Exploration on Marriage Motif of Manchu Myths
Wang Xian-zha
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Wang Xian-zha
Abstract
Manchu myths contain many typical marriage motifs,whose fragments,when connecting with each other,are development history of Human marriage.Having the cultural function of ancestors retrospection and marriage custom explanation,the various types of progress of human marriage reflected cultural thinking,and recognition on relations among ethnics to some extent.
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Manchu myths contain many typical marriage motifs,whose fragments,when connecting with each other,are development history of Human marriage.Having the cultural function of ancestors retrospection and marriage custom explanation,the various types of progress of human marriage reflected cultural thinking,and recognition on relations among ethnics to some extent.
Key concepts: Motif (music), Mythology, Genealogy, Function (biology), History, Sociology, Aesthetics, Evolutionary biology