布努瑶创世史诗《密洛陀》中的水文化探析

An Analysis of Water Culture in Miluotuo,the Bunuyao's Epic of Creation

水神话是许多民族童年时期精神水文化的重要表征,也是其文化记忆的核心内容。布努瑶以水作为神灵世界和世间万物本原的精神水文化,在其创世史诗《密洛陀》中占有突出的位置。布努瑶《密洛陀》中的水文化反映了这个族群在适应生态环境和追求美好生活方面的心路历程,也集中体现了布努瑶先民对神灵世界的由来、世间万物的起源和人神关系等问题的理解,从而成为布努瑶世代相传的文化记忆和维系族群认同的重要精神纽带。

Water myth is an important character of the spiritual water culture of many nationalities in their childhood, and also the core of their cultural memory. The spiritual water culture, in which Bunuyao takes water as the primitive of the gods, world and everything in the world, occupies a prominent position in the creation of Miluotuo. It reflects Bunuyao, s course of mind in adapting to the ecological environment and the pursuit of a better life, also embodies Bunuyao,s ancestors,understanding of the origin of the gods, the origin of the world and the relationship between man and gods, and thus becomes Bunuyao,s cultural memory and the important spiritual bond to maintain ethnic identity.