傣族勐神祭祀仪式探析——一个宗教心理学的解释

An Analysis of the Meng God Sacrificial Rite of the Dai People: an Explanation of Religious Psychology

祭勐神是傣族地区广泛存在的一个宗教活动,主要用来祭祀本勐的保护神以保佑勐的安定。祭勐神仪式上对于外来宗教和人口的排斥以及对妇女和土司的各种禁忌,反映出明显的原始宗教特征。从弗洛伊德的宗教心理学理论出发,分析祭勐神仪式里包含的原始宗教典型表现,可以从心理学的角度对祭勐神的宗教行为进行解释。

Sacrificial rite for the Meng God is a religious activity widely existed in the Dai area.It is mainly used to sacrifice the protector of Meng to protect the stability of the tribe.The rejection of foreign religions and people and the various taboos against women and native officials in the rituals of the MengGod sacrifice reflects the obvious primitive religious features.Starting from Freud's theory of religious psychology and analyzing the typical manifestations of primitive religion in the rituals of the Meng God sacrifice,we can explain the religious behavior from the perspective of psychology.