中印洪水神话及其背景

在世界各民族童年时代的记忆中,大多都留有关于洪水的印象,中国和印度亦如是。众多学者对中西洪水神话进行了比较研究,但是,对于与中国毗邻,有着深远渊源,文化性格却与中国和西方迥异的印度却很少有人论及。现拟介绍印度的几种洪水神话并对中国和印度洪水神话产生及流传的背景进行探讨,以期有助于相关比较研究的进一步展开。

Flood Mythologies and their Backgrounds in China and India

Most civilizations,including China and India,have the impression of flood in their childhood memories.There are many comparative studies on the flood mythologies in China and the West.But India,a country adjacent to China,with more disparate cultural character,was seldom mentioned of their flood mythology.This article therefore introduces some mythologies of Indian and focuses on the differences of the backgrounds of flood mythologies in China and India.