彝族民间故事中的信仰文化述略

摘要

The Yi people have a large number of myths and folk tales,through which their primitive religious beliefs and other ideas are reflected,such as celestial worship,astral worship,tiger worship,dragon-snake wor-ship,frog worship,gourd worship,bamboo worship,tree worship and fire worship. Both having a long history, the folk tales and the concurrent religious and cultural content reflect their thinking and understanding of the world. While enriching the Chinese culture in general,they prove the diversity of human spiritual life. They are, in short,a treasury of thoughts left by the Yi ancestors whose mysterious inner world awaits our exploration.%数量众多的彝族神话等民间故事，存在着大量的原始宗教信仰情节和观念，如天象天体崇拜、虎崇拜、龙蛇崇拜、蛙崇拜、葫芦崇拜、竹崇拜、树崇拜、火崇拜等。彝族源远流长的民间故事及与之相伴的宗教信仰文化，反映了彝族先民对世界的思考和体悟，为中华文明的丰富和发展增添了有益养分，为人类精神生活的多样性繁荣提供了佐证，是一座探寻彝族先民神秘精神世界的思想宝库。