Who knows the origin of druids?

The word Dryad originally came from Druidism, that is, Druidism. Dryad in Roman and Greek mythology means the goddess of the forest. It is said that every oak tree is inhabited by elves, and these tree spirits pass the Oracle to human beings through tree demons. Therefore, Dryad usually appears as a tree spirit in his later literary works.

The original meaning of the word druid is "someone familiar with rubber trees". Historically, he was a Celtic priest. His main feature was that he lived in the forest and was good at using herbs for medical treatment. Acorns are sacred to them. Celtic was a barbarian scattered in Gaul, England, Ireland, Europe, Asia Minor and the Balkans from the 5th century BC to the 1 century AD. Druid priests are proficient in divination, meticulous in rituals, and good at calendars, medicine, astronomy and literature ... At the same time, they are also synonymous with law enforcers, bards and explorers. Both men and women can become Druid priests, and they can be priests, wizards or prophets in their families, and they also enjoy a lofty position in society. Some historians equate druid priests with Brahmins, Magi, priests and shamans in India.

The Historical Origin of Druidism

Europeans generally believe that druidism advocates nature and neutrality, and they regard the whole wasteland as a hermit at home. They let their special forces protect nature and balance the whole world. In modern fantasy literature, druids are worshippers and defenders of nature. In order to protect nature, they can fight against any force. Druid's original English name is Druid. The first half of druid means oak tree in Greek, and the second half is similar to the suffix "-wid" in Indo-European language family, which means understanding. Druids take acorns as sacred fruit, so the ancient meaning of Druids' names refers to people who are familiar with oak trees. The famous "Merlin" in King Arthur's time is said to be a wizard with extraordinary power. In fact, she should be a druid with considerable practice.

Druids worship nature, and the worship of oak is the symbol of the supreme god, so they think that mistletoe parasitic on oak is a panacea with sacred skills and the best curative effect, and of course it needs to be collected through a particularly serious ceremony. This ceremony can only be held on the days of full moon and new moon, or on the sixth night of every month. At this time, Arch-Druid, the highest priest of the Druid, wore a white robe and gold jewelry and cut it off from the tree with a golden sickle.

The revival of druidism

In A.D. 17 17, William Stokery and john toland, who claimed to be the high priests of Druidism, rebuilt Druidism. Later, Henry Holly restored its ancient dogma and made it a charity similar to the Aid Society. Interestingly, druidism in the United States was established for a completely different purpose. 1963, the reformed druid church in North America was founded, but the church was founded only because a group of college students in Minnesota opposed the school forcing students to participate in religious services. Later, the organization developed into a Druidism advocating free religious belief, which has developed to this day.

According to legend, the rituals and teachings of Druidism are very mysterious, and they are only taught orally according to the convention. Therefore, many historians still know little about Druidism after research and exploration in past dynasties, and most of the information about Druidism comes from ancient Greek and Roman documents. In addition, archaeologists can only look for clues such as pictures from the ruins of altars and temples. The earliest records of druidism in history books are mainly found in Caesar's Battle of Gaul and the historian Tacitus' History of Rome, most of which describe the cruelty and terror of druidism. However, the authenticity of these accounts is doubtful, because most of them are from the hands of hostile forces of Druidism, which is likely to be an excuse for their own invasion. In fact, in the case of many trees, Druids are recognized as ancient wise men, with high moral cultivation and proficient in the way of nature.

Why didn't the druids leave a written record themselves? In the first year of AD, the Romans attacked the Celtics who believed in Druidism. The winner washed away the druids and left the priests' bodies in the sacred forest. Druidism suffered a devastating blow in this massacre, and later Druidism only appeared in folk songs and poems. Druids in modern fantasy literature and games are mostly based on legends before the first century A.D., and gradually evolved into a mysterious organization with natural forces.

Druids appeared in a positive image in BC. They worship nature, are proficient in divination, and cure diseases and save lives. Stonehenge, a huge and mysterious building standing on the Yuan Ye in England, is said to be the remains left by the Druids who sacrificed to the sun god. Druid rituals and teachings are very mysterious, and are traditionally taught orally. Therefore, although it has been studied and explored through the ages, it is still poorly understood. Most of the information about them comes from ancient Greek and Roman literature. In addition, archaeologists can only occasionally find some tiny clues from the remains of forests, shrines and temples, such as pictures and marks. The earliest record of the druid order in history books is mainly found in the works of Julia Caesar and Tacitus, the greatest historians in ancient Rome. In these works, most of them describe the cruelty and terror of druidism! Caesar reported to the Senate during his expedition to Gaul: "Druid priests have important positions and powers such as arbitration and chief priests in the local area, and are proficient in physics and chemistry; Live in the Woods, cut sacred acorns with golden sickles, and even sacrifice the living! " But in most cases, druids are recognized as guardians of ancient wisdom, with lofty moral cultivation and profound attainments in natural science and theology.

