Harry Potter Morning Light

A long time ago, the earth was desolate, and the gods stood alone in the sky, feeling very lonely. He drilled a big hole in the sky with his crutches. Then, snowflakes and ice cubes were continuously sprinkled into the cave until the snowflakes and ice cubes piled up into a mountain that reached to the sky. Later, people called this mountain Shasta.

So the god came from the sea of ​​clouds to the top of Mount Shasta, and came down the slope. When he walked halfway up the mountain, he thought to himself: "We should plant some trees on the mountain."

Therefore, wherever his fingers touched, trees and flowers grew, and the snow under his feet melted into rushing rivers.

The god also broke off his walking stick, rubbed it into large and small sawdust, sprinkled it in the forest and river, and turned it into beavers, otters, fish, and animals in the forest.

He gathered the branches and leaves that had fallen from the trees together, blew on them, and turned them into birds and insects.

The biggest among the beasts is the grizzly bear. They are covered with gray hair and have sharp claws. They not only walk on two feet, but also talk. Grizzlies looked terrible, so the gods made them live far away from themselves in the forest at the foot of the mountain.

At this time, God decided to move to the ground with his family to live. He built a big 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 earth would shake, and sparks and smoke would fly from the hole.

One spring, the god of heaven and his family were chatting around the campfire, but the god of wind sent a terrible storm to the ground, blowing the mountain to this side and shaking it. The strong wind kept raging, and the smoke from the bonfire could not be discharged from the cave on the top of the mountain. It shrouded the cave and made them cry. The god said to his youngest daughter: "Go to the cave entrance and say to the wind god, please let him go to the cave. Scratch lightly. If this continues, I'm worried that our residence will be lost."

It is of course the happiest thing for a little girl to have the opportunity to go out for a stroll.

Her father told her again: "When you get to the entrance of the cave, don't stick your head out. Be careful that Fengshen will grab your hair and throw you to the ground. Before you talk to him, 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. Just as 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 the father built the ocean after they moved.

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

She fell in a low spruce forest where the forest meets the snowfield, and her long fiery red hair glistened in the snow.

The grizzly bear who was looking for food for the cubs passed by here, found the little girl, took her back to his home, and asked her who she was and where she came from. The mother bear was very affectionate to her and let her know her cub—— Cubs. The little red-haired girl ate, lived, played and grew up with the cubs.

The little girl grew into a big girl at last, and Grizzly's eldest son married her. Many years have passed. The children they gave birth to resembled neither the father nor the mother. They weren't as furry as grizzly bears, but they didn't look like gods either. All Grizzlies are proud of these kids. Grizzlies are kind and loving. They built a house just for the fiery-haired mum and her kids. The house was very close to Mount Shasta, which we now call Little Shasta.

After this many years passed, and Mother Grizzly knew that her death was near, and she was very disturbed, because she had taken away the daughter of the god. She decided to tell the god of the past and pray for his forgiveness. She summoned all her children to her grandchildren's new abode, and sent her eldest grandson to the top of Mount Shasta to ask the God of Sky to tell him where her long-lost daughter now lived.

The god was very happy after hearing this, and hurried down the mountain in three steps and two steps in parallel. He walked so fast that the snow under his feet melted. Until now, we can still see the huge footprints left by the gods on the sunny hillside path.

He came to his daughter's house and shouted, "Where is my daughter?"

He thought his little daughter was still the same little girl as before.

But when he saw that his daughter had given birth to a bunch of weird-looking children, and realized that these were his grandchildren, he was furious. A new tribe appeared on the earth, and he didn't know anything about it. He gave Mama Bear a fierce look, and Mama Bear died immediately. He cursed all the grizzly bears: "From now on, you will all have to bend your backs to the ground and walk on four legs, and you will never be allowed to speak again. Reflect on the sins you have committed."

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

And these strange creations, the grandchildren of the gods, are all over the earth. They were the first Indians—the ancestors of all Indian tribes.

In the myths of the Iroquois tribes, the first grandmother of mankind, Atastathic Avinhay, fell from the upper world where animals lived, and borrowed the power of some animals, such as beavers, muskrats, otters, and tortoises. Standing in the Yinghai Sea, the muskrat dived to the bottom of the water, scooped up a lump of mud, and put it on the back of the turtle. The mud ball became bigger and bigger, which is the origin of the land.

In Achomavi mythology, the coyote and the eagle worked together to create the world. Coyotes created mountains, but not high enough, and eagles piled up ridges. Eagles flew over it, feathers fell to the ground, roots took root, clumps of trees grew, and the tiny cilia became shrubs and other plants. The coyote and the fox made man again, and then it went west to fetch fire.

In the myth of Algonquin, after the world was washed away by the flood, the great god Michapo sent muskrats to find enough soil to reshape the earth, and later married muskrats and gave birth to human beings. The heroes of these creation myths are animals.

Influenced by shamanism, Native American mythology believes in nature and respects every plant and tree in nature. Even plants have their own souls.

