神話

垃民俗学丄，**神话**是指关于人类搭世界变迁个神圣故事。垃广义丄，“神话”可以指任何古老传说， 藉由故事个形式來表達民族个意识形态。
神话来源於原始社会时期，人类通过推理搭想象对自然现象作出解释。但是由於昰些个知識水準邪氣低下，葛咾经常笼罩着一层神秘个色彩。

神话是人们借助於幻想企图征服自然个表现。神话中神个形象大多具有超人个力量，是原始人类个认识搭愿望个理想化。

许多民族个原始社会个历史，儕是从神话故事开头个。神话中个人物大多来自原始人类个自身形象。狩猎比较发达个部落，所创造个神话人物大多与狩猎有关；农耕发达个部落所创造个神话人物多与农业有关。神话中个英雄也以刀斧、弓箭为武器。从神话中，可以看到先民个一些事迹。

無论是世界文明发生最早地区个原始社会民族，还是当今世界上还处在原始社会个民族，佢拉流传个许多神话故事都大同小异。

神话也是文学个先河，是人类最早个幻想性口头散文作品。譬如垃《庄子·應帝王》裏向：“泰氏，其卧徐徐，具觉于于，一以己为马，一以己为牛。”

神话具有一定个地域性搭区域性，弗同个文明或者民族儕有得自家所理解个神话含义。

## 世界神話
詳細列表請參考神話列表，以下列出主要个神話
* 中國神話
* 日本神話
* 印度神話
* 巴比倫神話
* 北歐神話
* 羅馬神話
* 希臘神話
* 斯拉夫神話
* 瑪雅神話
* 阿茲特克神話
* 埃及神話
* 毛利神話

## 现代神话

## 注釋

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## 相關條目

## 外部連結
* Leonard, Scott. "The History of Mythology: Part I" , Youngstown State University