女娲传说形象的深层意蕴

The Implications of Nvwa's Image in Chinese Myths

文章从原始社会阶段人类起源、上古时期母权制向父权制过渡阶段、人类社会婚姻制度起源三个方面,对上古神话中的女娲传说形象蕴涵的深层意蕴进行研究,提出了自己的见解。即女娲作为初民心中的母亲形象,既是远古社会生活的反映,也是母权制社会向父权制社会转型时期初民心态的记录,她证明了人类社会历经磨砺进而增益的发展规律。

This paper studies the implications of Nvwa＇s image in ancient Chinese myths from the three aspects： the origin of human being in the primitive stage of the society,the transition of the social system from the patriarchy to the matriarchy,and the origin of the marriage system. It argues that Nvwa,embodying the image of the mother in the minds of primitives,reflects the lives and activities of the primitive society and records the thought of the primitives during the period when the social system transited from the patriarchy to the matriarchy. Myths about Nvwa also prove the pattern of the social development.