赫哲族英雄故事“莫日根”生命仪礼探析

An Analysis of Moriken's Rites of Life in Hezhen People's Heroic Tales

赫哲族英雄故事的主要内容是围绕主人公莫日根的征战和婚姻两大主题为支撑点的一系列征战的行为契合。莫日根在赫哲族故事中是集大萨满、部落额真、英雄三重身份为一体的英雄形象,一般是以莫日根的丰功伟业、力大无穷、神奇本领来凸显英雄故事之主题。故事的叙事模式与情节结构是主人公莫日根的人生仪礼的民俗模式。莫日根独自的西征体验,体现了赫哲族英雄故事与仪式的世俗性质,呈现出当时的赫哲族社会以个人为中心的礼俗规范。

Hezhen people’s heroic tales center around Moriken’s marriage and expeditions.In the tales,Moriken is a hero,a tribal lord,and a Shaman.The stories tell his works,his might,and his magic abilities.The storyline,as well as its narrative mode,follows the customs of rites of life as the hero grows.Moriken’s single-handed expedition into the west bespeaks the secular nature of Hezhen people’s heroic legends and reflects the central position of the individual in all their rituals and custom.