彝族史诗中的鹿形象初探

Initial Examination of Images of Native Deer in Yi Nationality Epic Poetry

研究不同的地方性彝族史诗中鹿形象的呈现,揭示彝族的多样性。尽管这些形象和名称对于局外人可能具有完备的意思,但是作为一个民族集团,彝族对其却有着独特的理解。正是就这种意义而言,彝族在与其他民族的交互之中建立了自身的民族认同。因此,通过对口述文学中动物形象的分析以理解这个过程显得十分重要。

This article examines the representation of deer images in the various local Yi nationality epic poetry, and points out the diversity within the Yi nationality. Although the native images and terms maybe completed to outsiders, the Yi nationality as one ethnic group has its own unique way to classify the those images. It is in this sense that the Yi nationality builds its ethnic identity in interacting with other ethnic groups. Therefore it is important to understand this process through analysis of the images of animals in the oral literature.