Mushishi Analysis

Mushishi里的虫不是昆虫也不是微生物，而是一种与动植物共在的寄生者和自然秩序的中介者，绝对中立

虫 in Mushishi are not insects or microbes, but a kind of parasite and mediator of the natural order that coexists with plants and animals, in absolute neutrality

如何脱离奇幻的要素

How to get away from the elements of fantasy

创作起点是童年村子流传的故事，长辈口中的传闻

The starting point for the creation of the story is the stories passed down in the village of my childhood, the rumors from my elders.

虫和世界古老而共通的智慧非常相近

虫 are very similar to the ancient and common wisdom of the world.

森本 哲郎 《日本語 表と裏》（outwardness and innerthoughts of Japanese language)

虫的文字和意象在日本文化中的含义

Meaning of 虫 Words and Imagery in Japanese Culture

人类的无意识领域内存在一股不受意识控制的神秘力量，会在某个时刻突然觉醒，命令人做出一些不寻常的举动

There is a mysterious force within the unconscious realm of human beings that is not under the control of the conscious mind, which suddenly awakens at a certain moment and commands people to do something unusual.

这种神秘力量近似于佛洛依德所说的libido

This mysterious force is similar to what Freud called libido.

虫：无意识的表征符号 Representational symbols of the "unconscious"

但无法被收编为人的无意识，而更接近于语言自身的无意识

But it cannot be corralled into the human unconscious, but is closer to the unconscious of language itself