试论中西方神话的民族属性与文化内涵

神话是人类最初的文学。世界各民族神话的起源都有着相类似的心理基础和社会基础,遵循着由零散到系统、由野蛮到文明的基本方向,但其发展却有着时序上的不平衡、形态上的不平衡以及速度上的不平衡,因而构成千姿百态的神话表象世界。中西方神话因各自特征鲜明的民族特点和中西方文化来源的不同,在民族属性与文化内涵方面具有很大差异。

Comparison of National Characteristics and Culture Connotations in Western and Chinese Myths

Myth is the initial literature of human being.The original myths in different nations had similar psychological and social basis.They all followed the basic orientation from the scattered to the systematic,from the cruel to the civilized.However,in the course of development,they experienced differences in terms of time sequence,pattern and speed.Because of the different national characteristics and originations,great diversity is manifested in the symbolic meanings and cultural connotations in the Eastern and Western myths.