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蛤蟆精/蟾蜍精,是传说能食月的蟾蜍,这种说法认为月蚀是蟾蜍食月。[1]何根海引《史记》[2]、《淮南子》[3]的记载,认为月中阴影似蟾蜍[4],简单比附为蟾蜍食月。[5][6][7]所以,每逢日食或月食,人们都要敲锣 击鼓,鸣盆响罐来“救日”和“救月”,以为这样可以吓跑天狗和蟾蜍。[8]以及汉代也有蟾蜍去月,天下大乱。[9]而蟾蜍食月,亦为阴中之阳,所以具有克制阴气(兵)的力量,这大概就是“万岁蟾蜍辟兵”这一观念的逻辑。[10]

蛤蟆精/蟾蜍精另指民间传说蛤蟆/蟾蜍成精,[11]记载于《湖海新闻夷坚续志》。[12]

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