Volume 3,Issue 9
Spiritual Metaphor and Pursuit in Chinese and Western Giant Myths: A Comparative Analysis of Kuafu and Prometheus
Both Chinese and Western myths often serve as expansions of historical reality and as dramatized portrayals of historical figures, enriching modern people’s memories and associations with ancient ancestors. From one perspective, myths reflect the broader historical context of their time; reality, in turn, forms the foundation of myths. The author starts with two mythological figures, Kuafu and Prometheus, and through the comparison and discussion of the positive and negative influences of Kuafu and Prometheus, respectively, analyzes the metaphors of the principles in the Chinese and Western giant myths from the aspects of the environment of different myths and the atmosphere of the characters.
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