世界各地关于龙的起源世界各地关于龙的起源That'soneofthemysteriesofDragonorsimilargiantserpent'ssymbolismandmythologyfoundinancienthumancultures.Whysuchacreatureisalmostuniversallyfoundinthemythsandancientartworkoftheworld'sancientcivilizations?Weredidtheideaofthegreatserpentcomefromandwhydiditbecomesuchlonglastingsymbolinhumancivilization?古代人类文化中，龙或者说是巨蛇及其神话是如何形成的仍然是个谜。为何世界各大古文明的神话和古代艺术品中都普遍存在着“龙”这种生物？这一意象起源于何处？它为何能在人类文明中经久不衰？Dragonsorverysimilarcreaturescanbefoundinmanyculturesaroundtheworld,Idon’tthinkitcanbeclaimedtohavecomefromanyonesource,butmoreanarchetypalcreaturethatcanbefoundinmythsandlegendsofmanydifferentpeoples,thatvariesinappearance,nature,andabilities,butisusuallyalargeserpentinecreatureoftenwithwings,oratleasttheabilitytofly.龙以及各种酷似龙的生物可以在全世界许多文化中找到，我认为“龙”这一形象的发源是多样的，许多民族的神话和传说中都存在“龙”的形象，它们虽被赋予了不同的外表、本性和能力，但大多是形似蛇类的生物，并且往往生着硕大的翅膀，或者至少有着飞行的能力。Westernmythology西方神话世界各地关于龙的起源TheWesterndragonhasonlyrecentlybecomeaparticularshapeofbeast,thatbeingabiglizardthatflieswithwings,ofthesortyoumightseeinfantasyart.Inmedievaltimes,"dragon"couldrefertothingsofmanydifferentshapes,includingbothlizard-likedragonsandserpentinedragons;thatistosay,thesnake-likedragonishardlyunknowninWesternmythology.西方的龙直到近现代才有了固定的形态，也就是我们通过魔幻作品中常常能看到的那种长着大翅膀的大蜥蜴。在中世纪，“dragon”一个词可以指代许多天差地别的东西，蜥蜴状的龙、蛇形的龙都行；也就是说，西方还是有蛇形龙的。ThewesternDragonoriginatedwiththeChinesedragon,butwastransportedwestbynomadicpeoplesuchastheAlani.TheAlaniusingtheimagetoheaduptheirraidswouldbeputtingforwardanattackingcreature.Hencethesomewhatbadnameofthewesterndragonincomparisontoitseasterncounterpart.IlovethepicturebythewayoftheChinesedragon,apicturewhichseemstoaddweighttothesuggestionofacreaturemadeupofmanysymbolsfrommanypeoplebroughttogetherbyanemperororleader.Notetheheadandtheantlers,anemblemofnomadicpeoplesoveraconsiderablearea.西方的龙起源于中国，后来由诸如阿兰人这样的游牧民族传入西方。阿兰人往往在作战时使用龙的形象，并可能据此创造出了一种凶猛的怪兽与之对应。久而久之，西方的龙就开始声名狼藉了。我很喜欢那张图中的中国龙，一位君主或领袖将各族的象征组合在一起，使龙的形象平添了许多重量感。注意看这龙的头部，它长了一对鹿角，这就是驰骋于大陆之上的游牧民族的象征啊。Greekmythology希腊神话世界各地关于龙的起源TheassociationoftheserpentwithamonstrousopponentovercomebyaheroicdeityhasitsrootsinthemythologyoftheAncientNearEast,includingCanaanite(Hebrew,Ugaritic),HittiteandMesopotamian.TheChaoskampfmotifenteredGreekmythologyandultimatelyChristianmythology,althoughtheserpentmotifmayalreadybepartofprehistoricIndo-Europeanmythologyaswell,basedoncomparativeevidenceofIndicandGermanicmaterial.Ithasbeenspeculatedthataccountsofspittingcobrasmaybetheoriginofthemythsoffire-breathingdragons.[4]”将蛇演化成硕大无朋的怪物，并最终被赋予神秘色彩最早起源于古代近东神话中，这包括了迦南人（希伯来人、乌加里特人）、赫梯人还有美索不达米亚神话。这一形象被传入希腊，并最终于基督教神化混合。实际上，通过将印度与日耳曼史料的对比分析，蛇这一意象很可能是史前印欧神话的一部分。据推测，对喷射毒汁的眼镜蛇的记载可能正是喷火巨龙神话的起源。Japanesemytholo...