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1、AComparisonbetweenChineseandGreekMythologyDefinitionofmythologyReligiousIdeologyRootPlotandSystemArchetypesofGodsSpreadingWaysandInfluenceConclusionDefinitionMythologyissedimentarydeposits(积淀)ofprimitivesocietyideology,whichisalsoaheritageofnationalculture.Mythology,whichisculturalaccumulation
2、(文化积累)ofanationoveralongperiodoftime,reflectsearlypeople’simaginationandinterpretationofthenaturalandsocialphenomenonthatcannotbedemonstratedinthosedays.Mythologyrepresentssomeeternaltruth(永恒真理)whichbelongstothemoraloraestheticcategory.Thiskindofrepresentationhasinterculturalimpacts.Religionan
3、dliteraturehavethesimilarsocialfunctions,thatis,tospreadtheeternaltruthbytellingstories.Bystudyingmythology,wewillbeabletoknowhowtheprimordialpeoplelivedandhowtheyviewedthemselvesandtheworldandalsothegreatimpactthatmythologyhashadonliteratureandarts.ReligiousIdeologyRootInChinesetraditionalcre
4、ationmythology(创世神话),thenaissance(人类诞生)isowingtoNvWa(theGoddessofSky-patching).AsisrecordedinShuoWen(说文):“NvWa,thegoddessinancienttime,whocreatedhumanbeings.”AfterPanGucreatingtheskyandearth,althoughthereweremountainsandlakes,flowersandbirds,therewasnotraceofhumanbeings,NvWakneadedhumanbeingsb
5、yyellowclay(用黄泥捏造人类)fromamodelofherselfinthewater,endowedthemwithlives,andtaughtthemweaving,ploughandotherknowledgeofexistence.Asafemalegod,NvWalovedthisworld;however,shelovedherchildrenmoredeeply.So,whentheskywasgoingtocollapseandhumanbeingswerefacingextinction,shesmeltmulticoloredstonestorep
6、airthesky(炼五彩石补天),andemancipatedpeoplefromthecatastrophe.InChinesepeople’smind,NvWaiskindlyandamiable,sheistheGoddessthathavingcreatedandguardinghumanbeings,andboaststheexcellentqualityofgreatfemales.NvwaPrometheusInGreece,peopletreatPrometheusastheprimogenitor(始祖)ofhumanbeings.Itissaidthathec
7、reatedhumanbeingsbyimitatingtheimageofGod.AsamaleGod,healsolovedhischildren,whoevenstealfirefromtheheavenandtaughttechnologiestopeople.Becauseofthese,hepeeved(惹怒)ZeusandwaslockedonCaucasiaMountain,sufferedfromthepainofpeckingbyeagle.InG