壮族《七仙妹》与《搜神记》中之《毛衣女》故事的比较——兼谈壮族《七仙妹》故事的学术价值

The Comparison between the Zhuang Legend of Seven Fairy Sisters and the Legend of Sweater Lady in Stories of Immortals——Discussion on the Academic Value of the Zhuang Legend of Seven Fairy Sisters

壮族《七仙妹》故事与《搜神记》中记载的《毛衣女》故事两者间相似的成分多,差别少。两者的核心情节几乎完全没有差别,差别在仅于某些细节和一些辅助性情节。《七仙妹》故事的发现有利于进一步确定我国"天鹅处女型"故事较早的流传区域、确立干宝《搜神记》在我国民间故事史上的地位及探讨民间故事的变异规律。

The Zhuang Legend of Seven Fairy Sisters and the Legend of Sweater Lady in Stories of Immortals have more similarities than differences. Besides the differences in some details and some supporting plots,the core plots of the two legends are almost completely indistinguishable. The discovery of the Legend of Seven Fairy Sisters helps to further confirm when and where the national swan-maiden-type story has been spread,what the position of Ganbao＇s Stories of Immortalsis in the history of the national folktale and also helps to explore the rule of the change of the folktale.