试析人类起源神话中的“生人”母题

Analysis of the motif of“creating man”in the myths of the origin of man

"生人"母题是各民族人类起源神话中具有代表性的叙事情节,通过不同的"生人"主体可以划分出多种类型。这类母题具有特定的成因和叙事特征,并表现出一定的图腾标示功能、信仰建构功能和文化符号功能。

The motif of “creating man”is the representative narrative of human origin myths of all eth-nic groups,which can be divided into several types by different subj ects of “creating man”.These kind of motif has specific causes and narrative features,showing some functions of totem mark,belief construction and cultural symbol.