論土家族卵玉神話之天學觀

Luan Yu-the Female Ancestor in Tujia Nationality's Myths

劉長東(Chang-Dong Liu)

《興大中文學報》 23期_S (2008/11) Pp. 377-391

https://doi.org/10.30091/JCDNCHU.200811.0014

摘要

土家族今有口傳之女始祖卵玉神話，其宇宙創生說與古代天學觀之宣夜論、渾天說相關，亦與盤古神話近似，其間關係甚具意味。與渾天説及盤古神話相近者，尚有古印度婆羅門之金卵（金胎）説，或以爲渾天説及盤古開闢説，疑於佛教東漸之際，由印度天文觀之輸入、刺激所引起。此說若立，則卵玉神話天學觀之本源亦當於印度金胎說求之。然西漢末已有渾天説，與盤古神話類似之構思亦早見於佛教東漸前之文獻，故渾天説、盤古神話未必由印度天文觀之輸入所引起，卵玉神話天學觀之本源，亦不必求諸印度金胎說。

關鍵字

土家族神話 ； 卵玉 ； 宣夜 ； 渾天 ； 印度金胎說

並列摘要

In the old oral instruction, Luan Yu-the Female Ancestor in Tujia nationality's myths, the cosmology has relevance to the Theory of expounding appearance in night sky and the Theory of sphere-heavens. And it is similar to the Myth of Pan Gu. So is the Myth of Golden Eggs, which existed in ancient Indian Brahmanism. It is said that the Theory of sphere-heavens and the Myth of Pan Gu came from Indian cosmology while Indian Buddhism been introduced to China. If it is correct, the cosmology of Luan Yu could be traced back to the Myth of Golden Eggs. However, the Theory of sphere-heavens appeared at the end of Western Han Dynasty, and the concept which is similar to the Myth of Pan Gu was recorded before Buddhism been introduced. Thus, it is not certain that the Theory of sphere-heavens and the Myth of Pan Gu do come from Indian cosmology, and it cannot be confirmed that the origin of Luan Yu is the Myth of Golden Eggs either.

並列關鍵字

Tujia nationality's myths ； Luan Yu-the Female Ancestor ； Theory of expounding appearance in night sky ； Theory of sphere-heavens Professor ； Department of Chinese ； Sichuan University

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