Chapter 1,252 Hokkaido, the first gaze of the Lord God
"In the beginning, the world was an endless sea, and there was a vast swamp in the sea. There was no solid ground, only a swamp that swallowed everything... The chaotic swamp and the sea were equally chaotic, with thunder and dark clouds shining like thunder clouds...
And the first god who created the world, Kotan-kar-kamuy, the 'God who created the world', was born in the endless thunder clouds!..."
The snowflakes are flying, not falling from the sky, but blown up from the rolling mountains and hills by the howling north wind. The snow in Kamchatka Peninsula always persists for many years, covering the mountains and forests with silver. The sky is
A piece of clear blue and white, even a bit dazzling under the reflection of the snow. The sea is even more shining ice, without a trace of dust or grayish yellow, let alone a grayish-brown swamp.
Zuwaro, the exploration captain, held the Thousand Island Shell of the Ainu girl in his arms, staring at the cold white and bright world of ice and snow, and imagining the warmer and richer southern mountain islands. He pursed his lips and listened to the girl
The myth of the Ainu tribe was told with a look of thought flashing in his eyes.
"Sheike, is this great god of creation, Ketan Ka, the main god that you usually worship and worship?..."
"Ah? Zu, what is the 'Lord God'?..."
"It is the supreme god who dominates everything!"
"Ah! Well... the creator Kamui god, Ketan Ka, is the highest god. But he doesn't care about anything except creating the world. He has no emotions, never speaks, and just looks from the sky.
We... very few tribes will sacrifice to Him. But the ones we really sacrifice are the guardian spirits sent by the three gods..."
"Hmm? The three guardian spirits? They are subordinate gods sent by the gods to manage human affairs?..."
"Yeah? What is 'from God'?..."
"It is a spirit that is subordinate to the main god, accepts the jurisdiction of the main god, and regards the main god as the master..."
"Ah! Zu, what you said is so complicated, I can't understand it... Gods have no emotions, and they don't have human bodies. But guardian spirits do, and they are incarnated in various animals, accompanying tribes and guarding villages... And
These guardian spirits were also the original partners of the gods in creating the world!…”
"Huh? The invisible main god, and his companions who turn into animals?"
Hearing such a simple image of the myth, Zuwaro was thoughtful. The Ainu Island tribe's belief seems to be still in a very primitive stage, which is far more advanced than that of Kazuto, Koreans, and even Yamabe and Shikabe.
Primitive. And if such a tribe slightly changes its mythology and beliefs, if the "main god" becomes the "Kotanka God" of the Ainu people...perhaps, these islands with ignorant beliefs can become the main gods of the West Sea Continent.
The first group of devout believers of the Lord God...
"Hiss!... Shell, why are you biting me?"
"Ah, Zu! I am telling the tribe's myth, which is the most important thing for a tribe. If you don't listen carefully, I...I will bite you!..."
"Uh... Then keep talking, I will listen carefully!..."
The two changed positions and sat on the big rock by the sea. Qiandao Shell raised her head, looked seriously into Zuvalo's eyes, and gestured seriously. With a clear voice, she sang a song that had been passed down by the tribe for thousands of years.
It made a tinkling sound like the collision of shells.
"The God of Heaven was born from the thunder clouds and saw the vast swamp and sea! He sent the first bird spirit, the fishing owl that could fly and swim... The fishing owl flew over the water, thumped the swamp with its tail, and struck the swamp with its tail.
He pressed hard with his feet. Under His repeated compaction, the water in the mire finally dispersed and turned into dry land, floating on the sea! And this is 'Moshiri', where we live.
Big island, land of the Ainu!…”
"Huh? Birds dive and create land? This is very similar to the creation myths of the fishing and hunting tribes on the far north coast of the east! Do these tribes also have ancient blood connections with the Ainu Island tribe? Well,
The common Jiao people ancestors indeed have ancient connections..."
"Ancestor!..."
"Ah! Hiss!... Shell, keep talking..."
Zuvallo rubbed the bitten neck and smiled helplessly. He pinched the swollen cheeks of the Thousand Island Shell lovingly and continued to listen to the girl trying to imitate the vicissitudes of life, but could not hide her tender and beautiful singing voice, just like
I saw the first mountain spring melting from the snow-capped mountains.
"The fishing owl fell from the sky and pushed the land out of the swamp and the sea! However, the land was floating, and the sea water would come in again, turning the island back into a swamp. So the god sent a second fish
The spirit is the strong killer whale that spits water... The killer whale floats from the bottom of the sea, carrying the earth on its back, completely separating the island from the sea. Then, the killer whale takes a deep breath of the sea water, and the loud whale sings, in the alternation of the sun and the moon.
spit out in time, this is the tide on the seaside!…”
"Huh? There are also whales that carry islands on their backs and spit out tides? This is very similar to the myth of the Markash Whale Tribe... Shell, you said that there are three guardian spirits in total. Where is the other one?..."
