Thor's interpretation of words

There is more than one Thor in China's ancient mythology. The most famous one comes from "Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Dong Jing": "There is Raytheon in Razer, and the dragon has a head and a thunder in its belly."

According to "Historical Records of Zhou Benji", "Jiang Yuan went out into the wild and was glad to see the giant. He wanted to practice it. He moved his body. If he is pregnant, he will have a dating child. " That's it. Jiang Yuan gave birth to a child named Hou Ji, who is regarded as the ancestor of Zhou people. Sheng Min, a poem describing this story, was also included in The Book of Songs.

It is also said that Hua Xushi had a similar experience and gave birth to Fuxi, so later someone confused Fuxi with Hou Ji. There is another one named Kui, and another one named Kui (Nao).

He lives on Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, like a cow without horns, light gray, with only one foot, and can freely enter and leave the sea. Every time I go in and out, there will be a lot of wind and rain, and thunder will roar. During the war between the Yellow Emperor and Chiyou, the soldiers were confused by all kinds of monsters found by Chiyou. The Yellow Emperor decided to make face drums with some special materials to boost morale. So the above two are in big trouble. The former uses bones as drumsticks, while the latter peels and beats drums. According to legend, Raytheon lived in ancient Leize (now Heze City, Shandong Province).

Leize River (now Xinji Town, Mudan District) is on both sides of Leize River, and Hua Xu people live on both sides of Helei River. At that time, Thor was a man. When he was unhappy, the turbid waves rolled on the Lei River. If Raytheon is angry, the river will be more violent. People can't help it In Hua Xu, a girl from Hua Xu went to Raytheon Hall to find a reason. Her boldness and frankness touched Raytheon, but Raytheon proposed to Hua Xu. For the safety of China, Huaxu promised to marry Raytheon. A year later, Hua Xu girl gave birth to a son for Raytheon. Thor is very happy and his temper is getting better and better. Since then, Raytheon has only thundered during the busy farming season. So on both sides of the Lei River, the weather is good and the grain is abundant. Raytheon's performance corresponds to an old saying of China: "People are happy when they are happy." Hua Xu missed his hometown, put his son on a gourd, and sent him back to the countryside of Hua Xu by the gourd. When his grandmother saw him coming by gourd, she named her grandson Hulu. According to Hua Xu dialect, Hulu is homophonic with Fuxi. When Fuxi grew up, he saw spiders weaving webs and invented cobwebs. He can fish in the water and catch birds in the forest. Because of the invention of cooked food, people call him Yong Xi, which means he is the best cook. Fuxi missed her mother, so she went to visit her mother Hua Xu on the wooden ladder in Du Guang. On the advice of Raytheon, Emperor Tiandi named Fuxi the king of China (actually the tribal leader of Hua Xu) and the king of the world. This is one of five. The image of Raytheon is recorded in Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Dong Jing. The article said: "There is Raytheon in Razer, with a dragon's head and a bulging belly. In Wuxi. " This image is half human and half animal. People think that thunder is in the sky and dragons are flying in the sky. When the two are combined, there will be thunderstorms. Imagine a drum, thundering. Later, the image of Thor further changed.

In the previous episode of Youyang's in-laws, he said, "Pig head, two fingers on each hand and foot, biting it with a red snake"; Volume 21 of "Ancient and Modern Book Integration Divine Scripture" says that "tapirs have scales on their heads"; The volume of "Casting Ding Yu Wen" said that "the big head is ghost-shaped, the neck is white, the nose of Zhu Du, the yellow belt, the right hand axe, the left hand chisel, and the drum in the fire"; The Interpretation of Truth quoted Su Ji Shen as saying that "the color is like Dan, the eyes are like mirrors, the hair angle is more than three feet long, the shape is like six animals, and the head is like a macaque"; "Tang Shi Bu" said that "it is like squatting, lying on the ground in autumn and winter"; The seventh volume of Yi Jian County Records says that it is shaped like a strange ghost. "It is three feet long, and its face and flesh color are green. Add a bow to your head, such as a hoe in the world, made of meat, and connected to your forehead. " In short, the image of Thor is uncertain, and its shape is dragon, human or beast; Blushing is still the head, monkey head, pig head and ghost head.

After Zhou Bing, Thor was called Schleswig, or Leigong. "Li Chu Sao Ge": "Luan Huang sued me first, and Schleswig sued me for nothing." There is also "Kaiyuan Zhan Jing" saying: "The southeast star of Pentecostal is called Sikong, and its god is called Leigong."

