in the eyes of ancient humans, fire, which comes without a trace and disappears from the sky, is mysterious, bright red, radiant, powerful and shining, and is a strange special substance. When people see that fire can turn foul smell into delicacy, cold into warmth, darkness into light, danger into peace, hardness into softness, solid into liquid and liquid into gas, when thunderbolt rings, there are cracks in the sky, and a raging fire is ignited underground, the kindness, magic and awe will arise spontaneously. It is this "pro", "wonder" and "respect".
One fire came from the sky: some people say that five fires fell from the sky in ancient times, and people began to have fires.
The second fire came from wood: according to ancient Chinese records, it was a tunnel man who drilled wood to get fire.
The third fire came from a stone: many myths say that fire came from a stone. There is a legend: a god
wearing a gold coir and leaning on a gold and silver staff dug a gold and silver pit in the Southern Tianmen, pried up a white stone, and the flame
came out like a fog and sprayed on the earth, so there was a fire on earth.
the four fires come from animals. This kind of fairy tale comes from the worship of animals by primitive people. The ancient Australian
thought that it was a small black bird named an emu that brought a sacred spark from the sky. The Gaoshan people in our country have the myth of
the legend of
Fire by the God Bird. It is said that a God Wu named
Black Bitu spits the title of fire to the Bunun people in ancient times, and the vegetation in the Buyi people's residence burns and preserves the fire, and then there will be fire
The fifth fire comes from ghosts. Dongba myth of Naxi nationality says that in the early days, God lived in a dark place, and ghosts lived in a bright place. The hero Xu Wa gave the ancients a trick to steal fire from the ghost land, which made God shine again and human beings
benefited from fire.
the sixth fire comes from the orb. There is one in our country. There is an ancient myth in our country that fire comes from fireballs.
In any case, one thing is certain, that is, the myth about the source of fire and the hero or animal who eulogizes the fire for human beings reflect the long and difficult experience of human learning to use fire, and see how long and huge the shock caused by the use of fire in people's minds.