中国神话传说浅探

A Brief Exploration of Chinese Mythology and Legend

神话是人类童年时期的照片,是孩子的诗,少女的梦,世界上每个古老的国家和民族,都有其独特、宏伟的神话,中国也不例外,但由于地理条件、历史的原因等,中国神话呈现零星片断的状况,而且由于过早地历史化、哲学化,使中国神话又散亡了许多,因而中国被认为是"没有神话的国家"。其实尽管中国神话不能和希腊神话媲美,但中国神话也很瑰丽、丰富多彩,自有她的独特之处。本文试图从不同角度浅析中国神话的特点。

Mythology is the picture of human's childhood.It is a child's poem,a young girl's dream.Every nation and country in the world has its own unique.magnificent mythology,including China,But because of its own history and geographical condition,Chinese mythology is scattered and fragmentary.Many are lost also because of the historization and philosophization of myths,so China is considered as a country without mythology.In fact,Chinese mythology is very magnificent,rich and varied and has its own specialty although it cant be compared favorably with Greek mythology.This paper attempts to expose briefly the different characteristics of Chinese mythology.