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13 Απρ 2018 · This paper suggests that, to understand Chinese folklore and culture, one must be aware of the most basic differences between Chinese fundamental beliefs and values and those of the West, and...
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By “Chinese mythology” we mean the body of myths historically recorded and currently transmitted within the present geographic boundaries of China. It should include not only myths...
In this interview and analysis, I focus on finding common elements in Chinese urban legends and consider their connections to Asian religions and social taboos. In the selection process, I collected four representative urban legends, two of which are Personal Experience Narrative and the other two are Fabulate.
Chinese mythology is the set of stories, legends and rituals passed down from generation to generation orally or in writing. There are several themes in Chinese mythology, including myths surrounding the foundation of Chinese culture and the Chinese state. As in many mythologies, it is believed that it is a form of commemoration of past events.
This study presents an overview of attempts by Chinese literati during the twentieth century to articulate a coherent Chinese mythology, primarily based on ancient texts but eventually to some extent drawing from ethnographic materials and folklore as well, and all much beholden to Western examples such as Greek and Norse mythology.
philosophies appear and interact in Chinese myths. In many Chinese tales, there is no clear separation between the mythical and the real, between heaven and earth, between history and early storytelling, between past and present. China is a mosaic of diverse groups and of multitudes of traditions. . . . When we speak of Chinese mythology we
All the major subjects in early Chinese myth. cosmological origins and miraculous births, of goddesses and love,of fabled lands and strange people. Birrell's Introduction, which confronts general stereotypes of Chinese myth, reviews major theories on myth. generally helpful, if densely written.
