神话发展中的理性思维

The Rational Thinking in Legends

神话一开始就没有和理性思维绝缘 ,只是早期以一种特殊的方式 (主要是不自觉的象征 )存在 ,后来随着社会生产力的提高 ,神话创作规律和人类认识水平的发展 ,理性思维在神话中占据的份量由少到多 ,由不自觉到自觉 ,最后在文明神话中明显展现。

Legends displayed rational thinking from the very beginning, though it existed in a special manner that has nothing to do with any conscious effort on the part of the creator. Because of the raised social productivity and the more developed human understanding of the world and artistic creation, the rational thinking gradually appeared on the conscious level and finally stuck a clear note in the composition of later legends.