神话是人类童年时期的产物。国神话依赖于古代的巫祝、私家乐工、歌弦诗人、建筑工匠、哲学家、文学家、史官和野史作者等传播者,使神话得以流传。神话在其传播过程中,经过不同的传播者改造,有的衍化成为史话、传说及“仙话”等变种,有不少失传亡佚,也有的被创新光大。神话从时代、地域、内容和题材等不同的角度分野别类,这对于开掘神话的“武库”,寻找其规律性与差异性有着重要意义。 Myths are the product of human childhood. Mythology relies on disseminators of ancient witch-makers, private musicians, songwriters, construction artisans, philosophers, writers, historians, and unofficial writers to spread myths. During the process of its spread, myths have been transformed by different communicators, and some have evolved into varieties such as history, legends and “fairy tales.” Many of them have been lost and some have been innovated. Myths are divided into different categories from different perspectives such as age, region, content and themes, which is of great significance for digging myths of “Arsenal” and looking for its regularity and difference.