浅谈文化氛围对羲和与天照大神女性形象的影响——以严绍璗的“文化语境”为基础

A Discussion on the Influence of the Culture Atmosphere on the Images of Xihe and Amaterasuoomikami——Based on Culture Context from Yan Shaodang

中国神话中的太阳神形象并非全是男性,也曾出现过女性太阳神形象。本文以探究中国神话中的女性太阳神形象“羲和”为出发点,通过借助严绍璗的“文化语境”,尝试分析“羲和”形象的演变及其原因,同时分析了解同为太阳女神的日本天照大神形象成因及其女性形象保持不变的原因,以期窥得文化氛围对神话形象影响的微末。

There is a female sun-god image in the Chinese myths, so not all the images of sun-gods are male images in Chinese mythology. This paper is based on the Culture Context from Yan Shaodang, which takes the exploration of the female sun-god image named Xihe in Chinese mythology for its starting point, and tries to analyze the evolution of Xihe and its reason. Meanwhile, this paper analyzes the cause of Japanese female sun-god that named Amaterasuoomikami, and the reason of her female image can remain constant in order to see the influence of the cultural atmosphere on the images of the myths.