South China Sea Myth

Hercules was tired and slept for a day and a night. When he woke up, Hercules began to shoot the moon again. One by one, the moon was shot down, and all of them fell into the sea or smashed into the earth. Leave the last moon behind and hang in the night sky. Hercules has shot 6 suns and 6 moons, and it is time to rest for the people. A large piece of skin had burned off his arm, which had been burned by the last sun setting on him. However, Hercules saw that the land was flat and easily submerged by the sea. For the sake of the happiness of the people, he used the rainbow as a flat burden, picked up a large amount of sand and soil from the sea to build mountains and ridges, and then kicked out the deep rivers with his feet. The sweat of Hercules became a raging river. Hercules completed the great cause of creating the world, and then passed away.

When it comes to mythology, Dr. Myth has a habit of gushing. He said: Mythology refers to a scientific study of mythology, the main task of mythology, including the scientific study of myths and stories, the theoretical analysis and generalization of a large number of mythological materials, and the laws of the generation, development, and evolution of myths, as well as the characteristics of mythological creation and inheritance.

Whether it is the primitive society in the earliest area of the world's civilization, or the nation in the primitive society in the world today, many of the myths and stories they circulate are very similar. Mythology has a certain regional and regional character, and different civilizations or nations have their own understanding of mythological meanings. On the right, there have also been myths around the world that describe the same phenomenon with striking similarities. For example, the myth of the Flood of the Whole Globe tens of thousands of years ago has similar descriptions at the same time in many regions.

Myths are generally broadly divided into three categories, creation myths, gods and Buddha myths, and hero myths. Among them, people attach the most importance to the creation myth. The so-called creation myth refers to a myth that is set in the primitive period of mankind and records the origin of things and institutions. Because the content deals with the origin of cosmic phenomena such as the earth, the sun, the moon, and so on. Doctor Mythology takes a sip of water: Take the Bible, for example, where the book of Genesis falls into this category of myths. However, not all the myths of gods and peoples contain the myth of the origin of the world. The myth of the American Indians, for example, is a myth that presupposes the existence of the universe. In addition, there are some national myths, not only the origin of the world, but also the origin of culture. But despite this, the basic form of almost all myths is that the earth, mountains and rivers arise from chaos. The story of Pangu in Chinese mythology belongs to the paradigm of the myth of the origin of the world.

Doctor Myth said: The mythology of the Li nationality is very beautiful, and "Hercules" is very true, kind and beautiful, so it can be widely spread among the Li people. Beauty comes from a heartfelt admiration for the extraordinary deeds of the great man, God, that is, out of the pursuit of direct material utilitarianism. There are various accounts of the myth of Nuwa. For example, when it comes to Nuwa's creation of human beings, the soil used is yellow, reflecting people's concern about color categories. The original special function of yellow became the reason for the respect for yellow in slave society and feudal society. The mythological series reflects Nuwa's achievements - to make up for the cang, extinguish fires, remove floods, kill fierce beasts, remove fierce birds, and kill poisonous snakes. It transmits to us a sense of nobility for the cause of humanity. As for the so-called myth of the origin of the class, it usually recounts the whole process of human beings gradually becoming separated from animals and then gradually becoming a special species in the world. For example, the myth of how man learned to use language, the myth of how man learned to use fire, the myth of how man started to build a house, and the myth of how man was separated from animals. And these myths are actually the beginning of a kind of world order and rules. Through these myths, people will have a clear understanding of the historical evolution of the world, and understand how the world has evolved from ignorance to countless orders and rules.

Li Ping was very touched when she heard it. From the perspective of a tour guide, she said: Compared with the creation myth of the record of the evolution of the universe, the myth of gods and Buddhas and the myth of heroes are more dramatic, recording the various deeds of gods, Buddhas and heroes. Generally speaking, the more civilized the tourist area, the smaller the proportion of creation myths, while the proportion of relative gods, Buddhas and heroes increases. This is a natural trend, not that the content of creation myths has decreased because of this, but because the content of gods, Buddhas, and heroic myths has expanded, the proportion of creation myths has decreased by comparison. Greek mythology is a prime example. In Greek mythology, the proportion of creation myths is very small, and a large number of stories of gods, Buddhas and heroes have accumulated over a long period of time and become the vast majority of stories in Greek mythology.

Dr. Mythology took over the topic again: because the myths circulating in civilized areas are relatively well-known, many people think that the so-called myths refer to the stories of these gods, Buddhas and heroes. However, it is a pity that such myths, which have a large number of gods, Buddhas and heroes, actually account for a very small part of the world's mythology. In other words, such myths are a special case in world mythology, not the norm. From the perspective of religious studies, the myth of gods and Buddhas is actually a stage product of intellectuals in civilized areas who lost interest in the history of creation and began to believe in gods. In this transitional phase, what is known as heroic narrative poetry ensues. Because, then the intellectuals gradually lost interest in the gods, so they turned to worship the heroes around them, and heroic myths and heroic narrative poems began to prevail.

Li Ping has a master's degree in tourism from the university, and she studies myths and legends from the perspective of tourism culture, mainly the myths and legends of the South China Sea, including a large number of Li myths. She believes that the development of Li society, like other ethnic groups, has gone through a rather long historical process. The oral literature of the Li people in the Honghuang era has myths and legends about ancient times. These myths and legends, with their distinctive themes, simple styles, and vivid images, constitute unique national artistic characteristics, narrating all things in the universe and the origin of human beings, explaining the magical world in the era of flood and famine, and shaping idealized heroes who overcome nature. In terms of its content, Li mythology can be divided into two categories: one is the origin of human beings, the origin of the ethnic group and its explanation of some natural phenomena, and the other is to praise the miraculous heroes who founded the world and reflect the struggle between man and nature.

Yang Yang seems to have thought about the mythology of the Li people. She said: In the period of human ignorance, the ancestors of the Li nationality were dominated by the concept of animism and made a romantic explanation of the generation of the world through naïve and fantastical imagination. I personify all the forces of nature, and I hope that there will be an extraordinary hero in the world who will drive away disasters and create a natural environment suitable for human beings in accordance with people's ideals. The image of Hercules shines with the ideological brilliance of labor to create the world, and is the embodiment of the bravery and wisdom of the Li people.

Li Ping said: The myth of "Tengu" tells the story of the origin of human beings. This myth of animals as the ancestors reflects a simple and simple evolutionary concept: man was not created by the Emperor of Heaven, but was transformed by animals. Man is the primate of all things, the core of the world system. How did human beings originate? This mysterious question about human beings themselves has caused the ancestors of the Li nationality to gallop rich in fantasy and imagination, and created many intoxicating and fascinating myths.

"Long Worker Fishing Dragon" tells the story of a long-term worker who works long for the landlord, after experiencing the cruel exploitation of himself and his fellow villagers by the landlord, he takes various methods to punish the landlord, and finally makes the landlord die slowly, but the landlord does not know it at all. "Smart Little Changgong" tells the story of an orphan who works as a long-term worker in the landlord's house, herding cattle for the landlord's family all day long, but he can't eat enough and don't have enough clothing. One day, the orphan went to ask the landlord why he didn't give him good food and clothing. The landlord said that he was young and had a long life, so he could eat slowly in the future, while the landlord was old and his days were not long, so of course he had to eat better. The next day, the landlord got up and saw a few calves in the cattle pen, he was very angry, and accused the little chief worker of not letting the calf go to graze, and the little chief worker replied that the calf was still small, and it didn't matter if he ate less, and he would eat it slowly in the future, because the old cow was old and was dying, and he should eat more. The clever little long-term worker was speechless.