At the same time, because of the worship of animal gods, totem worship beliefs are also derived.

The fox represents the junction of light and darkness, able to see the two worlds clearly, the horse symbolizes freedom, the coyote sometimes represents the creator god, and sometimes represents the cunning liar, the bear represents dreams and insight, and the cougar represents bravery, swiftness, wisdom and patience. Is a strong and soft leader, the beaver represents the ability to defend the family.

Animals are the embodiment of the gods of nature. Indians living near Mount Shasta never kill grizzly bears. If an Indian is killed by a grizzly bear, his body will be burned immediately. Throw a stone on the grave until a large grave is built.

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

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

While worshiping nature, Americans are destroying nature, conquering nature and building human settlements—cities.

When man conquers the God represented by nature, he can confidently say that it is I who endowed me with an independent and equal status. As Jacques Rousseau said in The Origin of Human Inequality: The founder of civilization is the man who was the first to enclose a piece of land and thought of saying "This is mine!" And he was able to find a group of simple-minded people people believe him. However, it is very likely that no one will stand up, pull up the stump, fill the trench, and shout to the people "Don't believe this liar, don't forget that all the fruits of the earth belong to everyone, and the land belongs to no one. If you forget You will suffer.” And make mankind fall into crime, war and murder, and sink into terror and misfortune.

Independence is easy to solve, and who is equal?

Among all societies, the oldest and only natural society is the family. In a family, the status of parents, children, and husband and wife cannot be equal for everyone. How can everyone be equal in a social nature?

During the Salem Witchcraft Trials, the pastors believed that the devil was spreading a creed: all people are equal, and through this method the devil would overthrow the church. Maybe he couldn't do it in 1692, but at that time the baby was born, just waiting Slowly grow up and become strong enough.

When that day comes, he will cry out: it is a self-evident truth that all men are created equal and needs no proof.

He didn't even explain what "nature and natures god" is, and then mentioned the creator "creator". If the creator created nature and the world, it would be the same as the Bible. Where did the "natures god" come from? ?

Christianity is a monotheistic religion, and the natural gods are polytheistic. If there is no God, America declares its own independence, like the founder of civilization, he circled a piece of land and declared "This is mine!", this is a rogue, but the Duke of York did it before, the fleet When I drove to New Amsterdam, I directly announced that I had taken over the city. How simple and direct, the former New York Governor Andros also announced after being transferred to Massachusetts, that he would either be a subject or a traitor. Also brought in the divine right.

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

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

What they could accept was that John Alden was selling arms to the Indians, which was not covered by witchcraft charges, although he was convicted on witchcraft charges.

Even if the pastors and his friends used fasting to keep Alden from going to court for trial, it would not be safe for him to stay in Massachusetts. Assisting him in escaping was not as simple as letting a "witch" go, but he was still there In mid-September, "poof", it disappeared.

Boston's prisons are built of stone, which is very conspicuous in a city full of brick and wood houses, and it also silently shows the authority of the prison.

Because of the poor ventilation and the overcrowding of prisoners, the air inside was foul and foul. Not only the prisoners, but also the neighbors suffered.

Although the Witchcraft Trials made wizards the main offenders, there were other, less urgent, trials. In the past, they were forced to live in side cells. As the wizards were released by their families on bail, the crowded cells became more empty, and the prisoners were able to live more spaciously. But even in broad daylight, there is no sunlight in the prison, and candles are needed to see the dirty and thin faces behind the iron fence.

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

This cell is very strange, only one prisoner is locked up, and this prisoner is not only handcuffed to the wall, but also stuffed with a rag in his mouth. He is sitting on the wet ground at the moment, and he is very confused when he sees someone coming. Xie De looked at them.

"William Milburn, you are here," said the jailer condescendingly, and opened the cell door.

"Why gag him?" Mather asked.

"He's a lawyer and a Baptist pastor, and he's been arrested for sedition," said the jailer. "We don't want him to be preaching his stuff in prison."

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

The jailer took the cloth from Milburn's mouth and went out, and Mercer came in.

"I know you." Coleburn said to Mather after the jailer left, "You are the little Mather who exorcised the Goodwin family."

"I thought there weren't many Baptists in Boston," said Cotton Mather.

Milburn laughed, "We are getting bigger and stronger, and you are like old people with loose teeth, and the sun is setting."

"I believe hell is posing a special challenge," said Mather deadpan. "The devil is trying to stop me from taking people's souls to heaven."

"Then you should keep working hard to get more people in, so that you have more 'witnesses' who can swear by what they saw. What are you doing here?"

Under his arm, Mather carried a book, actually two, with a crimson cover pressed against the black-bound Bible.

"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 be in a lot of pain because of this book," Mather said.

"I'm in pain now," Milburn said with a laugh. "How do I turn the page like this?"

"I'll help you." Mather said in a low voice, "Maybe you can help me someday."

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

So Milburn, by the light of the candle left by the jailer, began to leaf through it under the witness of Cotton Mather.