丘丘人習俗考察·卷二

丘丘人習俗考察·卷二（Hilichurl Cultural Customs (II)）是屬於《丘丘人習俗考察》系列的第二篇，雅各布·馬斯克著。

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丘丘人的精神生活

與提瓦特七國的居民類似，似乎丘丘人也有自己的信仰，但丘丘人並不會崇拜現世存在的七神，而是崇拜抽象的元素力量。以蒙德為例，其中一些部落的丘丘人會像蒙德的居民一樣崇拜「風」，但它們並不會尊崇風之神巴巴托斯，而是以自己的方式朝拜抽象的「風的力量」。同一個部落中可能會有不同信仰的丘丘人混居在一起，它們信仰的元素也會體現在面具的圖案和身體顏料的顏色上。

根據實地觀察，丘丘人中負責主持祭祀與崇拜儀式的薩滿會在自己的身上和毛髮上塗抹不同顏色的顏料，其顏色對應部落所崇拜的元素力量。薩滿身上的衣物與飾品比一般丘丘人更加精緻，但鑑於丘丘人低下的智慧，很難想像這些相對精細的工藝品會是出於它們之手。

薩滿在丘丘人的信仰體系中扮演着精神領袖的角色。丘丘人的崇拜儀式以歌舞為主，往往會以薩滿作為領舞，歌唱關於元素的頌歌。假如獵物有結餘的話，丘丘人也會在祭壇上貢獻生肉作為祭禮。儘管丘丘人時常會拾取或搶劫金錢、寶石或其他亮晶晶的小玩意，但似乎只有肉才是唯一配得上崇拜物件的祭品。

丘丘人似乎沒有「過去」與「未來」的概念，而是僅僅生存在「當下」。它們不會有意識地為日後的生存專門儲存餘糧，也不會紀念逝去的先輩。儘管丘丘人的部落營地中不乏塗鴉，但多經考察便能很容易得出結論：那只是對古老遺蹟的拙劣模仿和重複，並無創造性可言。一些丘丘人部落會在古老的遺蹟中紮營，似乎它們天生對這些古老的遺物有某種無法解釋的親和力。但我們目前掌握的證據還無法證明它們與那些失落的古代文明究竟有何聯繫。

Hilichurl Spirituality

Just as the inhabitants of the Seven Nations of Teyvat each have their religious beliefs, so too do the hilichurls. However, they worship not a specific figurehead with a presence in this world — such as one of The Seven — but elemental power itself in a more abstract sense. For instance, some hilichurl tribes in Mondstadt revere Anemo just as their human counterparts do, but they do not recognize the Anemo Archon Barbatos. Instead, they worship the power of Anemo itself. Hilichurls holding different elemental beliefs often live together in the same tribe. An individual hilichurl's elemental affiliation can be deduced from the designs on their masks and the color of their body paint.

Firsthand observations indicate that the Shaman, responsible for organizing offerings and worship ceremonies for the tribe, applies a colored dye to their hair and skin, with the color representing the element they worship. Shamans are dressed and adorned more ornately than ordinary tribe members, but owing to the limited intelligence of the hilichurls it is highly doubtful that any of the fine ornaments worn are crafted by their own hand.

The Shaman is the spiritual leader of his tribe. He leads them in song and dance during worship, singing hymns of praise to the elements. If there is leftover meat from the hunt, the hilichurls place it on the altar, raw, as a sacrifice. Even though they accumulate ample Mora, precious stones, and other items of value through exploring, looting, mugging and other means, it would appear that raw meat alone is considered a sufficient sacrifice.

It would appear that the hilichurls possess no concept of either the past or future, living only in the present. They do not intentionally store up food for survival, nor do they commemorate their deceased forebears. Though crude attempts at something like calligraphy have been widely observed within their camps, closer inspection reveals these markings to be nothing more than botched imitations of what they have seen in ancient ruins, possessing no originality whatsoever. Hilichurls do seem to have an inexplicable affinity for remnants of the past, evidenced by the fact that ruins are one of their preferred locations to camp. But investigations thus far have turned up nothing which might hint at the true nature of their connection with the lost civilizations to which these ruins belong.