存在形态、动态结构与文化生态系统——神话研究的多维视点

Forms of Existence,Dynamic Structures and Cultural-ecological System: Mythological Studies from a Multi-dimensional Perspective

神话具有多种存在形态,总是处于变动状态,其结构是动态性的。神话存在形态的多样性和动态结构,又与神话赖以存活的文化生态系统息息相关。如果把神话视为一个“活体”,那么,“活体”赖以存活的文化生态系统就是一个“母体”,二者处于相互支持、相互制约的状态。研究神话的存在形态、动态结构与文化生态系统的关系,可为神话研究提供多维视点,有助于从总体上准确把握神话及其本质特征。

Mythology exists in various and dynamic forms and structures. The variety of its existence and its dynamic structure are closely related to the cultural-ecological system on which mythology relies for survival. If mythology is regarded as a ＂living entity＂, this cultural-ecological system is the ＂ matrix＂. The two are mutually interdependent and restrictive. The study of the forms of existence, dynamic structures and cultural-ecological system of mythology can offer a multi-dimensional perspective for mythological studies and a more comprehensive understanding of mythology and its nature.