Whether it was called Schleswig-Holstein or Leigong, there was only one Raytheon worshipped at that time, and the 24th of June in the lunar calendar was regarded as Leigong's birthday, which was called "Leigong's birthday", so the Japanese had to offer sacrifices to Leigong.

By the Yuan Dynasty, the image of Thor had not been finalized, because there was a Leigong flag in the Yuan Dynasty, and the painted Thor was still "GREAT GHOST-shaped" or "the capacity of a strong man".

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the image of Thor tended to be unified, and its standard image was generally described in "On the Collection of Explaining the Truth": "It looks like a lion, with bare chest and abdomen, two wings on his back, three eyes on his forehead, blushing like a monkey, long and sharp chin, feet shaking like an eagle, claws sharper, wedge in his left hand and mallet in his right hand, making a striking gesture. From top to bottom, there are five drums hanging around the ring, and there is a peristalsis on the left and right plates, named Lei Gong Jiang Tianjun. "

It can be seen that the most obvious characteristics of Raytheon at this time are monkey face and sharp mouth, so there is a folk saying of "Leigong face" and "Leigong mouth". 1. Supreme God

Nine-day Ying Yuan Lei Pu Du Buddha is the highest god in Lei Department.

As a mirror of immortals in past dynasties, he is called "the master of heaven's fortunes, the balance of all things, the system of things and people, and the difference between life and death". He has a complex organization of the Lei Department, headquartered in Yufu, consisting of "36 central divisions of the inner court, East and West Huatai, Mystery Pavilion, four houses, six courtyards and divisions, and Cao Bureau".

According to "Tian Yuqing Lei Yujing", the four houses are: Jiuyuqing House, Dongji Qingxuan House, Jiutian Yingyuan House and Dongyuan Jade House; These six hospitals are: Taiyi Inner Hospital, Yushu Hospital, Wuli Hospital, Doushu Hospital, Shiyang Hospital and Xiandu Lei Huo Hospital; The branches are: Tianbu Tingsi, Penglai Dushui Department, Taiyilei Branch Sibei Landmine Branch, Beidou Expedition Branch, Beidou Defense Branch, Yufulei Branch IX, Caoyuanzi Branch. He also said that "Yu Xuan, You Xuan, Golden Valve Shi Zhong, Servant Shooting, Shang Xian, Zhen Bo, Qing Jian, Xian Lang, Yu Tong, Yu Nv, and various departments, officials and generals of Thor". Also known as "General Jiutianlei, General Bafang Yunlei, Messenger of Thunder from Five Parties, and General Commander of Thunder Department", they all obeyed orders under the command of Jiutianlei Popularization Buddha. It is said that there are thirty-six tripterygium wilfordii, which are divided into three categories: heaven, earth and man, with twelve in each category. The twelve Leigong are: Shen Xiao Lei Gong, Wu Fang Lei Gong, Xing Feng Lei Gong, Yu Hang Lei Gong, Xing Yun Lei Gong, Buze Lei Gong, Xing Bing Lei Gong, Xing Xiao Lei Gong, Sha Fei Lei Gong, Shi Jia Lei Gong, Fu Mo Lei Gong and Ghost Tun Lei Gong. The twelve thunderbolts are: correcting good thunderbolts, punishing evil thunderbolts, ordering thunderbolts, distributing mine thunderbolts, eliminating disaster thunderbolts, collecting poisonous thunderbolts, helping dangerous thunderbolts, saving sick thunderbolts, climbing thunderbolts, surveying sky thunderbolts and inspecting mines. There are twelve kinds of thunder: mine-catching, poisonous, harmful, mine-eliminating, mine-destroying, mine-catching, mine-killing, mine-destroying, mine-breaking, mine-controlling and mine-swinging. Thirty-six Lei Cao's criminal law lasted thirty-six days, and the punishment was executed on behalf of the day in strict accordance with the order of popularizing Buddha Lei in nine days. It is said that "Resbu's life is as fast as the wind and fire, and he can't stay long. There were spears and several thunders where it rained. It could be drought or rain. It must have been ordered by the emperor. "Yes, it is also said that nine days will be spent in thunder, and the Buddha is in charge of five thunder, ten thunder and thirty-six thunder. The five thunders are: heavenly thunder, my thunder, my thunder, divine thunder and social thunder. The ten thunders are: Imperial Surrey, Shenxiaolei, Dadong, Xiandu, Arctic, Taiyi, Zifu, Chen Yu, Taixiaolei and Taiji. Thirty-six thunderbolts are: Yushu Rui, Yufurui, Yuzhu, Shangqing Dadong, Huolun, Guandou, Huo Feng, Feijie, Arctic, Wei Zixuan, Shen Xiao, Xiandu, Taiyi Thunderbolt, Zifu Thunderbolt, Armored Thunderbolt, Shaoyang Thunderbolt, Jihuolei, Sheling Manlei and Didi Thunderbolt.

