Comparison of the Flood Myth between
China & the West
2010583
行政100班
ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC STUDY COURSE
Department of Political Science
Southwest University of Science and Technology
Abstract
Flood myth is a common theme of all ethnic groups in the world．F or the past，the research on the western myth of the flood was particularly in the comparison study of the basic structure and the story contrast. The important significance of studying the lies in rehabilitation history and tapping—its deep cultural connotations by using the way of primitive people．In this paper, from the Angle of cultural function of myth, Chinese and western the flood myth rooted by the culture differences. Overall，the creation-made the sin．correctional impunity of the flood—creation again，as the more common myths flood program．Flood myth of Chinese and in the west can be embodied in the story of the god of punishment as the cause of floods，reflecting the original people’S awareness of the early relationship between mankind and nature．After the floods，the recycling world reflected the awareness of the relationship of the original people．They expressed the aspirations of civilization. However，the flood myths of Chinese and in the west have a marked difference．The theme of western flood myth is asylum，which did not reflect the spirits of protest．On the contrary，Chinese flood myths take the”harnessing water”as a theme，which mainly reflected the use and control of flood．The people who are in harnessing water, the west flood myth Was God-centered and embodied a strong sense of religion while the Chinese flood myths is people—oriented．Yu and his son became the representatives of the floods and beco me heroes of the Chinese nation．
Key Words：flood；myths；compare；difference
References
[1] (Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary)7th Edition
[2] Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary。