Ming Dynasty and New Rome and Infinite Magic Machine

Chapter 259 The Meaning of the Black Stone

"It turns out that if this is the case, then everything is understood." Zhu Xianen nodded.To be honest, he has always been very interested in the power system in Rome.Because this is the invisible elephant in the room, neither side has any understanding of the other's "Dao Ji".

"Shangluo, I'm wondering if the Romans didn't intend to 'dive down', would they give us this kind of cornerstone?"

"Probably impossible. This is the card of the Romans."

"What does this thing specifically store? Soul?"

"No. I also asked there, and they said that the soul is very complicated. It can't store the soul, it can store... dreams."

"Dream? What do you mean? Is it a concrete dream? You also said that this stone can absorb souls?" The stone looked dark, and it was indeed a bit gloomy.

"She told me that absorbing souls is impossible. If they could absorb souls, the Romans would have entered immortality early—this black stone can only house 'dreams', just houses. It's more like a tomb than some kind of heaven."

"What do you mean?"

"It seems to go back to the origin of the god Cybele."

Victoria made this clear to Shang Luo at the time, which also faintly made Shang Luo feel a little scary. But it seemed to be his fate.

Cybol, or Kubler, is the Earth Mother.Her official title in Rome is the Mater Magna.

She is sometimes equated with Gaia, just as Zeus has many incarnations.But unlike Zeus, Cybol was a Roman god.Instead of so many competing city-states with differing views, the Romans had a pantheon.Therefore, in the belief of the Romans, Sebol has a clear image and several well-known myths.

Her characteristics can be summarized into two godheads: blood and rebirth.

The best embodiment of this feature is a myth related to Zeus: Cybole fell in love with Attis, a shepherd boy in Phrygia, and the boy betrayed her to marry Princess Ia, the daughter of Midas, the king of Peshinu.This is a common routine in Greek mythology, often accompanied by some elements such as change, escape, and redemption.

But the Earth Mother Goddess is an ancient god, just like the hunting god who is also an ancient god, and the stories of the ancient gods will be bloody.To see a lot of blood.

Enraged Cybele went mad at Attis and Eia's wedding.All mad, they bled themselves in the pinewood with gravel, and out of their blood sprouted blooming violets.

But after briefly falling into the rage of the old gods, Cybele regretted it.She negotiated with Zeus, who allowed Attis to be resurrected and immortal—in his own tomb.

In the grave, Attis' nails and hair would continue to grow, and his fingers would still move.He attained eternal life in the tomb.

Modern occultism believes that this bloody myth is actually a metaphor for the four seasons in agricultural production.The meeting of Cybele and Attis refers to the spring, and the betrayal of Attis and the wedding refer to the "unripe wheat".And the madness at the wedding is the harvest of autumn.The harvested Attis lay dormant in underground crypts, which were stored for winter.

The Romans found inspiration for festivals and beliefs in it.They hold a festival of the Great Mother on March 3 every year, and a bull ceremony is held at the festival to reenact the story of Attis.

The bull would be brought to the altar amidst the flowers and bled on the spot, profusely.Blood will be sprinkled from the altar of the high platform, and the Romans under the altar will be bathed and purified in the blood, reveling like plants accepting rain and dew.Then the next day, people would celebrate the rebirth of Attis as if they were celebrating their own rebirth - which is what Cybele had promised.

The priests in praise of Saibole recited thus:
"Through the countless gaps in the plank"

"Blood poured into the pit"

"Believers raised their heads to receive the baptism of blood"

"Exposing his blood-soaked clothes and body"

"He bent over and touched his cheeks, his ears, his lips, his nose"

"His eyes are wet"

"I don't even care about the taste buds"

"Suck the blackened blood heartily"

Germinated in the spring, grown in the summer, harvested and killed in the fall, all the Romans who were properly buried according to the funeral will be properly stored in the harsh winter, and life will continue in the tomb.When the warm spring comes, everyone will "germinate" again and be reborn as new shoots.This is the eternal life that Cybole promised.

"So that's how it is." Zhu Xianxi nodded, "This black stone symbolizes such a tomb. Then why did you bring the Roman graves back? Eh. Is this wine? Grain is stored in cellars, and then it is fermented? After fermentation, it becomes wine?"

【Oh~~~ He's so smart, he reacts so fast, he understands right away. 】

"." Shang Luo didn't expect that Zhu Xianxi would understand so quickly, "Yes, this is actually a wine jar. Wine can enlighten the spirit, and storing it in the sea of ​​wine is the world of dreams."

"But it's all turned into wine, how can it be revived? Wine can't be converted into food again."

"Well, this is the cruel side of the Earth Mother as an ancient god. In fact, the promised resurrection of the Earth Mother contains a prerequisite-it cannot be turned into wine."

"Huh? What do you mean? Can you control whether you will turn into wine after you die? Can Guzi control himself not to rot?"

"Whether the grain will rot is of course not its own decision, but whether time has precipitated on the grain, causing the grain to rot. The Romans divided this decay into three stages: physical death, social death, and loss of imprint."

"I know this. There are similar plots in the Aztec mythology. The Aztecs also believed that human beings have to die three times-the first is the physical death, and the second death after the funeral is the social death. It is to announce to the society that the person has become a dead person. But the dead will not really leave. The Aztecs will offer marigolds to the deceased relatives, and they welcome people to go home and reunite on their Day of the Dead. The lifespan of the undead is the moment when it is forgotten by all the living. Then..."

He looked at Shangluo: "Are the Romans also like this?"

"Yes." Shang Luo nodded, "After the funeral, it has just entered the cellar. If it is forgotten by everyone, the precipitation of time will make this person's existence 'corrupt' and brew into a 'sea of ​​wine'. But as long as it is not forgotten, there is still a possibility of being fished out in the end."

This part also made Shangluo afraid.The element of wine also appeared here. Shangluo always felt that it was as obvious as Luofengpo.

(End of this chapter)