A Study On The Types Of Mosuo Mythology Motif On The Banks Of Lugu Lake

The Mosuo people who live on the banks of the Lugulake still have rich and numerous myths,which are integrated into all aspects of Mosuo production,life and thinking habits,and embody life customs,cultural concepts and national spirit of Mosuo people.However,at present,the study of Mosuo mythology in academic circles still focuses on the collection of mythological texts,the classification and study of some types of myths,or the cultural value of a mythical text,and rarely comprehensively carries out the study of the motif types and cultural values of Mosuo mythology,and there is still a great space for the study of Mosuo mythology.The myth of the Mosuo people is inherited by means of word of mouth,but with the development of economy and society,the space of myth inheritance is greatly compressed,so my research relies on the publication of folklore integration,social and historical survey data,academic monographs and journals included in the fairy tales,as well as the author’s field investigation of the text data,the use of motif analysis methods,The Mosuo mythology is divided into three main motif types,the motif of origin,the motif of disaster,and the motif of order.In the research method,the author adopts the method of combining literature method and fieldwork method,summarizes the motif type of Mosuo myth,summarizes the type table of Mosuo myth motif,and further analyzes the cultural connotations and cultural values such as Mosuo culture concept,national spirit and living customs contained in the mythological motif.Through the study of the types of Mosuo mythology motif,it is concluded that,the Mosuo mythology motif contains 4 aspects of cultural value: contains the simple materialist dialectical thought of Mosuo people,contains the ecological civilization spirit of harmony between man and nature,contains the spirit of the Mosuo disaster and relief and the value of disaster prevention and mitigation,embodying the living customs and moral values of the Mosuo people.These cultural values are conducive to enhancing the cultural identity and cultural self-confidence of Mosuo people and promoting the inheritance and development of Mosuo culture.