月神及月崇拜探微

Research on lunar god and worship of the moon

古人膜拜天体自然,并演绎了不少神话传说,对月亮的崇拜也是如此。古代月神话与月崇拜大致包括三个方面的内容:古人月神观念产生的原因,认为月神观念的产生和发展,与早期农牧业生产和农牧业社会是分不开的;中国古代神话中的几种月神形象:月母常羲,月神西王母,嫦娥奔月等;月神话的寓意。

The ancient people worshipped nature and created many myths.This was the case for the worship for the moon.This paper discusses the ancient lunar myths and worship for the moon from three aspects.This first part discusses the cause for the appearance of ancient lunar god concept,holding the view that the appearance and development of the lunar god concept was inseparable from the early farming industry and society.The second part discusses several Chinese ancient lunar god images： lunar mother Changxi,lunar goddess Xiwangmu,goddess Chang＇e fly to the moon,etc.the third part discusses the allegory of lunar god myths.