一切經音義 41.130

41.130

魑魅（上勑知反下眉秘反說文云老物之精也山海經云魅之為物人身黑首考聲云鬼神為恠或作鬽魎古字也）。

Mountain demons and nature spirits (魑魅: the upper character has the fanqie chì + zhī [chī]; the lower character has the fanqie méi + bì [mèi]; Shuowen jiezi states: 'The spirits of old things'; Shanhaijing states: 'As for the creature mèi, it has a human body and a black head'; Kaosheng says: 'Spirits and ghosts causing monstrous phenomena'; it is also written as 鬽魎, which are ancient characters).