There are three theories about the origin of the nine-day Yingyuan Leipu crossing Buddha:

The first theory is the ninth son of Yuan, the Jade Muslim King. For example, the ninth jade king of fulisenior was named in the Jade Classic of Thunder. He was born with Thunder and the Universe Buddha and was in charge of Thunder for 36 days. He was called "King Lei Zhen of God". This theory can also be found in books such as Collected Taoist Scriptures, Popularization of Nine Days' Yingyuan Thunder, and Classic of Heavenly Zun Yu Shu Bao.

The second is the theory of the Yellow Emperor. For example, "Rebuilding the Integration of Weft Books" Volume 6 "The River Map Begins to Open" says: "The Yellow Emperor is named Xuanyuan, and the Beidou God is also named, starting from thunder." The same as the fourth volume of the Spring and Autumn Taicheng Map: "Xuanyuanxing, the God of Thunderstorms." "Historical Records of Justice" also said: "Xuanyuan Seventeen Stars, north of the Seven Stars, is the body of Huanglong, the god of thunderstorms." "The Mirror of Immortals in Past Dynasties" said in more detail: "(The Yellow Emperor) was named the true king of Ying Yuanlei for nine days. The god Lei Yufu, where he lives, walked 2300 miles to Leicheng in the blue sky and in the fan chess. Leicheng is eighty-one feet high, with Yu Shu's five thunder envoys on the left and Wang Mi's five thunder envoys on the right. There were thirty-six thunder drums before the real king, which were made by thirty-six gods. Every time it thunders, the real king personally thunders drums at the headquarters, and the thunder master immediately thunders. Lei Gong entered Razer and became a god. Li Mu is a master of thunder. Thirty-six thunder, all the ministers who assisted at that time.

The third is Wen Zhong's theory. This is because in the Romance of Gods, when Jiang Ziya deified the gods, he named a man Wen Zhong as the Nine-Day Lei Gong Buddha, and his subordinates Deng Zhongxin, Jason, Tao Rong and other 24 members of Lei Gong performed the method of "urging clouds to help rain".

The above statement is closest to Taoism. For example, "Ming Li Si" said: "Lei Pufo, Taoism believes that the general manager is Wu Lei, and June 24 is the Buddha's Day, so he sent officials to the Xianling Palace to offer sacrifices." In Taoism, there is also the thunder method of inviting Raytheon, which uses spells to catch ghosts, reduce demons and refine them to death, recruit gods to exorcise evil spirits, and urge clouds to beg for rain.

2. Marshal Deng

Marshal Deng, one of the gods of Taoism. According to legend, his name is loyalty. The volume of Iron Castings is called "dazzling silver teeth". In nine days, Yingyuan thundered all over the place, often headed by Marshal Deng. "Yi Jian Bu Zhi" Volume 23: "Zhao Shandan's imperial clan rarely met Mr. Jiu Huatong to preach Lingbao Dafa, and his practice was fruitful. When he was building the altar, he saw the flame of the man of God around him and said,' My Tianyuan has called General Deng.' "The Song Dynasty called it" General Tianyuan Deng ". According to Yao's Records of Changshu in the Ming Dynasty, there is a Leigong Temple in the Taoist Temple, and the Taoist priest is Marshal Deng. In addition, in the Romance of Gods, it is said to be named, and in The Journey to the West, it is said to be named Deng Hua, both of which refer to Marshal Deng.

