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Zlokoznennye water spirits - Shui Gui
In many parts of China extended the belief that shui Gui, ie water spirits - is the soul of people drowned. After a while in water depths of slavery from the gods, they can free themselves from slavery only in tom’sluchae if provide a replacement. Therefore, they zataivayutsya and catch an opportunity to catch the unfortunate victims and to give it to slavery in his place. Soul utoplennikov called back. Similarly, the victim tigers, which, according to People’s molve, forcing monsters pick and eat the new victims. Water spirits are a constant danger to all who are close to water - fishermen, lodochnikov and even women, to wash clothes. They dropped to the people hats, oprokidyvayut water vystirannoe clothes and other belongings, and when the owner is trying to reclaim their property, they are deliberately misleading him away, so that in the end he loses his balance and sinks. If the Ile happen to find the body, hands and legs which bogged down in mud,
no one doubted that the man was a victim of the water demon utyanuvshego him into the water by force. Proiskam attributed to the spirits and convulsions, paralyzing swimmers. If a person suddenly disappears, then it is dead in the water, all are sure - this is the spirit of water vymanil it something out of the house and drowned. In such cases, said: «Water spirit found a replacement».
Not far from Hangzhou, the province Chzhets-zyan on the dam at the West Lake, the family lived, which was an old servant. Once, after the sun goes down, he went to fetch water and saw a floating downstream wine jug. Having decided that a pitcher might be useful in the household, the servant decided at all was to get it. And then, as if by magic, a pitcher suffered over directly to him, but barely a servant grabbed a pitcher, his hand against his will, suddenly found itself in gorlyshke which immediately szhalos around, and a pitcher old man pulled into the water. At his cries for help sbezhalis people who released him.
In the years Vanli (1573-1620) to the west, in the bay, where boats repaired, he lived a fisherman. One night he heard the voice of ghost: «The whole year I had a full life of suffering, and now I can catch a replacement, but she is pregnant, and I am not able to pick up just two lives». The next day, the woman fell into the water, but it was taken out alive and intact - it really was the seventh month. It has been another year, and the boatman again heard the same voice: «The man who should take my place, very poor, in addition, there is a big responsibility: if he dies, the whole family will lose the house and dissipate, I better wait for another year» . The next morning, one man fell into the water from the bridge, but also managed to escape. The same night the ghost asked the fisherman a little food. «Twice, - he said - out of compassion, I refused to be replaced, and the deities informed overlord, who commanded to do so, that I did not give more food here». A fisherman had given him to eat, and the next day was a ghost, to say to him, and said that the designated land managers in Mao-QIAO. When the fisherman told about this case, a friend, a rice trader told this story. In his youth he lived in Tszyasine. Once he had to move on bull riding deep channel with a yellow muddy water. When he was in the middle of the channel, the water suddenly vysunulas hand and tried to catch his leg. But trader podzhal legs, and then grabbed the hand of the leg buffalo, not giving the animal to move. Frightened, rice trader called to the aid of passers-by. They have all along tried to push forward buffalo, but to no avail. Then they podpalili animal’s tail. Buffaloes, unable to endure the pain, straining all of its forces and escaped from the quagmire. Under bryuhom he found an old broom tied so tightly that she could not remove. It was not easy to approach, so hideous and gadkoy it was. People with power to beat her with sticks, in response heard resembling cries, and from sochilas liquid - as it turned out, the black blood. When she finally cut with knives and burned, fetor not stopped even for a month. Since then, in the yellow muddy canal had no accidents.
It happened in Hueytszi. A tailor named Van Eure held after sunset on the hills with Hou robe in his hands. Suddenly he saw the water vyprygnuli two naked man with black people. They dragged him into the river. Being unable to resist, he followed them. But they were not able to make and a few steps, when suddenly from the pine trees that grew on the hill, sletelo another creature with a beetle on the eyes and eyebrows vysunutym language. In the hands, it kept a long rope, which obvyazalo Van Era around the waist to pull him to the river. But the ghosts of black people did not want to give it.
- It should replace us - they shouted - why did you zabiraesh it?
This is a creature with a rope objected:
- Van Eure - a good tailor, you do - River demons, sit in the water with his naked back. You do not wear clothes, so why would he choose? Better otlayte it to me.
In poluzabyti Van Eure felt his peretyagivayut in one, the other side. Having regained consciousness, the first thing he remembered: «If I lose these women’s dresses, it will never be able to pay for them». And put them on the tree. At that time, his uncle returned to another home. Seeing in the light of the moon hanging in a tree, women’s dresses of red and green, he was very surprised. When he approached, the three ghosts rushed helter-skelter, leaving Van Era lie with blue mud zabitymi ears and mouth. The uncle took him home, and thereby saved from the death of a nephew.