浅论魅观念的源起

The Research of the Origin about Mei in the Mind

在古代的信仰世界中,除了我们普遍熟知的天神、地祇、人鬼之外,还有鲜为人知的魅。这种"魅"源于先秦,是一种异域之敌,它们危害中原,需要抵御。秦汉魏晋时期,魅的形象类型较多,出现了物魅、鬼魅、老魅、精魅、木魅、狐魅等各种类型。这些长期存在于民众观念中的"魅",是一种独具特点的人类崇拜信仰。

In the ancient＇s faith, besides we have known Heaenly Gods,Spirits of the Earth and Human Ghosts, there is the mei all the time.The mei originated in the Qin Dynasty, is a kind of Heterogeneous in Exotic, it must be wiped out. There are various types of mei, for example wumei（thingstrange）,guimei（ghost）,laomei（old fool）jingmei（fairy）,mumei（over run）,humei（fox）,and so on.The mei is a worship or belief in the people＇s mind.