黎族关于人类起源的创世神话

The creation myth of the li nationality is the oral literature handed down by the ancestors of the li nationality in the primitive society,which is the unique national art of the li nationality.

黎族的创世神话是在原始社会时黎族先民还不能完全的认识社会所流传下来的口头文学，是黎族的独具一格的民族艺术。

Man is the spirit of all things,the core of the world system.How did man come into being?This mysterious question about human beings led the ancestors of the li nationality to indulge in rich fantasy and imagination,and created a lot of myths that fascinate people today.

人是万物之灵长，是世界体系的核心。人类是怎样起源的?这个关于人类自身的神秘问题，曾使黎族先民驰骋丰富的幻想和想象，创造了许许多多足以令今人依然着迷的神话。

The legends about the origin of human beings in li nationality mainly include the story of the flood,calabash and melon,two siblings,etc.At the heart of these myths is the creation of man.The myth runs through a common plot:just as the human race was on the verge of extinction,congenial siblings were forced to mate in obedience to"the will of god"in order to reproduce.This kind of mythological content varies from place to place,but the theme and central plot remain the same.This fully shows that before the emergence of human society,there was the period of"pangu opening heaven and earth",and there was also a period of group marriage in the history of human development,which has a high ethnological value.

黎族关于人类起源的传说主要有《洪水的故事》、《葫芦瓜》、《姐弟俩》等。这些神话的中心也是造人。神话通过一个共同的情节：正当人类濒临灭绝之际，顺从“天意”，有血缘关系的兄妹不得不婚配，以繁衍人类。此类神话内容，尽管各地流传不一，但主题和中心情节是不变的。这充分说明了人类社会出现之前，有过“盘古开天地”的时期，同时在人类发展史上，也曾有过群婚的阶段，具有很高的民族学价值。

The creation myth of the li nationality helped the ancestors of the li nationality to understand the origin of all things in the universe and human beings,and it created the heroes who conquered nature.

黎族的创世神话帮助了黎族先民们对宇宙万物和人类起源的问题作了解说，它塑造出了那些战胜自然的英雄人物，它用鲜明的主题，生动的故事机人物形象，构成了独具特色的黎族文化。

The myth hercules is widespread among the li people.Myth says:"in ancient times,the heaven and earth were very close to each other,and there were seven SUNS and the moon in the sky.One night a man named hercules made the sky high in the sky,and the next day he made a very large bow and arrow,and shot down six of the sun and six of the moon for the people.Then the earth was flat,and hercules,with his seven rainbows as his shoulder pole,carried a great deal of sand from the sea to make mountains and hills,and then kicked out the great rivers with his feet,and the sweat of hercules became a rushing river.Hercules passed away when he had done what he had done for the world."In obscuration,human ancestors of the li nationality under the domination of the concept of animism,through the naive fantasy imagination,to generate a romantic interpretation of the world,all the forces of nature personified,hope to have an extraordinary heroes in the world,according to people's ideal,banish disaster,to create a suitable for the natural environment of human beings.The image of hercules,shining with the thought of creating the world through labor,is the embodiment of the bravery and wisdom of the li people.

神话《大力神》在黎族中广为流传。神话说：“古时天地相距很近，天上有七个太阳和月亮，人类深受其苦，难以为生。有个叫大力神的人，在一夜之间把天拱上高空，第二天又做了一张很大很大的弓箭，把太阳和月亮各射下了六个，为民除了害。那时，大地一片平坦，大力神用七彩虹作扁担，从海边挑来大量沙土造山垒岭，继而又用脚踢出深溪大河，而大力神洒下的汗水，则成了奔腾不息的河水。大力神完成了开创世界大业后，便溘然长逝。”在人类蒙昧时期，黎族的先民在万物有灵论的观念支配下，通过天真奇幻的想象，对世界的生成作了浪漫的解说，把一切的自然力都人格化了，希望世界上有一个非凡的英雄，按照人们的理想，驱除灾害，创造一个适合人类的自然环境。“大力神”这个形象，闪耀着劳动创造世界的思想光辉，是黎族人民勇敢与智慧的化身。