Kuafu
夸父
Ringkasan
Kuafu adalah raksasa mitologi Tiongkok yang ingin menangkap matahari.
Kuafu is a giant in Chinese mythology who seeks to capture the sun.
Kisah dan tradisi
Kuafu adalah raksasa mitologi Tiongkok yang ingin menangkap matahari. Kuafu disebut cucu Houtu. Ia mengejar matahari dari timur ke barat dan meminum Sungai Kuning serta Sungai Wei. Air sungai tidak menghilangkan hausnya dan ia mati akibat kekurangan air. Tongkat kayunya berubah menjadi hutan pohon persik. Versi lain mengisahkan tubuhnya menjadi pegunungan. Dalam Shanhaijing, Kuafu dicatat mengenakan dua ular kuning di telinga dan memegang dua ular kuning, dan ia keturunan Houtu melalui Xin. Dahuang Bei Jing menceritakan bahwa ia mengejar bayangan matahari, menyusulnya di Yugu, lalu wafat sebelum mencapai rawa besar. Haiwai Bei Jing menyebutnya mati kehausan setelah minum dari Sungai He dan Sungai Wei, dan tongkatnya menjadi hutan Deng. Dahuang Bei Jing juga menyebut Yinglong membunuh Kuafu.
Kuafu is a giant in Chinese mythology who seeks to capture the sun. Kuafu is described as Houtu's grandson. He pursues the sun east to west and drinks from the Yellow and Wei rivers. The river water cannot quench his thirst, and he dies from dehydration. His wooden club becomes a forest of peach trees. Another version describes his body becoming a mountain range. In the Shanhaijing, Kuafu is recorded wearing two yellow snakes at his ears and holding two yellow snakes, and he descends from Houtu through Xin. The Dahuang Bei Jing says he chased the sun's shadow, overtook it at Yugu, and died before reaching the great marsh. The Haiwai Bei Jing has him die of thirst after drinking from the He and Wei rivers, his staff becoming the Deng forest. The Dahuang Bei Jing also says Yinglong killed Kuafu.
Fakta utama
- Budaya / Culture
- Mitologi Tiongkok
- Kawasan / Region
- Asia Timur
- Klasifikasi / Classification
- Giant
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- Bi'an
- Bifang