多日神话原型及寓意探析

中华文化圈有着丰富的太阳母题神话。多日神话乃其中之经典篇章。完整的多日神话包括生日、多日和征日三部分。古代典籍中均仅存片断,各民族传说中保存得相对完整。对于多日神话原型和寓意的阐释,“酷热干旱说”、“十干历法说”、“诸日部族称王说”等都不够圆满。其实,这个神话保存了古代先民的原始记忆,是对远古时代“幻日”这种自然天象的一种幻想性解释。最新的“多日并出”现象为之提供有力的证据。这个神话的深刻寓意则与原始宗教有关,它折射出我国古代先民自然崇拜中的日神信仰。

An Analysis of Prototype and Implied Meanings in the Myth of Several Suns

there are a great many Sun-myths in China literary circles. The myth of several suns is its classic one. The perfect myth of several suns includes three parts, which are the birth of several suns, the phenomenon of several suns in sky at the same time, and getting rid off surplus suns. It exists all and only in the ancient works fragmentally, but perfect relatively in the legendary of many nations. For its prototype and implied meanings,none of the theories of "the extremely hot drought", "a kind of Calendars", "the tribe called Sun conquered others" etc, is perfect. In fact, this myth keeps an immemorial memory of the ancient people, which is a kind of imaginary explanation of a nature phenomenon of "Mock Sun" in ancient times. The latest natural phenomenon of "Mock Sun" is effective proof in offering. The mythology and deep implied meaning of this myth has something to do with primitive religion. It reflected that people in ancient times of our country believe in Sun-God.