中国古代早期工匠神话解析

中国早期工匠神话按其产生的时间划分,可归为原始工匠神话和文明社会工匠神话两类.原始工匠神话往往置于神灵谱系中,把古代先民的发明创造编排成人类自身繁衍的谱系,采用的是象征性的表述方式.工匠神的名称各异,或是表示发明创造过程,或是描写器物形态,或是展现制造器物的工艺,需要运用古文字研究成果加以破译.文明社会的工匠神话,或是因能工巧匠的知名度而生成,或是因某种器物的奇异而出现,对人的崇拜和器物的崇拜联结在一起,呈现出多种形式.文明社会的工匠神话对原始工匠神话多有超越,但有时又出现返祖现象.

An Analysis of the Craftsman Mythology in the Early Period of Ancient China

According to the time standard, the craftsman mythology in the early period of China is divided into the originality craftsman mythology and the civilization craftsman mythology. The originality craftsman mythology, in which the primitive people 's invention is arranged into the human multiply pedigree, is usually set in the divinity pedigree, and adopted the symbolic rhetoric form.The names of craftsman divinities, which show the process of the invention, or depict the implement conformation, or exhibit the making technical of implement, are varied and need interpreting on the basis of the ancient writing research. The civilization craftsman mythology, which stems from the well-known of the skilful craftsman, or comes from the unique character of some kind of implements, is coupled with the personality cult with the implement cult and demonstrate the multiple forms. The civilization craftsman mythology usually exceeds the originality craftsman mythology, though sometimes with the atavism.