3. Marshal Xin

Marshal Xin, one of the Taoist gods. According to Volume 5 of Ten Complete Works on the Origin of Three Religions, its name is Jin Woo, and its mother's surname is Zhang; I was very poor since I was a child. It was very hard to collect firewood for a living and support my mother. Originally from Yongzhou. There is a Raytheon Mountain where he lives, and it thunders every day when he is surprised. In summer and autumn, Thor hides underground and becomes a chicken. One day, Xin Xing went to Raytheon Mountain to collect firewood, and in a quiet valley, he caught five newly grown chicken-shaped Raytheons. He was very happy and took it back to his mother to kill. After returning home, Xin Xing gave the chicken to his mother, and then went to sell wood. When his mother put four chickens in a chicken coop and left one ready to be slaughtered, the chicken suddenly spoke like a human: "I am Raytheon, I can't eat, please save my life!" " "His mother didn't agree, so she killed him with a knife. Suddenly there was a loud noise and his mother was killed to the ground. When Xin Xing came home, he found his mother dead. He held her body and cried and said, "What a pity!" Wiping away his tears, Xin Xing saw the gold inscription on his mother's back and said, "The spirit of mixing added by Di Qing's prestige is for those who dare to die, chop evil and punish evil, and are only responsible for my life. "I didn't know that the chicken was changed by Raytheon, so I picked up a stick and hit the other four. Lei Ji was covered with clothes and could not send out lightning. Suddenly, dark clouds were gathering, and there was lightning and thunder. Thor wanted to attack Xin Xing, but he thought his filial piety was really rare, so he turned into a Taoist priest and bowed to him: "The dutiful son is not afraid of thunder, but he is afraid that it will not move. I don't blame Raytheon for accidentally injuring my mother. I am willing to do my best to thank you. " So, he gave twelve fire pills and their food, and Xin Xing immediately became a tripterygium wilfordii, pedaled five thunder drums, and went straight to the sky, and was named marshal of the thunder department by the jade emperor. Legend has it that the 25th day of June in the lunar calendar is Marshal Xin's Christmas, and all the people who worship Raytheon are here-a vegetarian named "Zhai Lei". For example, "Lu" quoted in the first volume of "Yu Si Destiny" said: June 25 is Xin Tianjun's birthday, which means that Tianjun is the main book god of the Lei Department, and those who serve are always praying for God's blessing. On the first day of the first month, on the sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, it is called "Xinzhai" because it is known as "three Xin and one board, and six are not dizzy".

4. Pang Shuai

One of the gods of Daoist Buller. According to the "Textual Research on the Origin of Three Religions", the handsome surname is Pang, whose word is evergreen, and he is from Hanjiang. His father Pang Ding and his mother Yao's family made a living by ferry, and Joe was born in November of the ugly year of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty. Poncho was kind-hearted since he was a child and always saved lives. On the night of the Double Ninth Festival, a businessman went home to beg and accidentally left 120 gold on the boat. The next day, the boatman found out and was very worried. Poncho immediately returned the gold to the boatman intact. The boatman was grateful and took out a thank you. Pang Qiao declined politely. Two days before New Year's Eve, a young woman begged to be alone. It was very late and it was snowing heavily. This woman has nowhere to go. Pang Qiaolian stayed at home to keep warm and gave her food and clothes. After the snow stopped the next day, the woman didn't know where to go. On the third day, Poncho was busy welcoming the passengers on board. His father Ponting was punted by hemp fiber, followed by the woman. When the boat reached the shore and was returning, the river wind blew violently and the boat capsized. Seeing this, Pangqiao quickly jumped into the cold river and went with the flow. If the stem drifts, he swims directly to the place where his father fell into the water, dives into the water, picks up his father and swims to the edge of the cliff. At this time, Poncho had done his best, but another wave came again, immediately dragging Poncho and his father into the water again. Pang Qiao tried his best to rescue his father, then searched for the woman and dived into the water three times to rescue the woman. It's New Year's Eve, and ghosts come in and out to take their place. Pang is the essence, taking Kan as the mansion, boiling waves can't be dangerous, and women are the embodiment of Ci Hang (Guanyin), of course nothing. Poncho's father is not in danger. Pang Qiao cried with his father in his arms, and dozens of ghosts also cried: "I should be replaced this year, but I am helpless because of my filial son, and there will be no reincarnation!" Poncho picked up the whip and hit it. The ghost ran away. The next night, the ghost came to cry again. When the evil wind was rustling, the ghost cried miserably. Moreover, his father has just survived the drowning, and his health is particularly poor, and his life is still in danger. Pang Qiao had no choice but to stick the powder in his palm, smoke it with fire and pray to heaven. When the Jade Emperor knew about it, he was named Marshal Hunkong, holding the golden moon and guarding Tianmen. Later, he was called Buhler's heavenly army. He fought evil and made no mistakes.

