委蛇，是傳說中的一種蛇。[1]此傳說出自齊地。《管子·水地》有提到的涸川之精蠋,其實也是委蛇: 「蜎者一頭而兩身,其形若蛇,其長八尺。以其名呼之,可以取魚鱉。（一個頭但是兩個身體，形態是蛇，長八尺，叫聲是自己名字，會吃魚鱉。）」而蠍、委讀音相近，和蠍、蛇字形皆從蟲。所以蠍就是委蛇的簡稱,[2]因為齊國君主和苗民都出自姜姓,是炎帝后裔,所以齊地和苗民都有委蛇傳說流傳。委蛇是先民按照蛇的原型想像出來,因為蛇字形從蟲，從它的蟲字甲骨文作「 3 」 , 「是蝮蛇挺身昂首之形」[3]
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