神话是文化的源头,几乎每个民族都有自己的洪水神话,但每个民族的洪水神话又都各具特色,具有自己独特的地域与人文色彩。洪水神话研究对我们了解民族的起源和心理具有重要的作用,下面通过对希腊洪水神话与中国“鲧禹治水”洪水神话的比较,探究洪水神话中蕴含的东西方不同的文化传统及对后世的影响。 Mythology is the source of culture. Almost every nation has its own myth of floods. However, the flood myth of each nation has its own unique characteristics, with its own unique geographical and cultural features. The study of the flood myth plays an important role in understanding the origin and psychology of the nation. The following compares the different eastern and western cultural traditions contained in the myth of floods by comparing the myths of the flood in Greece and the floods in China Influence of future generations.