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与其他民俗艺术相同,洪水这个世界性的神话母题也具有传承性和变异性。世界各地的洪水神话传承着一些相同或相近的母题,但是流传在中西方的洪水神话也呈现出变异特征。西方洪水神话离不开神的干预,突出惩戒和立约母题,而中国洪水神话却突出治水母题。中西方洪水神话共有的再生母题在中国尤其强化通过婚配繁衍再造人类的母题。分析解剖中西方洪水神话母题的共通性和变异性有助于我们了解民族特征,认识民族性格的发展轨迹。
Like other folk arts, the world theme of flood is also inherited and variability. Flood myths around the world carry some of the same or similar motifs, but the flood myths circulating in China and the West also show a variation. Western flood myth can not be separated from God’s intervention, highlighting the disciplinary and contractual motives, while the Chinese flood myth but prominent water control motif. In China, the common theme of regeneration in the myth of floods in both the West and China reinforces the motif of remaking mankind through marriage and marriage. Analyzing the commonalities and variability of the motifs of the western and Chinese floods helps us understand the national characteristics and understand the development track of the national character.