《山海经》《楚辞》鲧神话差异的文化成因

作为先秦保存神话资料最丰富的两部典籍，《山海经》《楚辞》对洪水神话中鲧的记载有较大差异，其爱憎情感可以说是截然不同。《山海经》对鲧极尽贬抑之能事，而《楚辞》则对鲧全面肯定乃至极度推崇。从人类文化学角度考察，《山海经》的辗转相传，屡经修订，特别是儒家思想的浸染所造成的神化的历史化，使得鲧神话的原生品质受到影响，而作为文学作品的的楚辞，则为原生态神话的永久保存提供了可靠的保障。

An Analysis of the Difference in the Gun Myth between The Classic of Mountains and Rivers and The Songs of the South

As the two classical books that keep the most abundant mythical materials in the pre-Qin period,The Classic of Mountains and Rivers and The Songs of the South show great difference when writing Gun's record in the flood myth,with absolutely different emotions to describe him.In The Classic of Mountains and Rivers Gun is greatly belittled while in The Songs of the South he receives good remarks and is canonized to the ultimate degree.From the perspective of anthropology,the book The Classic of Mountains and Rivers went through a lot of recycling and excessive amendments,especially the mythological history influenced by the Confucian thinking,which might degrade the original quality of the Gun myth itself.However,as a literary works,The Songs of the South provides a permanent guarantee for keeping the original mythology within the book itself.