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2023年12月9日星期六

The monkey god comes to the world

 


The monkey god comes to the world

 

When Agudemba and his donkey were traveling in India, he told the donkey the mythical story of the birth of the monkey god.

After Prince Rama's wife Sita was captured by the ten-headed demon king Ravana, Rama paid a visit to Sukari, the king of the monkey kingdom on the mountain, and asked the monkey king to help them defeat the ten-headed demon king. The Monkey King sent a divine monkey named Hanuman to inquire about Sita's whereabouts. The monkey god Hanuman found Sita and reported the message to Rama. Later, the monkey king Sugli led the monkey army across the sea smoothly, surrounded Lanka Island, and began to challenge Ravana.

Agudengba said to the donkey Mahu: Do you know the origin of Hanuman, the monkey god? He is actually the prototype of Sun Wukong. As early as more than a thousand years before the publication of "Journey to the West", the image of this divine monkey appeared in Indian mythology. Between 400 BC and 200 AD, a mythological epic "Ramayana" appeared in India. This book, together with another epic masterpiece "Mahabharata", is called "India's "Soul" masterpiece. The divine monkey Hanuman is the holy monkey in the eyes of Indians.

It is said that a long time ago, there was a very famous mountain in ancient India called Sumeru. There are many gods and goddesses living on the mountain, and there is also a monkey country on the mountain. The king and queen of the monkey country govern the small monkey country peacefully and happily.

The queen of the monkey kingdom was very beautiful and gentle, and the wandering wind god fell in love with her. The god of wind blew a new wind of life into the queen's head and asked her to give him a son as beautiful as herself.

Sure enough, the monkey king gave birth to a little furry monkey. This little furry monkey looked extraordinary: its pure golden fur shone like rice awns in the sun; it had a long big tail, which showed its strength even before it went on the battlefield. ; The limbs are long and flexible, and the movements are nimble and agile.

The God of Wind was so happy when he saw the little hairy monkey that he went up to the sky and down to the earth, dancing and singing for several days. He wished his son to grow up quickly and travel around the world with him when he grows up. However, the God of Wind never imagined that the newborn monkey would suffer bad luck.

One morning, the queen took the cute little woolly monkey to the forest to pick wild fruits. She placed her son in the clearing in the forest and walked deep into the forest with the little basket in her arms. The little woolly monkey sat alone in the open space, waiting for his mother to bring him sweet and fragrant wild fruits to eat. However, after waiting for a long time, he still didn't see his mother coming back. He was hungry and thirsty and couldn't help crying. ah! This little furry monkey cries so loudly! The wild beasts ran away in fright, and the leaves trembled. The sun didn't know what happened, so he jumped to the top of the mountain to watch.

Through the tears, the little hairy monkey saw a red and round thing suddenly appeared on the top of the mountain. He was so happy that he opened his mouth with white teeth and smiled:

"Huh? Why haven't I seen such a big red fruit? It must be sweet and thirst-quenching!"

He jumped up and grabbed the coveted "big red fruit". Ho! This monkey can jump so high that it jumps into space and goes straight to the sun!

The sun was clearly visible at this time, and the earth-shattering sound turned out to be the cry of the little woolly monkey. Nothing else strange happened, so he smiled, drove the solar chariot, and rose high into the sky to illuminate the world.

The God of Wind was floating in the air when he suddenly saw a ball of golden light rising from the green forest and heading straight towards the sun. He felt very strange. When he saw clearly that it was his son, the little woolly monkey, chasing the sun, he was astonished!

The panicked cry of the Queen of the Monkey King came from the clearing in the forest - she heard her son's cry, and when she rushed back to feed her son, she found that he was missing somewhere. The God of Wind didn't care to explain his son's whereabouts to the queen, and hurriedly chased after the golden light. While chasing, he blew out bursts of cold air, for fear that his son would be scorched by the sun.

Taiyang heard the sound of wind blowing in his ears, and there was still a hint of cold air. He didn't know what happened. He turned around and saw that Father Feng's son was coming straight towards him. The wise and kind Sun understood everything immediately. He knew that this little hairy monkey was too young and didn't know what he was doing! The sun put away its heat and did not scorch him.

Coincidentally, at this time Aro, the son of Emperor Shakten, was also catching the sun. Arrow is a bad guy who bullies the sun and moon, and he enjoys torturing the sun and moon. He took advantage of Taiyang's opportunity to look at the little woolly monkey and climbed into the car where Taiyang was sitting. Just as he was about to stretch out his long arm to scratch Taiyang's armpit, he was bumped by the little furry monkey. Arrow didn't know what kind of ghost this fluffy, golden little monkey was. He was so frightened that he fell into the clouds and fell heavily on the top of Mount Sumeru. He got up, grinning in pain, ran back to his father's palace, and complained in tears.

Sakyamuni is the lord of gods, and people also call him Indra. The power and power of Indra, the emperor, are boundless. Someone dares to frighten his son. Is this okay? He picked up the crying naughty bag Ah Luo, mounted the elephant, and went to settle the score with the little woolly monkey.

But when the little hairy monkey caught up with the sun, he found that it was not some sweet wild fruit, but a beautiful car with a smiling red-faced giant in the car. He was greatly disappointed.

