魍魉是颛顼最小的儿子,《淮南子》形容“状如三岁小儿,赤黑色、赤目、赤爪、长耳、美发”。干宝《搜神记》卷十六称:“昔颛顼氏有三子,死而为疫鬼。一居江水,为疟鬼;一居若水,为魍魉鬼;一居人宫室,善惊人小儿,为小鬼。”
魍魉又写为罔两,是一种精怪,《说文解字》载“罔两,山川之精物也”,《国语·鲁》云“木石之怪曰:夔、魍魉”。
明 吴承恩《西游记》第三十七回:师父,我不是妖魔鬼怪,亦不是魍魉鬼怪了。
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