蒙古族树始祖型族源传说起源探讨

Mongolian Tree Ancestor Legend Family Origin

以古代阿尔泰语系民族树生人神话传统与蒙古族树始祖型族源传说的联系为切入点,并把蒙古族树始祖型族源传说置于中国北方少数民族文化与文学传统中进行探源,指出蒙古族树始祖型族源传说脱胎于古代阿尔泰语系民族树生人神话,与早期原始先民树木信仰有着密切联系,其思想根源为万物有灵论思想。蒙古族树始祖型族源传说传承的动机在于重建当代社会与神话传承的联系,利用象征——民族神话、图腾物来神化本氏族的起源,在其发展历程中,既保留原有文化传统,又大量吸收和借鉴北方草原民族神话元素,给自己增添了文化内涵和时代韵律,为族源传说的传承注入了新的生命力,对古代阿尔泰语系民族树生人神话或文化的传承与保留以及重建蒙古族族源历史记忆方面发挥了历史性作用。

Based on ancient Ahaic national tree＇ s birth of man myth and traditional Mongolian tree ancestor legend family origin as a starting point, and put the Mongolian tree ancestor of ethnic origin legend in cultural and literary traditions of the ethnic groups in northern China to explore the origin, it is pointed out that the Mongolian type tree ancestor fam- ily source legend grew out of ancient Ahaic peoples tree＇ s birth of man myth , and are closely linked to the early primitive ancestors trees beliefs, the ideological roots being animism thought. The motivation Mongolian tree ancestor family source the legend heritage is the reconstruction of contemporary society and the myth of inheritance links , using the symbol-the national myth, totem objects deification of the origin of the clan, in the course of its development, both to retain the existing cultural traditions, substantial absorption and learn from the northern grasslands national mythology elements, to add their own cultural connotation and the era of rhythm, injected new vitality to the heritage of the family source legend, the ancient Ahaic national tree＇ s birth of man myth or cultural heritage and to retain and rebuild the Mongolian ethnic source of histori- cal memory has played a historic role .