萨满教猫头鹰崇拜文化传统与族源传说——蒙古族猫头鹰始祖型族源传说起源探讨

Cultural Traditions of Shamanism Worship Owls and Origin of the Legend

本文以萨满教猫头鹰崇拜文化传统与族源传说的联系为切入点,对蒙古族猫头鹰始祖型族源传说的起源进行探讨,并通过对蒙古与其它北方少数民族猫头鹰始祖型族源传说之间进行比较研究,并指出猫头鹰以始祖或守护神的形象出现于族源传说是与萨满教信仰中的猫头鹰能害恶灵的观念相联系,而且族源传说中的"鸟和树"母题与萨满传说中的"鸟和树"母题有着千丝万缕的联系。

This paper takes the connections between the cultural traditions of owl-worship and the legends of the origin of the huns of the Shamanism as a cutting point,and focuses on the research on the origin of the legends that the owl was the ancestor of mongolian.Then,we will come to a conclusion that the owl was considered as an ancestor or a guardian was based on the opinon that the owl could against evil in Shamanism.As far as we are concerned,there are close-knit links between the subject ＂Bird and Tree＂ in the legends of the origin of the huns and that in the Shamansim.