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1、AComparisonbetweenChineseandGreekMythologyDefinitionofmythologyReligiousIdeologyRootPlotandSystemArchetypesofGodsSpreadingWaysandInfluenceConclusionDefinitionMythologyissedimentarydeposits(积淀)ofprimitivesocietyideology,whichisalsoaheritageofnationalculture.My
2、thology,whichisculturalaccumulation(文化积累)ofanationoveralongperiodoftime,reflectsearlypeople’simaginationandinterpretationofthenaturalandsocialphenomenonthatcannotbedemonstratedinthosedays.Mythologyrepresentssomeeternaltruth(永恒真理)whichbelongstothemoraloraesthe
3、ticcategory.Thiskindofrepresentationhasinterculturalimpacts.Religionandliteraturehavethesimilarsocialfunctions,thatis,tospreadtheeternaltruthbytellingstories.Bystudyingmythology,wewillbeabletoknowhowtheprimordialpeoplelivedandhowtheyviewedthemselvesandtheworl
4、dandalsothegreatimpactthatmythologyhashadonliteratureandarts.ReligiousIdeologyRootInChinesetraditionalcreationmythology(创世神话),thenaissance(人类诞生)isowingtoNvWa(theGoddessofSky-patching).AsisrecordedinShuoWen(说文):“NvWa,thegoddessinancienttime,whocreatedhumanbein
5、gs.”AfterPanGucreatingtheskyandearth,althoughthereweremountainsandlakes,flowersandbirds,therewasnotraceofhumanbeings,NvWakneadedhumanbeingsbyyellowclay(用黄泥捏造人类)fromamodelofherselfinthewater,endowedthemwithlives,andtaughtthemweaving,ploughandotherknowledgeofex
6、istence.Asafemalegod,NvWalovedthisworld;however,shelovedherchildrenmoredeeply.So,whentheskywasgoingtocollapseandhumanbeingswerefacingextinction,shesmeltmulticoloredstonestorepairthesky(炼五彩石补天),andemancipatedpeoplefromthecatastrophe.InChinesepeople’smind,NvWai
7、skindlyandamiable,sheistheGoddessthathavingcreatedandguardinghumanbeings,andboaststheexcellentqualityofgreatfemales.NvwaPrometheusInGreece,peopletreatPrometheusastheprimogenitor(始祖)ofhumanbeings.ItissaidthathecreatedhumanbeingsbyimitatingtheimageofGod.Asamale
8、God,healsolovedhischildren,whoevenstealfirefromtheheavenandtaughttechnologiestopeople.Becauseofthese,hepeeved(惹怒)ZeusandwaslockedonCaucasiaMountain,sufferedfromthepainofpeckingbyeagle.InG