封豨

時代為禍南方桑林之野的雙頭大豬怪,又叫做封豕,力大無窮,四處傷人,使生民痛苦不堪。於是堯派遣神射手羿前往,才於桑林之野射傷封豨腿部,將牠活捉。[1]根據楚辭的記載,后羿抓住封豨後,將牠的肉切下蒸熟獻給堯品嚐。

注釋

  1. 《淮南子·本經訓》記載:「逮至堯之時,十日並出。焦禾稼,殺草木,而民無所食。猰貐、鑿齒、九嬰、大風、封豨、修蛇,皆為民害。堯乃使羿誅鑿齒於疇華之野,殺九嬰於凶水之上,繳大風於青邱之澤,上射十日,而下殺猰貐,斷修蛇於洞庭,擒封豨於桑林。萬民皆喜,置堯以為天子。」
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