Later, with the Roman Empire's conquest of Celtic and the unification of the Roman Empire, Druids were massacred in batches by Roman soldiers who rushed into the mysterious forest. Druidism has been dormant since then, so since then, Druidism has gradually ceased to be a religious and historical term, but has become a mythical figure.

Although after the defeat of the Celtics, Druidism was bloodbath by the Romans, and the remains of priests were abandoned in the sacred forest of Druids, in the following centuries, their prestige fell to the status of ordinary wizards, and their former glory was gone forever, so they could only recite sad elegies alone. Nowadays, we can see their imitations in some interesting retro sports, but what really affects us is the caster in the game.

Druids in European and American Games

In the Chronicle of the Dragon Gun, druids are a group of people who use herbs to save people in the forest. In the Ice and Wind Valley, the druid Arendo of Kudaha is obviously a stout and knowledgeable person, and there is no shadow of the savage at all. One of the tasks in Bird's Gate 2 is to help three trapped forest goddesses escape from the dungeon. As long as you succeed, you can save them and their oak trees. Dungeons and Dragons (D&; D) The rules in the third edition are defined as follows: "Druids can control angry storms, gentle forces of the rising sun in the morning, clever foxes, powerful bears and other things. But druids don't pretend to be masters of nature like urbanites. On the contrary, they gain the power of nature by blending in with it. If you dare to invade the druid holy land and annoy them, you can clearly understand this matter. " So many ad &；; The role of the druid in the D game is completely neutral to everything. The purpose is to maintain the balance of power between the opposing camps. The most pitiful thing is that in the Magic Gate series, Druidism became a cult: Yangming religion. (Don't mention this ... ><#)

What really gives life to druids is blizzard! Generally speaking, Europeans believe that druidism advocates nature and neutrality, and they regard the whole wasteland as a hermit of their home. They let their special forces protect nature and balance the whole world. This is fully reflected in Diablo II: the game describes druids as a group of wizards who live in the northern forest and are close to nature. They don't use elemental magic in the traditional sense, but integrate with nature in their own way to gain unique magical ability, which enables them to control fire, earth and wind. The magic of Sinn Fein enabled them to summon many plants and wild animals to help them fight, such as crows, eagles, wolves, vines and even ghosts wandering in the wilderness. They can also transform themselves into wild animals such as wild wolves or giant bears, thus gaining wild power and fighting the enemy. Druids' skills are divided into three categories: elemental magic, transformation skills and summoning ability.

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1. Introduction of World of Warcraft Druids

Druids in the history of Warcraft:

As time went on, Cenarius grew into an animal as big as his father. He became the brother of the stars and the forest. The great hunter strolls at the far end of the world, singing the harmonious song of dawn. All creatures bow to his grace and beauty-nothing is more perfect than the moon and the son of a white deer. Gradually, Cenarius became Xiuzhi's friend and discussed with them how to transform the world. The children of the earth regard him as a brother and swear to help him take care of the fields of life and everything that Mother Earth loves. Cenarius told the children on earth how to communicate with the forest. Shuharu became a druid, and they used all kinds of magic to protect the health of this land. Cenarius hunted with several generations of shuras to protect this land from the evil forces lurking underground. As the morning mist dissipated and the years passed, Cenarius walked into the fields of the world alone. Shura felt extremely sad for his departure and forgot the druidism he taught them. Generation after generation, they gradually forgot how to communicate with the trees and creatures in this land. Dark whispers in the depths of the earth reappeared in their ears.

Although children on earth no longer listen to evil whispers, an evil curse falls on their wandering tribes. On the west side of the black land, there is a group of ferocious creatures-centaurs. Cruel and savage horses swarmed like a plague. Although Shuharu fought bravely under the protection of Mother Earth, they still could not defeat the Centaur.

Shuharu was forced to leave his ancestral home, and from then on he had to wander on the endless plains like a nomadic people. This situation has been going on-the broken Shuharu clan hopes that they can find a new home under the guidance of Mother Earth.

The most famous druid in the history of Warcraft is undoubtedly malfurion stormrage.

