外来说与本土说:理由与问题——盘古创世神话研究述评

“Outside”and“Indigenous”:the Reason and the Problem ——review on the creation myths of Pan Gu

百年来,大多数学者有关这个神话的研究成果,显在或潜在地围绕着这个神话是外来还是本土的这一焦点展开,外来说中印度说最早且影响最大,本土说中有多种观点,其中南方说影响最大。不管是外来说还是本土说,都存在一些困难。猜想多于实证,都缺少无可争议的铁证,这是它们共同的问题。

This paper summarizes the research of Pan Gu mythology over the past hundred years.Dur-ing these years,the research on the creation myths of most scholars are apparently or potentially focusing on the origins of “outside”or “indigenous”.“Originated in India”is the earliest and most powerful asserta-tion among those “outside origins”.While “originated in South”has the biggest influence among those “in-digenous origins ”.whether outside or indigenous,they have something in common,that is,they have more conj ecture than demonstration,lacking the undisputed evidences.