先秦神话中太阳性别研究

Reach on Sun Gender in Pre-Qin Mythology

太阳神话是先秦神话的重要母题之一,在先秦神话中拟人化的太阳却不像后世阴阳五行思想下所说的属“阳性”,从太阳神羲和的女性身份,太阳的动物形象金乌的女性身份以及太阳在人间的“代理人”女巫的女性身份,可以看出太阳在先秦神话中是一位女性。在此基础上可以得出,“夸父逐日”神话反映的是一种与太阳神结合的巫术仪式。

The sun myth is one of the important themes of the pre-Qin mythology.In the pre-Qin mythology,the personified sun is not “masculine” as described under the thought of Yin-Yang and Five Elements in later generations.From the female identity of the sun god Xihe,the female identity of the animal image of the sun Jinwu and the female identity of the sun’s “agent” witch in the world,it can be seen that the sun is a woman in the pre-Qin mythology.On this basis,it can be concluded that the myth of “Kuafu Chase the Sun” reflects a witchcraft ceremony of marriage of man and the Sun God.