At this time, the God of Wind protected his son, the little monkey, saluted the sun, turned and left. It just so happened that Emperor Shaktian and his son came here riding an elephant from afar.

The little furry monkey was delighted: "Yeah! This gray, white, fat, round thing with all kinds of colors all over it looks like a big fragrant pie! Or it's just a big fruit I've never seen before."

Thinking this, his stomach growled eagerly. He jumped up two steps and rushed to catch the elephant. Emperor Shitian became furious and shouted: "How dare you, this little hairy monkey, attack the Emperor of Heaven!"

As soon as he spoke, Emperor Shitian raised his hand and struck out a string of thunderbolts. I saw a golden light shining directly on the little furry monkey. The little furry monkey fell on its back and landed on the top of the mountain, motionless. It turned out that when Emperor Shakten struck the thunderbolt, he also threw out the vajra, which hit the little hairy monkey on the left side of his face. The little hairy monkey died immediately.

Fengshen failed to catch his son, and in an instant, his son, the little hairy monkey, was beaten to death on the top of the mountain. He was furious, picked up the dead little woolly monkey, and cried bitterly. The God of Wind stopped working, and the world fell silent.

This wind god was originally the most diligent god in the world. He is not only in charge of the winds of nature, but also active in the bodies of ghosts, humans, and gods in the three realms of hell, earth, and heaven, wandering and advocating all the time, never stopping. At this time, he abandoned his work and just cried bitterly for the death of his son. Not only did the clouds stop flowing, the trees did not shake, the water stopped flowing, and the waves stopped, even the wind in the bodies of gods, humans, and ghosts stopped. Without the moving wind in the body, people cannot breathe and move, like zombies and rotten wood; Xu Shen suffers from hydrophilia because he cannot relieve his bowels; even ghosts cannot wander around.

Gods, humans and ghosts all petitioned Brahma, the supreme god, to relieve the pain of the wind god so that the breeze could blow again and give life to all things in the three realms. So, the great god Brahma led the gods to the place where the wind god was. They saw that the God of Wind was holding the dead baby monkey and sitting in a daze.

When the God of Wind saw the great god Brahma arriving with all the gods, he hurriedly stood up and bowed and knelt before the great god Brahma. With a kind smile on his face, the great god Brahma grabbed the wind god and took over the little woolly monkey. As soon as he touched the head and body of the little furry monkey, the little furry monkey opened its eyes and looked around at the gods, showing a cute and lively attitude. It was like rain falling on a long-drought field, and life returned to the little woolly monkey.

The God of Wind was extremely happy. He thanked the great god Brahma and immediately blew the wind of life to the three realms. It was vast and fluttering, washing away all filth and disease, and the world regained its vitality.

The great god Brahma turned to the gods and said: "You must favor this furry child so that the wind god will be happy."

After listening to the command of the great god Brahma, all the gods came forward one after another and made a wish to the little hairy monkey:

Shakti Indra gave the little hairy monkey a lotus garland and promised that his vajra would never hurt the little hairy monkey again;

The God of the Sun bestowed upon the little hairy monkey extraordinary energy and a classic, enabling him to possess wisdom and the most outstanding eloquence;

The God of Life bestows eternal life on the little hairy monkey;

The King of Hell gave the little hairy monkey a gift that he would never get sick.

The other gods also declared that their various magic staffs and weapons could not harm the little hairy monkey.

Because the left cheek of the little hairy monkey was broken, the gods named him Hanuman, which means "big-jawed monkey". They hoped that his handsome appearance would not be affected by this injury.

After that, the gods drifted away with the great god Brahma.

When Agudengba told the donkey the mythical story of the coming of the monkey, he happily sang a song called "Song of the Coming of the Monkey":

 

a long long time ago

There was a big mountain in ancient India

The name of the mountain is Sumeru

There are gods and goddesses living on the mountain

There is also a monkey country

 

The queen of the monkey kingdom is very gentle

Fengshen secretly fell in love with her

A new wind blows

The wind blows into the queen's head

The queen gave birth to a son

But it’s a little furry monkey

The hairy monkey looks extraordinary

The fur is golden

Agile and long limbs

The God of Wind meets the little hairy monkey

Overjoyed and joyful

 

Fengshen never expected

Newborn woolly monkey suffers bad luck

Just because I love to play pranks

Make trouble and cause public outrage

The left cheek was broken by God

The gods called him Hanuman

It means macaque

 

Brahma smiled and said to the gods

I make a wish for the woolly monkey

Don’t hurt the little furry monkey

The Vajra bestowed by Emperor Shakti

Classic given by the sun god

God of life gives eternal life

The king of hell bestowed upon the monkey that he would not get sick.

 

From then on the Indian hairy monkey

Transformed into the monkey god Hanuman

Fame shocks the whole universe

Even the Chinese Sun Wukong

You also have to kneel down and worship Hanuman

Call him your ancestor

1 条评论:

  1. Taking the legendary wise Agu Demba as the protagonist, I started to create the Chinese-English version of "Snow Land Fable" using the traditional fable creation method that combines poetry and prose. Writing fables makes me feel like a child again. Studying snowy culture is my prescription to prevent Alzheimer’s disease.

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