Research On The Myth Of Birth From Telepathy

The myth of birth from telepathy refers to such kind of mythical condition:the mother gets pregnancy just by her telepathy or touch with some plants or animals.These myths are common to see,for example,the myths of primogenitors of Xia,Shang and Zhou Dynasties from the Han nationality,and as for the ethnic minorities,the myths of the Miloga from the Zhuang nationality,Taporan from the Hani nationality,Karangxin from the Lhoba nationality.This article aims at the holistic analyses of specific displays of the myth of birth from telepathy in the chronological order,and the revelation of its layered and phased feature in different stages.Some innovative work is made:First,doing stratification research in a specialized and global perspective.The myth of birth from telepathy's occurrence and development was accompanied by the changes of the social structure and the cultural psychology.To perceive the crucial rule,it is necessary to clarify the impact that the myth got in different time from the sociocultural factors,such as religions,concepts of nature and human,social power structures and so on.Only in this way,can it help to mend the wrong tend in the learning contexts in which theories of myth are used indiscriminately to make generalized conclusions.The myth of birth from telepathy was initially the product of the combination of totemism and the ethnic origin interpretation from the matriarchal clan society.It praised the reproductive capacity of goddess and expressed human's great ehusiasm for reproduction worship.Also,these totemic myths were influenced by egg veneration.And the fertilization process was presented as the combination of the totemic eggs and mother's eating behavior.The myth of birth from telepathy tended to overlook the function of fathers in its early stage.When it came to the patriarchal clan society,the fathers began to take a place in the myth,in order to share the honor of reproduction from mothers.By two ways,fathers successfully accomplished their participation.One was being the spouse of mothers,arid the other was directly changing mother's gender.The myth at that time,functioned as the governmental tool by mythologizing the clan's ancestors,as the totemism gradually made way for the veneration of ancestors.After Qin Dynasty,the mythology died out,and instead,the new creations of tales of birth from telepathy developed in the style of historical records and the prophecies.The prophecies took advantage of the old myths of birth from telepathy by adaptation and imitative writing,to cater to the theory of Yinyang-wuxing.Since then,the myth of birth from telepathy was favoured by the governors,and emerged in almost all the official historical records.Second,replying the 'Dual Evidences' research method,and at the same time,paying attention to the western research achievements of cultural anthropology,as well as the materials from minorities.On the basis of research by predecessors,the method of phenomenology and text analysis is mainly used in this article.The 'Dual Evidences' research method emphasizes the comparison and connection of the handed-down and excavated documents,while the materials from the minorities which exist as epics,songs for sacrifices,folktales,have provided reliable evidences in discovering the evolution rule by supplementing valuable clues.And in return,the clarification of the developing progress of the tales of birth from telepathy will help deepen the study of these myths from the minorities.