Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 156 Ancient Maliciousness

"However, the story of Dionysus is not over yet." Titus took a sip of water, "Dionysus belief does not just want bloodletting. Tear is just a means, and rebirth is the goal—because Dionysus There are actually three. Dionysus of the past, Dionysus of the present, and Dionysus of the future. The first Dionysus is Zagreus, the son of Zeus and Hades , he was torn to pieces by the Titans, but he was 'dying', and Zeus found the heart of Zagreos, causing him to be reborn in the womb of his lover, Princess Semele. However, Princess Semele was killed by Hera killed it with thunder, and the child in her womb was "born yet unborn": this is the current Dionysus. The original meaning of the word Dionysus is "to be born again."

"Why do I feel like something big is about to happen?"

Will die but not die, will live but not live.This series of symbols gave Shangluo a premonition that "the rain is about to come".

"Yes, great things will happen. The Dionysus we see now was not actually born, he was killed by lightning in the womb of his mother, he was not given full humanity, Zeus He was sewn into the thigh to give him a body. He was not dead, he was not born, and the divinity from the god of the underworld has been passed on here. When the third birth, the god of wine came to the world. "

"The belief in Dionysus is to hope that Dionysus will come?"

"No, no, no, the main body of Roman Dionysus belief is the other way around—we are afraid of the real coming of Dionysus. Because unlike Apollo, the sun god, Apollo is a young god, and his divinity comes from Unlike Zeus himself. Dionysus, the god of wine, is much more terrifying. Its divine essence is the ancient god! The time of the ancient god is different from ours. It needs a 'birth' to lock its time to We are here."

"Could it be that the assassination of the forest king and the tearing of the bull are all the background of the ancient gods?"

"Yes, this is why Dionysus can be regarded as juxtaposed with Apollo. Apollo symbolizes the beautiful fantasy of mankind, while Dionysus symbolizes the bloody past of mankind in ancient times, although he He often appears in the image of a weak boy, but he always inadvertently reveals the tyrannical and cruel background of the ancient god. You can't tell whether the wine in his glass is shaking or blood, and you can't tell whether the dripping from the corner of his mouth is blood or blood. Wine. The ecstasy of Dionysus is just a cover-up of the essence of the ancient gods. If Dionysus is born for the third time, it will be all blood and there will be no wine."

"Then which ancient god is this?"

"God of hunting! He is the ancient god of hunting alongside Gaia, the ancient goddess of earth. He is the supreme god, the eternal duality in mythology. The hunting god goes round and round, sprouting in summer, peaking in autumn, and dying in winter. , reborn again in spring. The same is true of the Mother Goddess, who happily welcomes the return of the hunting god in the long summer, and wanders alone in the winter. Therefore, in the belief of Dionysus, there are also differences between the god of wine and the god of hunting. In Rome Among them, the "Orpheus sect" who performed the ritual was the "Orpheus sect", who worshiped Dionysus' side of Dionysus, and mainly held the carnival celebration of Dionysus; They even more strongly use shredding the bull to symbolize the disintegration and rebirth of the old god. Except for them, no one wants such a violent old god to become the next god king."

He looked at the sky: "Of course I personally hope that our young god Apollo will come back, rather than such a violent ancient god."

[Hey~ I'll give you a little red flower. 】

"The hunting god will become the god king, so, is this a confirmed thing? I mean, has it been verified?" Shang Luo asked
"A very rigorous question. But from the theogony, it is obvious that every rebirth of Dionysus is accompanied by the figure of the goddess of the earth, or the god of valleys. Perse, the queen of the underworld, who gave birth to him for the first time Faune is the daughter of the Earth Goddess, and Semele, who gave birth to him for the second time, is a more obscure Earth Goddess. The third birth, in mythology, refers directly to the Earth Mother Gaia herself.”

"Wait, is this a partner or a child?"

"Don't use secular ethics to measure the genealogy of gods. The mythical husband and wife, brothers, and parent-child are just metaphors of relative positions, not real ethical relationships. The metaphor of husband and wife is a dual god, and the metaphor of parent-child is divine. Overflow, the metaphor of brothers is divinity division, the metaphor of copulation is the fusion and recombination of divinity, the metaphor of maiden is the purity and undivided divinity. So well”

He looked at the ceiling again:

"So if the young god Apollo comes back, I personally hope that she will come back in the form of a girl. The pure and undivided sun god, what a wonderful existence, and the girl is also cuter, isn't it? Not just me, many people now They all think so, after all, the God of Dionysus is really too much trouble, and the stinky boy in adolescence will go crazy at every turn."

【Hey hey~ I'll give you big red flowers. 】

"Tsk..." Shang Luo felt as if he had heard something extraordinary.

"Forget it, I'm probably just dreaming. It would be great if Apollo could really return as a maiden god. The female name should be Apollonia. I will always be loyal to Apollonia. What, continue Say, I just talked about metaphors, right? Therefore, Zeus, the king of gods, would pull him over to have sex whenever he needed to emphasize the supreme divinity, so when he sorted out the theogony later, he would feel like a mess. In fact, you can Treat each interaction between the gods as if it happened independently, because the gods are eternal, and time has no meaning to the gods."

"Why does it feel like a tool stallion?"

"That's right." Titus nodded, "From a mythological point of view, Zeus raced around for breeding, essentially no different from the stallions in the stud farm, and they were pulled over when needed—these They are all actions in the field of symbols, which are myths. Myths are history shown through stories, and are the eternal continuity of history. The older history is, the stronger it is, and the more powerful it is. Or Say, it's a 'meme'."

He drew a double helix on the blackboard:

"Just as humans in the material world use genes to record genetic information, the symbolic world uses memes to inherit. Memes from the ancient hunting gods have always been entangled in the Dionysian theogony, and will even be revealed inadvertently The memes of hunting gods have been inextricably linked to the earth mother from generation to generation, and the memes of the god king Zeus, our god king, are also mixed in. That's why the power of the forest king is scary because it directly points to The foundation of the world of symbols, pointing to the most obscure part of human history. We were all born in the dark sea of ​​blood, and the return of the hunting god will bring us back to the sea of ​​blood. It is an ancient god, but it can be—maybe also shall be our king."

He pointed out the window:

"The king of the forest you are going to attack is the god of hunting and the king. It is the god of hunting. The meme of God is the endless sea of ​​blood and boundless karma engraved in the eternal history. I have already told you everything you may face. In the past, no one could bear it. It caused all those who carried it to die from Under the sword, drowning in your own blood. I hope you are ready. If you can." He rubbed his forehead,
"I mean, if possible, you'd better not have sex, let alone have children, let alone give birth to children like Zeus. This is for your safety, or the third birth will directly let the hunting god king It will be a lot of fun if you come into the world. If nothing else, he will kill the emperor. This king, you don’t want to be stabbed to death by your own god son, do you?”

(End of this chapter)