more civilized, such as Poseidon, Gaia, etc., but these gods are all pagan gods in Christianity. It is difficult for a polytheistic Greek culture and a monotheistic Christianity to co-prosperity. Only in the Byzantine Empire and the Renaissance did they co-exist harmoniously.

  While admiring nature, Americans are destroying nature, conquering nature and establishing human settlements-cities.

  When a person has conquered the **** represented by nature, he can confidently say that it is me who has given me an independent and equal status. Just like Jacques Rousseau said in the origin of human inequality: the founder of civilization is such a person, he was the first to circle a piece of land, and thought of saying "This is mine!" And he can actually find a group of simple minds People believe him. However, it is very likely that no one will stand up, pull out the stump, fill in the trench, and shout to people, "Don’t believe this liar, don’t forget that all the fruits on the earth belong to everyone, and the land does not belong to anyone. If you forget Now, you will suffer.” And mankind is plunged into crime, war and murder, sinking into terror and misfortune.

  Independence is easy to solve. Who is equal to equality?

  Among all societies, the oldest and only natural society is the family. The status of parents, children, and husband and wife’s homes in the family cannot be equal to all. How can everyone be equal in terms of social nature?

During the Salem Witchcraft Trial, the priests believed that the devil was spreading a creed: everyone is equal. Through this method, the devil would overthrow the church. It might not have been possible in 1692, but at that time the baby had been born. I grow up slowly and become strong enough.

  When that day comes, he will shout out: All human beings are created equal is a self-evident truth and does not require proof.

  Don’t even explain what “natureAndnaturesgod” is, and then I mentioned the creator “creator”. If the Creator created nature and the world, it would be the same as the Bible. Where did the “naturesgod” come from?

  Christianity is monotheistic, and natural gods are polytheistic. If there were no gods, the United States would declare independence by itself, just like the founder of civilization. He circled a piece of land and declared "This is mine!". Although this is a rogue, the Duke of York did it before. Fleet When I drove to New Amsterdam, it was straightforward and straightforward to announce that it had taken over the city. The former Governor of New York Andros also announced after he was transferred to Massachusetts that he would either be a subject or a traitor. If he didn’t accept it, he would start fighting. The divine power was also pulled in.

  The reconciliation of Christianity and polytheism is not without precedent. The Byzantine Empire and the Renaissance are examples. It requires tolerance, which happens to be lacking by the xenophobic American townspeople.

This can be seen from the attitude of the people headed by Stoughton towards the Indians. They cannot tolerate the barbarians, nor can they accept that the kidnapped children are unwilling to return to the civilized world and are more willing to stay in the barbarian tribe. fact.

  They can accept that John Alden sells arms to Indians. This is not the scope of the witchcraft accusation, although he was convicted on the witchcraft accusation.

Even if the priests and his friends used the fasting method to prevent Alden from going to court for trial, it is not safe for him to stay in Massachusetts. Helping him escape is not as simple as letting a "witch" go, but he is still here. "Puff" in mid-September, disappeared.

  Boston’s prison was built of stone. It is very conspicuous in a city full of bricks and wooden houses, and it silently demonstrates the authority of the prison.

  Because of poor ventilation and full of prisoners, the air inside is stinking and unpleasant. Not only the prisoners, but even the neighbors are also suffering.

  Although witchcraft trials make wizards the main prisoners, there are other prisoners who need to be tried less urgently. In the past, they were forced to squeeze in a cell close to the side. As the wizards were released on bail by their families, the crowded cells became a lot vacant, and the prisoners could live in a more spacious room. But even in the daytime, there is no sunlight in the prison. You need to light candles to see the dirty and thin faces behind the iron fence.

  The jailer led Cotton Mather to a stop in front of a cell.

This cell was very strange. Only one prisoner was confined. The prisoner was not only handcuffed to the wall with his hands, but also had a piece of rag in his mouth. He was sitting on the damp ground at the moment, and seeing someone coming, he was puzzled. Look at them for the solution.

   "William Milburn, someone came to see you." The jailer said condescendingly, and then opened the prison door.

  "Why are you blocking his mouth?" Mather asked.

   "He is a lawyer and a Baptist pastor. He was arrested for inciting rebellion." The jailer said, "We don't want him to promote his story in prison."

  Mather stared at Milburn. Now Milburn was dirty and his hair was half-long, tangled like a rope, making it difficult to associate him with a clean river and a holy baptism.

  The jailer took away the cloth from Milburn’s mouth, then walked out, Mather walked in.

   "I know you." Colburn said to Mather after the jailer left, "You are the little Mather who exorcised the Goodwins."

   "I thought there were not many Baptists in Boston." Cotton Mather said.

  Milburn smiled, "We are becoming more and stronger, and you are like old people with loose teeth, just as sunset."

   "I believe that **** is launching a special challenge." Mather said blankly, "the devil is trying to stop me and prevent me from bringing people's souls into heaven."

  "Then you should continue to work hard to get more people in, so that you have more ‘witnesses’ to swear by what they saw. What are you doing here?"

  There is a book under Mather's armpit, but there are actually two books. Its cover is dark red, and it is tightly attached to the bible with the black cover.

   "I wrote a new book." Mather handed the book to Milburn. "I want to hear your thoughts."

  Milburn took the book.

   "I hope you won't feel too painful because of this book." Mather said.

   "I feel pain now." Milburn said with a smile, "How do I turn pages like this?"

   "I will help you." Mather said in a deep voice, "Maybe you can help me someday."

   "Okay." Milburn flipped through the pamphlet and said, "There are not many pages anyway."

  So Milburn read through the light of the candle left by the jailer under the testimony of Cotton Mather.

  (End of this chapter)