It is said that it once swallowed an elephant alive, and it took three years to spit out its skeleton. Because repairing snakes also attacked humans, the Yellow Emperor sent Hou Yi to slay it. Hou Yi first shot Xiu snake with an arrow, then chased it to the far west and cut it in two. Fix the snake's body into a hill, now called Baling.
2. The White Snake is a snake fairy who has practiced for thousands of years and is said to be a disciple of Lishan's mother. Bai Niangzi practiced Taoism in Qingcheng Mountain and Emei Mountain, and her magic was high. Her beauty is peerless, her eyes are bright and her teeth are white. She is beautiful, elegant and noble in the world. He was kind-hearted, used medicine to help the world and benefit the people of Li, and his merits were boundless.
Mrs White Snake thanked Xu Xian for saving his life 1700 years ago and entrusted herself to him. Their love never wavered. Fahai, a monk in Jinshan Temple, bewitched Xu Xian and alienated the feelings of husband and wife. Xu Xian listened to rumors and left home for Jinshan. From Bai Niangzi to Jinshan Suofu, there was a struggle with Fahai, which caused the water to overflow Jinshan. Fahai dispersed them by force and put Mrs. White Snake under the Leifeng Tower. Twenty years later, Xu Shilin, the son of White Snake, won the top prize in Xiaogan, and White Snake finally got out of the tower and returned to Xiansaka.
According to legend, a long time ago, snakes and frogs were friends, but then snakes had four legs and frogs had no legs. They crawl on their bellies, but snakes are lazy. Frogs are very diligent. It not only catches insects for snakes, but also helps people catch pests. So humans hate snakes and like frogs.
The snake found that people hated it, so it began to hate people. It bites everyone and eats livestock, which makes the world very uneasy. When the land god saw it, he sued the Heavenly Palace. The Jade Emperor sent the snake to the Heavenly Palace to persuade it to turn over a new leaf, but the snake made wild remarks and showed no intention of repentance. The jade emperor was furious and asked the magic weapon to cut off the snake's four legs so as not to hurt people. Since then, the snake has lost its foot. Seeing that the frog has made contributions to others, the Jade Emperor gave the snake four legs.
Frogs are more diligent when they have legs. The snake regretted his mistake and was determined to reform itself. It also began to eat pests, dragging its long body and doing good things for mankind without saying a word. Snakes also learn to control water with dragons. After its death, it also dedicated its body to human beings and treated many patients as medicine. When the jade emperor saw that the snake could change its mind, it took a lot of trouble. When he decided to seal the zodiac, he put it behind the dragon and became the human zodiac.
4. The "mother of monsters" in Greek mythology is a female monster with a snake body and a head. She is the daughter of Gaia, the goddess of the earth known as the "mother of gods", and Tal Taras, the first god of hell. The mole combined with Tifeng, another monster son of Gaia, and gave birth to many terrible monsters, such as Hellfire, Hydra Xu Dela, Eagle Banshee, Lionhead Sheep Monster and so on.
Among these monsters, the legendary hydra Xu Dela is extremely fierce, and even the exhaled gas is deadly and poisonous. Xu Dela has nine heads. If one head is cut off, two will grow out. Finally, Xu Dela was killed by Hercules, a famous hero in Greek mythology.
Hercules cut off Xu Dela's head and set fire to the newly grown snake heads to stop them from growing up. Then, take the opportunity to cut off Xu Dela's immortal head, bury it on the side of the road, press a heavy stone on it, and then cut the snake god in two with a sword. Finally, Hercules soaked his sword with Xu Dela's venom.
Cui Wei saw a lonely beggar in the market. Because she didn't eat for days, she was dizzy with hunger and walked unsteadily, knocking down the drinks of roadside drinkers. This group of young people angrily scolded the beggar woman, and several others tried to hit her. Cui Wei, who was watching, was very sympathetic to the beggar old woman. Although he had no money on him, he took off his clothes and paid for the wine, saving the beggar's wife.
As a result, Cui Wei turned around and the beggar woman disappeared, while Cui Wei, who was broad-minded, did not care, patted the dust on her body and went home. That night, Cui Wei dreamed that a green snake thanked him: "Thank you very much for your help this afternoon. I specially sent some wormwood as a reward." Can remove all kinds of tumors and lumps, just a little, not much. I hope I can help you fulfill your wish and marry a good wife. "Say that finish, green snake thank humbly again and disappeared.
Cui Wei woke up from a dream and thought about the scene in the dream. She felt incredible, but when she reached for the bed, there really was a bunch of wormwood! Soon, the daughter of a wealthy family in a neighboring county got a strange disease with a big tumor on her head. After seeing a famous doctor, she was not cured, so she had to post a notice: "As long as someone can cure her illness, I am willing to marry her."
When Cui Wei heard about it, he remembered his elixir and went to the rich family with a try mentality. Sure enough, as the green snake said, the young lady will be swollen in less than two days after applying wormwood. In this way, Cui Wei married a gentle and lovely rich lady, and the efficacy of wormwood was widely used by people.