5. Jing Lei

One of the gods of Daoist Buller. According to the fourth volume of the Complete Works of the Origin of the Three Religions, the marshal's surname is Tian Minghua. It turned out to be Thor, which was hidden underground and sent to Tian Wen, and was born together with the Millennium stalactite clock. When I was born, it thundered out of thin air, and the fire was soaring, and the wind and rain suddenly rose. I sat on my knees, surrounded by snakes, and swarms of bees fed it. When I grow up, my surname is Tian, which means that I graduated from Huawei and practiced under the rocks of Lushan Mountain. At that time, Nu Wa tried to make up the sky by refining five-color soil, but everything failed. The handsome man helped wood fire essence, smashed the mysterious essence, hissed and smelted the south gas, roared the world, and made a five-color fire hail storm thunder array, helping Xuanyuan kill Chiyou, and Emperor Xuanyuan worshipped him as the dragon Lord. Shuai said, "Did people other than Yu Fang lose themselves because of mediocrity?" Brush clothes hiding in Hua Xu's territory, because of its reputation. At that time, there was a Down family, there were ten suns in the sky, and Songka was thousands of miles away. The stars and ministers all said that they would replace the steward of heaven, and the emperor was paralyzed, creating nature for heaven and earth. Handsome at the jade emperor's will, driving a mine car, charged. Sometimes it rains, sometimes it rains. By the end of the Han Dynasty, demons were rampant and adultery was rampant. The Jade Emperor even named him Marshal Lei Menbi, in charge of the Twelve Thunder, so he was in charge of the dryness of heaven and earth, cracking down on the heartless and unjust in the middle and punishing monsters in the lower part, so he was deeply respected by people.

6. Lihua Tzu Chi Zhenjun

One of the gods of Daoist Buller. According to "A Complete Collection of the Origin of the Three Religions" and "Miscellaneous Biography", Tianjun was a native of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and his real name was later. Born in Yudu, Minjiang River, born on August 12th. One day, her mother took water from the river and accidentally fell into it, so she had to float nearby to help. Liu Fuguong, his father, greeted him that day, saying, "What a difference! Fortunately, I won't die! "Young and poor, take Luo Zhenren as an example. Later, he was taught by a real person, and he was proficient in the five thunder palms method, which can call the wind and call the rain and save the people from difficulties. Later, the Jade Emperor named him the "King of Pear Flower Tzu Chi" and was in charge of the Fifth Reign of Shen Lei Prefecture. During the Southern Dynasties in China, there was an Orion named Chen Hong in Leizhou. He has a hunting dog with nine ears. Every time he goes hunting, he uses the dog's ears to divine: if the dog's ears jump, he can only hit one prey; If many dogs' ears beat, they can hit many prey; If a dog's ears don't move, it is not suitable for hunting. This method is very effective. One day, before going hunting, Chen Hong was overjoyed to see the dog's nine ears moving: the trip was very rewarding. The hounds went into the brambles and kept barking. Chen Hong, turned out to be a big meat ball! Chen Hong took it home. Suddenly, a storm came. With the sound of thunder, the meatball burst, and a little boy jumped out of it, with a word "thunder" in his left hand and a word "week" in his right hand. This is also the legend of the origin of Leizhou place names. Since then, thunder has sounded over the Chen family every day and entered the children's rooms regularly. A year later, when the child could eat, and the thunder over the Chen family stopped, Chen Hong named the child Chen Wenyu. Everyone in the village called him "Raytheon". When Chen Wenyu grew up, he made a secretariat of Leizhou. He is friendly to the people and his political voice is widely spread. After his death, the villagers set up a temple to worship, which was quite effective, and thunder rumbled in the hall.

In the Song Dynasty, after the court knew the efficacy of this Raytheon, it named him "Wei De Zhao Xian Wang". Guangdong Xinyu in the Qing Dynasty described the main hall of Wang Lei Temple as follows: Raytheon was crowned, and there were twelve bodies of Raytheon facing twelve directions on both sides of the main hall, as well as statues of Leigong, Dian Mu, Fengbo and Rain Master. There is also an attendant in the temple holding a round egg, which implies the story of Thor's birthday.

The image of Japan's "Fengshen Raytheon" first appeared under Japanese painters in17th century. Later, he became an important mythical figure in Japanese belief. Although this is the Fengshen and Raytheon in Japanese culture, like many Japanese cultural symbols, the alienation spread to the Japanese archipelago with the eastward spread of China culture. Thor in Japanese mythology is usually described as a demon who beats drums and thunders. The legendary god in charge of the weather, the traditional Japanese Raytheon, usually appears in pairs with Fengshen. Japanese folks believe that fengshen and Raytheon are gatekeepers, and the weather can be favorable all year round. So in Japan, where tattoos have a long history, it is natural to tattoo such gods on your body. 1724 When the Mongolian army invaded Japan, it was said that Raytheon and Fengshen created a storm, which destroyed the ships of the Mongolian invaders and saved Japan from danger. From then on, Japanese folks began to worship the wind god Raytheon and pray for God's blessing. There is a scenic spot-Fenglei Temple in Sensoji Temple, Tokyo. Through the thunder gate guarded by the wind god Raytheon, it means good weather and all the best.