TAILIEUCHUNG - New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology Introduction Phần 9

Trong các truyện thần thoại Hy Lạp, các vị thần được miêu tả là những người thuộc cùng một gia đình đa thế hệ. Vị thần già nhất tạo ra thế giới, nhưng các vị thần trẻ hơn đã thay thế các vị thần già. | that a different form was created. Late seventeenth century porcelain. Victoria and Albert Museum. his promise was unable to save a Dragon-King who had made a mistake in distributing rain and was condemned to have his head cut off by the August Personage of Jade. The spirit of this Dragon-King held that the Emperor was responsible for his death and every night came and created a disturbance at the palace door. In consequence the Emperor fell sick and his two generals Yu-ch ih Ching-te and Ch in Shupao suggested that they should keep guard over the palace door. The spirit of the Dragon-King was thus driven away but he went off and created a disturbance at the back door a door with only one leaf and was driven away by T ai-tsung s Minister Wei Cheng. The Emperor therefore had these three personages painted on all doors and the tradition lasted until our own time although it is rather uncommon to see a painting of Wei Cheng but then doors with one leaf are not very numerous in China. The Door gods are painted directly on to the doors of great houses whereas humbler houses and those in the country simply have their printed and coloured images stuck on. They are represented in military dress holding in one hand a long-handled mace with a bow and arrows slung at their side. They keep away evil spirits and prevent them from entering the house they are guarding and there are quantities of legends about their good services. In spite of which absolutely nothing is done in their worship. And then it must be noted that in recent times they lost a great deal of their religious character. Except among the people usually extremely superstitious they had come to be considered rather as themes for decoration than as divinities and they are on the way to disappearing completely. None are to be seen for instance on the doors of houses in Peking. In Buddhist Temples the Door gods are not Ch in Shu-pao and Yu-ch ih Ching-te but are represented by different persons -the Sniffing General

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