历史语境下东西“蛇”意象之文化解读——《白娘子永镇雷锋塔》、《蛇性之淫》、《拉弥亚》中蛇女形象之比较

The Eastern and Western Cultural Interpretations of the Images ofSnakes in Historical Context——A Comparison of the Images of Snake Women in Lady Bai Imprisoned Under Leifeng Tower,Lustful Snake and Lamia

中国的《白娘子永镇雷锋塔》、日本的《蛇性之淫》与英国的《拉弥亚》是东西方人蛇恋故事的代表作,其中所折射出的东西“蛇”意象涵义的演变过程具有惊人的相似之处,但其具体涵义又不尽相同。三部作品中蛇女形象的异同之处恰恰反映了人类历史文化发展的普遍性以及作品所处时代的历史语境、东西方文化背景的差异。

Chinese story Lady Bai Imprisoned Under Leifeng Tower, Japanese Story Lustful Snake and British story Lamia are eastern and western representatives of the legends about man and snake falling in love. The eastern and western developments of the image associations of snakes revealed in these stories are surprisingly similar yet the specific associations are somewhat different. In the three stories, the similarities and differences of snake women reflect the universalities of the developments of human history and culture, the historical contexts of the stories, and the differences in the eastern and western cultural backgrounds.