南方民族自然生人型创世神话与民俗文化中的象征  

The Nature-Model Creating Myths of Nationalities in South China and Symbolism in Folk Culture

作　　者：向柏松[1] 

机构地区：[1]中南民族大学文学院,湖北武汉430074

出　　处：《中南民族大学学报（人文社会科学版）》2004年第4期61-64,106,共5页Journal of South-Central Minzu University (Humanities and Social Sciences)

摘　　要：我国解释万物及人类起源的创世神话主要产生于南方,自然生人型神话便是其中的一类。因为这类神话认为人类诞生于多种自然形态,所以在南方各民族的信仰中,特定的自然形态便成为祖灵的象征,生育力的象征,生命力的象征。这些自然形态的象征意义又通过五花八门的民俗事象得以生动地展现和代代传承,古老的神话由此而获得了永不衰竭的活力,即使是在现代生活中也不难寻觅其飘忽的踪影。China's myths related to all creatures and the origin of human beings originate in south China, and the nature-model creating mythology is one of them. As these kinds of myths attribute the origin of human beings to various natural forms, the specific natural forms are the symbols of ancestors, fertility and vitality. The symbolic meanings are expressed and passed on from generation to generation by resorting to folk stories, and the old myths remain everlasting.

关 键 词：南方民族 创世神话 自然物 民俗文化 象征 

分 类 号：I276.5[文学—中国文学]