傣族古代文学中的动物图腾崇拜

Creature Totem in Classical Dai Literature

傣族古代文学反映了傣族先民的牛图腾、鸟图腾、龙图腾、象图腾和虎图腾等,傣族社会的仪式、风俗和文物,进一步证明了傣族古代的上述图腾崇拜。傣族先民希望得到图腾动物的保护进而更好地发展自己,使自己的祖先具有图腾动物的威猛、神奇或美好吉祥,从而提高集团成员的自信心和自豪感,增强集团的凝聚力和生存、发展的能力。傣族的动物图腾崇拜融汇着傣族先民对图腾动物和对祖先的崇拜,寄寓着傣族先民对生存、发展的欲望。

Classical Dai literature reflected the creature totem of the ancestors, like cattle totem, bird totem, dragon totem, elephant totem and tiger totem and so on. The social rite, costumes and cultural relics of Dai ethnic group proved the ancient totem of Dai. The ancestors of Dai hoped to get protection from the creatures they totemed and develop themselves well. And, they hoped to make them have the mighty, supernatural, the beautifid and the lucky fate of the totem creatures hence to promote the group members＇ self-confidence and the sense of proud, and to enhance the eoacervation power and the ablity of developing. The creature totem of Dai contained the worship to the totem creatures and the ancestors. It also had the hope of the Dai ancestors to survive and develop.