希腊神灵伦理缺位现象探源——以神妒观念为例

On the Ethical Flaws of the Greek Deities: Taking the Notion of Divine Envy as Example

从历史文化角度看,希腊神灵伦理缺位现象产生于操希腊语的游牧印欧人征服土著农业民族之后,是多种异质宗教文化冲突融合的结果。在融合过程中,被征服者信奉的神灵被剔除、降格或吸纳。同时作为宗教文化竞争中处于劣势的一方,被征服者所信奉的神灵被征服者强加以诸多伦理缺陷,嫉妒是其中最引人注目的一个方面。

From a historical cultural point of view, the ethical flaws of the Greek deities came into being after the nomadic Indo-European people’s conquer of the native agricultural peoples in the later Greek area. It was an outcome of religious and cultural conflicts and blending. During the course of religious and cultural mixtures, the deities of the conquered peoples were eliminated, depredated or absorbed, while the ethical flaws were added to those deities, such as envy.