东西方神话民族色彩成因初探

远古时代的东西方神话，由于是在不同的宗教、文化、思想背景下产生的，因此在神话的形象、内容等方面存在着巨大的差异。古希腊人是依照自己的形象去创造神，而东方神话中的神多是非人形或半人半兽形的；东方神话中女神得到着力歌颂，西方神话则是男神受到着力歌颂；西方神话有一个完整庞大的神话传说系统，而东方神话只在古代的一些典籍中保存了部分神话传说的片断。

Study on the Causes of National Characteristics of Eastern and Western Mythology

The eastern and western mythologies in the time immemorial were formed in different religion, culture and ideology, they are different both in image and contents. Ancient Greeks created their own gods according to their own imaginations. In eastern mythology goddess are extolled but in western mythology gods praised. Western mythology has an enormous myth legendary system, but eastern mythologies are kept in part only in some sections of books.