论日本神话传说中的蛇信仰及其历史文化内涵

On Serpent Belief in Japanese Myths and Legends with Historical & Cultural Connotation

日本神话传说中出现许多关于蛇的故事,反映了蛇信仰在日本人的精神领域一直占有重要位置。通过蛇神话传说我们看到,蛇信仰一方面反映了日本人自古以来崇尚大自然的农耕民族性格,另一方面也映射了历史现实中的部族入侵与农业开发过程中的矛盾冲突。蛇信仰中表现出来的亦神灵亦妖魔,既矛盾又融合的样态,也从一个侧面反映了日本文化的基本特征。

There appear stories of serpents in Japanese myths and legends showing an important role of the serpent belief in Japanese people’s spiritual life.Through the serpent legends,we can see that the serpent belief reflects Japanese national character of advocating nature from ancient times and the contradictions and conflicts in the course of tribal invasions and agricultural development in history.The state of both deity and demon and the contradiction and agreement in serpent belief with Japanese characteristic culture from one side.