中越有关民族起源神话传说的对比

A Comparison of the Myths and Legends about the Oigin of Human Being (or nation) between China and Vietnam

神话是人类社会幼年时期的产物，是原始社会最早的艺术形式之一。是古代劳动人民对社会和自然现象的美妙解释和奇特想象。远古时代，人们掌握的科学知识很少，有许多自然现象不能理解，如为什么会有风云雷电？为什么日月星辰都往西落？水为什么都向东流？他们把自然力神化、人格化，在幻想中不自觉地进行艺术加工，创造出许多神的故事，这就是神话传说。

Since ancient times, Vietnam has been influenced by Chinese culture. It is undoubted that the Vietnamese written literature has been deeply influenced by Chinese literature. Then what about the myths and legends, the oral literature those were produced before the Chinese character s were introduced into Vietnam？ Do they have the same origin with Chinese myths and legends？ This paper will briefly answer this question through comparison of the myths and legends about the origin of human being （or nation） between these two countries.