![]() ![]() According to Chinese folklore, a Gu spirit was able to transform into different animals: snakes, worms, earthworms, frogs, dogs, or pigs. Gu magic was used to manipulate the will of others, partners, to make people ill and not least cause death. The only survivor would have accumulated all the toxic substances of the losers. The preparation of Gu potions involved the use of the poison of several creatures (snakes, centipedes, scorpions), sealing them inside a closed container where they kill and devoured one another. Once we started producing Gu, no one can be exempt from doing so, under penalty of death by the witch doctor. In Chinese folklore, especially in the South, was developed a whole literature on the magic to harm, sicken, or eliminate people somehow perceived as antagonistic.Īll these practices are counted under the umbrella name of Gu (poison 蛊) or Jincan (from golden silkworm 金 蚕). ![]()
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