美人魚的傳說(中英雙語)

1、美人魚的傳說美人魚的傳說Stiesofmermaidshavebeentoldfcenturiebeitinthefmoffolklelegendsfairytales.Imagesofthiscreaturehaveplaguedartistswritersintheirefftstobringtolifethemysterybeautyyeeroticismofthemermaidtotheiraudiences.Somestill

2、claimeventodaythattheyexist.美人魚的故事不管是在民間傳說、傳奇故事，還是在童話故事里，都已經(jīng)流傳了數(shù)百年。無數(shù)藝術(shù)家和作家都煞費(fèi)苦心地通過藝術(shù)形象和文字向大眾還原美人魚之謎、美人魚之美，還有美人魚的情挑一面（千真萬確?。?。直至今天，仍然有人聲稱世上有美人魚。Themermaidmermanlegendsbeginwiththewshipofgodashavemanymythologies.Theearlies

3、trepresentationsdeionsofthesenowwellknowncreaturescanbetracedbackasfarastheeighthcenturyBCwheremerfolkgottheirbeginningsaspaganwaterdeitiessupernaturalfemalewaterbeings.如同眾多神話一樣，關(guān)于雌性和雄性美人魚的傳奇故事始于天神崇拜。對(duì)如今這一廣為人知的生物的最早描述可以追

4、溯到公元前八世紀(jì)，在那個(gè)時(shí)代，人們最開始視其為原始水神和具有超自然能力的雌性水怪。TheBabylonianswereknowntowshipaseagodcalledOanneEa.OanneswasreputedtohaverisenfromtheErythreanSeataughttomantheartssciences.IntheLouvretodaycanbeseenaneighthcenturywallscenedepict

5、ingOannesasamermanwithafishliketailtheupperbodyofaman.古巴比倫人敬奉一個(gè)名為“奧尼斯”或“伊亞”的海神。據(jù)說，奧尼斯從厄立特里亞古海上升起，向人類傳授藝術(shù)與科學(xué)知識(shí)。如今在盧浮宮里，人們還可以看到一幅創(chuàng)作于八世紀(jì)的NeptunewereoftendepictedashalfmanhalffishHomermentionstheSirensduringthevoyageofOdysse

6、ualthoughhefailstogiveaphysicaldeion.因?yàn)楣畔ＥD和古羅馬神話非常相似，因此人們常常把兩者放在一起討論。對(duì)于雌性美人魚與雄性美人魚的文字描述最早便出現(xiàn)在這兩種文化的文學(xué)作品里。古希臘海神波塞冬和古羅馬海神尼普頓常常被描述成半人半魚的形象。荷馬在講述奧德修斯的海上征程時(shí)提到了塞壬，只可惜他并沒有對(duì)其外形作具體描述。TheBritishIslestoohadtheirfairshareofmerfolkmy

7、thology.TheCnishknewmermaidsasMerrymaidstheIrishknewthemasMerrowsMuirruhgachsomesourceswritethattheylivedondrylbelowtheseahadenchantedcapsthatallowedthemtopassthroughthewaterwithoutdrowning.Whilethewomenwereverybeautiful

8、themenhadrednosepiggyeyegreenhairteethapenchantfbry.不列顛群島也不缺美人魚的傳說?？滴譅柸税衙廊唆~稱為“梅麗少女”，而愛爾蘭人則稱之為“梅爾蘿”或者“梅如加”。有資料稱，這些美人魚住在海底干燥的陸地上，因?yàn)轭^戴魔帽而不會(huì)在水中溺斃。雌性美人魚都異常驚艷，而雄性美人魚則是紅鼻小眼，綠發(fā)青牙，還酷愛喝白蘭地。GermanicmythologyhastheMeerfrautheNixtheN

9、ixewhoweremalefemalefreshwaterinhabitantitwasbelievedthattheyweretreacheroustomen.TheNixeluredmentodrownwhiletheNixcouldbeinthefmofanolddwarfishacterasagoldenhairedboyinIcelSwedencouldtakethefmofacentaur.TheNixalsolovedm