藏缅语民族的死亡起源神话包括“分寿岁型”神话与“不死药型”神话两类。这两类神话包含着藏缅语民族对死亡三个层次的认知:首先,死亡观念是在与永生观念的对照中凸显出来的;其次,人的寿岁的意义是在与其他事物之寿岁的对比中被赋予的;最后,自然死亡的观念是非自然死亡观念的的前提。 Myths about the origin of the death of Tibetans and Burmese ethnic groups include the myths of “sub-suzuki type” and “myth of undead type”. These two kinds of myths contain the cognition of Tibetans and Burmese peoples on the three levels of death: first, the concept of death is highlighted in comparison with the concept of immortality; secondly, the meaning of one’s life is that of the other Year-old contrast; finally, the notion of natural death is a prerequisite for the notion of unnatural death.