被杀的女神与被抢的权力——伊邪那美之死的神话学解读

Slain Goddess and Robbed Power——A Mythological Interpretation of the Death of Izanami

在《古事记》中,伊邪那美是诞生日本国土的创世母神,但伊邪那美在日本并没有成为受人崇拜的大母神,产生这一现象的原因与伊邪那美生育火神而亡的事件密不可分。伊邪那美之死并不是普通意义上的死亡,她在日本神话中有可能是作为被杀的女神存在,而在被杀的女神背后,则隐含了史前社会男性对于女性生育与创造权力的抢夺。

In Kojiki,Izanami is the Mother Goddess of creation who was born in Japan,however,she has not become the worshipped Mother Goddess in Japan.The reason for this phenomenon is closely related to the event that Izanami gave birth to the God of fire and died.But her death is not a death in the ordinary sense.She may exist as a“slain goddess”in Japanese mythology.Behind the“slain goddess”,it implies men’s snatch for women’s power of reproduction and creation in prehistoric society.