There is an animal called a weasel that can cast magic on people. What is the reason?

The scientific name of weasel is weasel, which is the most widely distributed and the largest number of weasels in China. There are seven kinds of similar animals: weasel, striped weasel, yellow-bellied weasel, weasel, little weasel, ling weasel and stoat. Among them, weasels have the greatest influence, so their close relatives are collectively called "weasels" in some areas.

When it comes to supernatural animals, I'm afraid there is no animal whose reputation can be compared with that of weasels. This animal has left a deep impression on people in the north and south with its unique living habits.

In fact, not many people really get close to this animal and understand its lifestyle. We only feel its uniqueness from its occasional clues, and the rest supplement our impression of it through imagination and inference, which is part of the reason why we choose it as a representative of supernatural animals.

The understanding of the supernatural stems from the lack of understanding of the scientific nature of things. Compared with domestic supernatural animals, it is not difficult to find that almost all supernatural objects have the following characteristics:

# Night activities

In the past, due to the limitation of light conditions, our ancestors had almost no nocturnal activities, so we left the night completely to wild animals, and our understanding of them was almost blank. Therefore, the imagination of these animals adds a mysterious atmosphere, such as owls, snakes, foxes, hedgehogs and so on. And weasels are the closest, most frequent and most famous wild animals, so they are very satisfied.

# Lingering in life but always keeping a distance from us.

Another element of "immortality" is mystery, which often appears around but is not understood. To some extent, it also shows the spirituality of this animal, which is mysterious and unexplained. In the era of underdeveloped science, it is understandable to call it supernatural. Today, science has been able to explain, and the inertia of cultural inheritance still makes us tend to like dramatic explanations. The weasel is a very cautious little animal. I have often been your neighbor for many years without being known by you. When it comes face to face with you in extremely accidental circumstances, the feeling of being both familiar and unfamiliar is enough to shake your heart in the silent night. I have a pigeon lover whose pigeons often disappear at night. He lives in a high-rise city, and his home environment is clean and tidy. He really can't figure out why pigeons are missing. Later, he installed a monitor near dovecote, and soon he saw a scene that impressed him:

"Long body little eyes flashing, walk also don't make any noise. He suddenly appeared in front of the camera out of nowhere, stared at the camera for a long time, and then raised the one-way pigeon grate (designed to be pushed from the outside and could not be opened from the inside, so he could not get out when he entered the pigeon house), but he looked like an expert. He didn't enter the pigeon house, but just waited at the door until a panicked pigeon accidentally approached. It quickly bit the pigeon and dragged it out. Disappear from the camera's field of vision ... "My friend later talked about this scene in horror:" It seems to know the existence of the camera and often stares at the camera warily when it is active. Besides, how can there be a weasel on the rostrum? "

I spent a lot of time explaining to him that its nest may be thousands of meters away, and the alertness and sixth sense of wild animals are excellent. Compared with wild animals, the ability of cats and dogs is nothing, but my friend still has an incredible expression until I impatiently say, "Don't forget, it's Daxian!" " He said nothing more. Later, at my suggestion, he installed a mousetrap for the loft, and the weasel never appeared again. Oh, this is the weasel, the real wild animal living around us!

# has a subtle connection with the culture of death

Many supernatural stories are more or less related to graves or dead people. Legends and customs about death in ancient culture are naturally transplanted to animals that appear at night or even in graves, as if these animals are messengers who contact the living and the dead, which makes us feel a little awe of them. According to the current knowledge, the tombs are often inaccessible forbidden areas, which just make room for wild animals, so the chances of encountering "supernatural animals" in such places are higher. Abandoned graves have become ideal nests for wild animals. I remember being naughty when I was a child. Some of our friends like to walk around the grave and show off their courage. The most common are snakes and hedgehogs and weasels attracted by snakes.

Tend to be anthropomorphic.

I have talked with fellow villagers who have seen Daxian everywhere, and many people have mentioned the details of "standing like a human". When a weasel encounters a movement, it always instinctively stands on its hind legs and raises its body to observe the movement. In the dim light, it looks a little humanoid, which adds a bit of strangeness, because according to the traditional saying, a delicate animal will gradually become a human, and people who lack animal common sense will inevitably be surprised to see the weasel stand up after meeting someone. The most unforgettable time in my childhood, I went to the cemetery on the hillside to catch crickets at night. I didn't disturb a nearby weasel because I crept. I didn't disturb the little guy until I caught a cricket and cheered. At that time, I probably got into a broken skeleton and looked for bugs to eat. Hearing my cheers, I looked up and there was a skull on my head! I remember running away rolling and crawling, and breaking a shoelace! Ha ha.