葫芦创世神话及其蕴意解析

Analysis on the Gourd Creation Mythology and its Implication

洪水神话中的洪水是混沌的象征。葫芦作为主要的避水工具的深层因素,在于它在先民们分隔时节,制定历法的过程中发挥过重要作用。上古的月令系统中肯定包括匏瓜纪时。历法的制定,意味着混沌的被克服和创世的完成,而这样的神圣事业常常要经由神圣中心才得以完成。葫芦神话中大量出现的与山、树等物相关的情节,反映了宇宙山、世界树等作为神圣中心,在葫芦创世神话中存在的客观事实。

The flood in the flood myths is the symbol of chaos ; the underlying reason why the gourd is used as the primary tool to avoid the flood lies in that it plays an important role in helping ancestors separate the seasons and make the calendar, the ancient lunar system must include ＂the gourd era＂; the formu- lation of the calendar means chaos have been overcome and the creation has been completed, while such kind of sacred career usually goes through ＂the sacred center; the emergence of a large number of ＂moun- tain＂, ＂tree＂ and other related plots reflects the objective fact that the ＂universe mountain＂ and ＂world tree＂ exist in the gourd creation myths as the ＂sacred center＂.