米尔恰·伊利亚德(Mircea E1iade)在其《神话与现实》一书的结尾处附了一篇题为《神话与童话》的极富启发性的小论。这篇几似后论的文章最初是作为一则书评发表的,其评论对象是一本论述童话与英雄传说和神话之间相互关系的著作。在这篇文章里,伊利亚德不但揭示了神话与童话的区别,还详尽地阐述了两者之间不同寻常的符号性关联。 Mircea Eliade, at the end of his book, “Myths and Reality,” attached an inspiring essay entitled “Myths and Fairy Tales.” This post-postemergence article, originally published as a book review, is a commentary on a book that deals with the interrelationship between fairy tales and heroic legends and myths. In this article, Iliad not only reveals the difference between myths and fairy tales, but also elaborates on the unusual symbolic associations between the two.