"Well, there is another one, the ancestor of our Ainu people. He is the most important guardian of a tribe, and he is also the 'Aohou', a black bear that many tribes can domesticate...ah! Zu, listen to me singing!..."
The girl Qiandao Shell put her hands up to her ears, playfully imitated the roar of a bear in the forest, and then sang seriously.
"The whale rose from the sea, carried the heavy island on its back, and spit out the surging tide! But the sky above the island was empty, with only birds and animals, but no people. So, the god sent a third bear spirit to walk out of the mountain forest,
The ancestors of the tribe, the first couple, father Okikurumi and mother Turesh were born!…”
"What? A bear gave birth to an Ainu? This...such an ancestral legend is like the Bomo people of the West Coast Bear Hunting Tribe. Ah, God bless me, I understand! The Ainu tribes and the West Coast tribes,
Sure enough, they all originated from the Jiao people, and they were from the same family thousands of years ago!…”
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The sea breeze blew, and the ancient songs floated far in the wind. The hundreds of Ainu tribes who heard the songs stopped their work without realizing it.
Singing desolate songs together. They have almost no writing and few drawings. The only way they can pass on their tribal history is through songs passed down from generation to generation.
"Okulumi, the moon father, and Turesh, the sun mother! They exchange places, just like a couple alternating day and night!... When the first child is born, the guardian spirit bear will come and teach him how to hunt! Guardian
The fish spirit of the child will also come and teach him how to fish!...And it will not be until the sun rises and sets, and one year passes. Until the child becomes an old man, and the old man closes his eyes!...The last bird spirit will come.
, take his soul back to heaven where the God of Heaven is!…”
"May the soul of the old man be carried into the sky by the fishing owl and go to the clouds of the gods! May the soul of the patriarch float on the clouds and then land in the settled village, drink a glass of our newly brewed fruit wine, and eat
A bite of our freshly caught trout… Awaaka, Amiruru!…”
"Ah? Shell, in your mythology, the moon is the father and the sun is the mother? This?..."
Hearing the role of husband and wife, Zuvalo touched his chin with one hand and the girl's face with the other, vaguely aware of the remnants of the matrilineal clan. He suddenly made a move and felt the moisture on his fingers. Then he lowered his head and took a look,
The girl Qiandao Shell's eyes were red and she was crying silently. The tears fell on Zuvalo's hand, which made the devout exploration captain feel a pain in his heart and couldn't help but talk about the newly learned foreign language.
"O Lord God!... Shell, you... why are you crying?..."
"Woooo! The clan leader...father...he took us to migrate north last year...and was killed by the tribe!..."
"Ah? Who killed him? Shell, I will avenge you!..."
"Really? Ancestor?...Their tribe is very powerful..."
"Haha! Shell, tell me, tell you the powerful Okulumi, tell the names of those tribes! Also, I want to know the situation on the southern island, the distribution and strength of those tribes, so that I can avenge you and the tribes
…”
Thousand Island Shell raised her head with tears in her eyes and looked at her husband's confident face, which was neither burly nor beard. This kind of appearance was actually not in line with the aesthetics of the Ainu people. Only men as strong and hairy as bears were considered members of the tribe.
The most popular among women.
However, she also saw her husband's tribal warriors, all with bows and armor on their backs, and fierce indifference on their faces. They were simply more elite and stronger than the ferocious Kazuto warriors in the South Island... The girl couldn't help but become confused in her eyes.
Bright and with a touch of hope.
"Zu, I believe you...the one who attacked our tribe is the Ishikari Ainu tribe (Ishikari), the leader of the three most powerful tribes in the South Island!..."
"The three major tribes of the South Island?..."
"Yes! On the big island in the land of the Ainu in the south, there are five Ainu tribes. They are the five fingers left by the ancient ancestors... They are the 'Ishikari tribe' (Ishikari tribe), 'Nishihara tribe'
Sumunkur, Menasunkur, Yoichi, and Uchiura, which have gradually become subordinate to Kazuto! And our tribe, originally
It belongs to the distant branch of the Beiyu tribes and is closer to the Beidao tribes..."
As the clan leader's daughter, the Ezo girl Qianjima Kaiguo, told with tears, a chaotic scene of the Ainu tribes finally unfolded before Zuwaro's eyes. And the large island of Hokkaido that had just been established by Kazuto, the hidden
The coal-iron Ezo land, and the tens of thousands of fishing and hunting Ainu tribes, have also fallen under the gaze of the Lord God!…
Note: The Easter egg chapter is the distribution map of the Ainu tribes in Hokkaido. This chapter checked a lot of Ainu information, so it was posted a little late... Orz.
