苗族古歌亦称苗族史诗,是苗族重要的口传神话作品。主要流行于苗语中部方言北部土语区。以前的学者多从民俗学和民间文学的角度去研究苗族古歌,而忽视了其语言的本体性地位。本文笔者用历史比较语言学方法对古歌神灵名称的语言本体意义进行考释,以阐述其文化意义,同时根据诸神的活动内容来佐证其语言本体意义的可靠性。 Miao ancient songs, also known as the Miao epic, is an important oral Miao works. Mainly popular in the northern Miao dialect middle dialect area. Previous scholars mostly studied the ancient Miao songs from the perspectives of folklore and folklore while neglecting the ontological status of their language. The author uses historical comparative linguistics to examine the linguistic noumenal meaning of ancient songs and gods in order to expound their cultural significance and at the same time to support the authenticity of linguistic ontology according to the activities of gods.