Available races: night elf | tauren

Druids are the guardians of the world. After sleeping for generations, they woke up because of the recent invasion of the Burning Legion. After the defeat of Archimonde, Druids stayed in this world and participated in the reconstruction of broken homes. The attack of the Burning Legion left a great wound to the natural order, and the druids are trying to heal it.

Druids are Swiss army knives among World of Warcraft spellcasters. They can be competent for any required role in the team. Powerful healers and helpers, in addition to the ability to transform, druids also allow them to become bears (warriors), cats (thieves), sea lions (swimming) and leopards (fast moving).

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Being proficient in changing into various life forms around him, the druid is an omnipotent role, and can cope with different situations by changing into various forms. After transformation, druids will lose their casting ability. But these forms are so powerful that they don't need the ability to cast spells, and they also have their own skills against existing forms. Skills.

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Most spells cast by druids are therapeutic and damaging. Druid can play the role of healer in any team, but because of its "universal oil" type design, he will not have some more powerful healing techniques for priests to use. However, the goal is to make druids have roughly the same primitive healing ability as priests, but they are much less versatile. This setting makes druids and priests suitable for any team's treatment.

When other druids think it is necessary to repel and defeat their opponents, they can also use some offensive spells. Spells such as Entanglement of Roots (players in warcraft 3 know that this spell is a fixed spell to prevent the enemy from moving) and Moonfire (direct damage spell) have been included in the Druid's attack spell list.

2. Introduction of Druids in World of Warcraft

Druids in Warcraft are divided into claw druids and claw druids.

These ancient druids worship the bear totem and can use the power of his totem to defend their homes. They can turn into huge and fierce bears, which have amazing strength and endurance. Their powerful magic power can improve the fighting capacity and courage of the allies in the battle.

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The claw druid is a powerful unit. Bear form is an advanced melee unit, which plays a great role in the charge like knights, haters and tauren. In its normal form, it is a magical unit with a status similar to that of a priest, a witch or a shaman. In any case, two forms of claw druids are indispensable to the night elf army. After you upgrade the tree of time, you can build the tree of wisdom and train some tree demons and claw druids. Let the claw druids mix your troops and shout. Roaring can increase your troops' attack power by 25% (tree magic is immune and won't gain additional attack power).

The Talon Druids are secretive and worship the crow totem. Their main duty in the night elf society is to collect information and research. Raptors' druids have the ability to transform into crows. They can conduct reconnaissance and transmit information on the battlefield. They can summon the power of the wind against Kalimdor's enemies.

Raptor druids are rare on the battlefield, but they can play an advantage in several special places. The night elf troops are not good at dealing with those heavily armored units, and the Raptor Druids can use faerie fire to weaken their defenses and make the night elf troops fight them more effectively. Another use of Raptor Druids is to use their hurricane skills. A hurricane can paralyze a ground unit for 20 seconds. Raptor druids can also use their storm crow form to scout maps or attack enemy air units. After upgrading, Storm Crow can also cast faerie fire.

3. Introduction of Druids in Diablo II

Druids live in the forest north of Scottsdale, studying the mysterious spells of the wizard tribes of the East. As powerful guardians of their own tribe, they live alone in a stone castle with vines on its surface. Because of their constant companionship with nature, they learned how to control the forces of biology and nature. Besides, their most commendable thing is their ability to transform into animals. Because of this, people in the tribe know that they will always be under their invisible protection. Unlike the druids you used to know, they are "natural avengers". Maybe you can call them that.

brief introduction

Druids live in the forest north of Scottsdale, studying the mysterious spells of the wizard tribes of the East. As powerful guardians of their own tribe, they live alone in a stone castle with vines on its surface. Because of their constant companionship with nature, they learned how to control the forces of biology and nature. Besides, their most commendable thing is their ability to transform into animals. Because of this, people in the tribe know that they will always be under their invisible protection. Unlike the druids you used to know, they are "natural avengers". Maybe you can call them that.

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4.4. Introduction of Druid Heroes in DOTA:

In that violent conflict, Syllabear was the only one who survived in his tribe. When he felt that the place where he lived was facing destruction, his people turned their children into bears and put them back in the mountains. Silabil grew up and became as strong and fierce as the bear who lived in his forest house. He can enter a state of fanaticism through the power of the druid, and even summon a powerful bear partner to help him. After being awakened by the prophet Fario, Syllabear returned to the form of an elf and brought his wild soul to the battlefield.