According to legend, one day more than two thousand years BC, night came. As the sun sets, the night spreads its black wings on the land of China, covering the distant mountains, nearby trees, rivers and mounds, and everything. A young woman named Fu Bao was sitting alone in the wilderness, with the same passion as autumn water flashing between her eyebrows. Obviously, she was deeply attracted by this quiet night. The night sky looks like an endless sea. Quiet and mysterious. In the sky, the stars are twinkling, quietly looking down at the dark ground. Suddenly, in the Big Dipper, a rainbow-like magical light belt floated by, like smoke, swaying, moving and moving, like running water, and finally turned into a huge halo, lingering around the Big Dipper. At this time, the brightness of the halo increased sharply, just like the bright moon hanging in the sky, pouring a touch of silver brilliance to the earth, illuminating the whole Yuanye. Everything in the air is clearly visible, and everything becomes alive. Attached treasure saw this scene and couldn't help but be moved. As a result, I got pregnant and gave birth to a son. This boy is the Yellow Emperor Xuanyuan. The above may be one of the oldest myths and legends about aurora in the world.
Legend 2
Aurora is also recorded in China's ancient book Shan Hai Jing. The book is about a fairy in the north who looks like a red snake and shines in the night sky. Its name is Candle dragon. There is a passage in Candle dragon's The Great Northern Wilderness Classic: "Beyond the Northwest Sea, there is Zhang Wei to the north of Chishui. There is a god, the snake's face is red, and his straight eyes are riding a horse, gloomy and bright. No food, no sleep, no wind and rain. It is a nine-yin candle, which means Candle dragon. " The Candle dragon referred to here is actually the aurora. The word aurora comes from the Latin Ios. Legend has it that Ios is the embodiment of "dawn" in Greek mythology (actually referring to morning light and morning glow), the daughter of the Greek god Titan, the sister of the sun god and the moon goddess, and the mother of many stars such as the north wind and the evening star. It is said that Aurora is the wife of Orion. In works of art, Ios is said to be a young woman. She either walked quickly arm in arm with a young man, or flew out of the sea in a carriage driven by a flying horse. Sometimes she is portrayed as such a goddess, holding a pitcher, spreading her wings and offering morning dew to the world, just like Guanyin Bodhisattva in the Buddhist story of China, spreading nectar to the world.
Eskimos believe that aurora is a torch for ghosts and gods to guide the souls of the dead to heaven, while aborigines regard aurora as the appearance of gods, convinced that the fast-moving aurora will make the gods step on the sound in the air, take away people's souls and leave bad luck.