Probe Into The Evolution Of Cultural Connotations Of Induced Myths

In the spreading process of induced myth motif, it formed a comparatively stablenarrative structure. However, with the changes and evolution of the society, its culturalconnotations have changed. This article sorted out the induced myths of Pre-QinDynasty and feudal society and divides the cultural connotations of induced myths intotwo phases. The first one is totem and ancestor worship in induced myths, and thesecond is the monarch worship in feudal society.The article is composed of four parts.The first part (Introduction) introduces the reason of topic selection and determines theresearch objective, significance and methodology. It summarizes the research status ofinduced myth motif in current academia.The second part is composed of Chapter1and Chapter2. In Chapter1, the articleintroduces the totem worship in induced myths from the three aspects: categories andcharacteristics of totem induced myths; totem and worship of induced myths; andfertility belief of induced myths. In Chapter2, the article focuses on the origin ofancestor worship; induced myths and ancestor worship; the cultural connotation of theearliest ancestor worships, and introduces the earliest ancestor worship in inducedmyths. With the analysis of the induced myths of Pre-Qin Dynasty, the article finds thatinduced myths are myths of totems of hominid and assumption of the origin of life.The third part (Chapter3) is mainly discussing the induced myths from the angleof feudal society, from two aspects: social background of the emergence of monarchinduced myths; and characteristics of monarch induced myths. In that period, inducedmyths were inosculated with feudal social system and formed the feudal nature ofmonarch induced myths.