造人神话

Creation of Man

神造人是世界性的神话观念。《旧约·创世纪》第一、二章所述造人神话之间有宗教观上的差别:前者出自祭司文献,严肃而抽象。后者出自雅赫威文献,天真而具体,但有厌女症倾向。从世界范围综观造人神话的丰富多样性,可以了解不同文化的人性观念,也可以归纳出普遍的造人元素———泥土,进而引发所以然的思考。

This paper is the first chapter of Sir James G. Frazer's Folklore in the Old Testment. The author tries to show the striking discrepancy between the two accounts of the creation of man in the first and second chapters of Genesis. The paper also shows the variety of creation.