The Saint Euplus Miracle in China: The Local Version of a Motif Complex

Q2 Social Sciences
A. Starostina
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Abstract A Eurasian motif complex built around the illusion of a flood was described by Artёm Koz’min in 2011 under the preliminary name of the Saint Euplus Miracle. Subsequently, this discovery proved to be productive in the understanding of the development of some Chinese plots including the image of a magic paintbrush. This article deals with a combination of the magic paintbrush image and the borrowed motif complex centred around water that apears miraculously, or the illusion of it, in Chinese tradition. The image of a magic brush has been widespread in the literature and folklore of China for centuries, although this combination, which underlies the famous tale Ma Liang and his Magic Brush, remains unnoticed. The aim of the article is to describe the Chinese version of the Saint Euplus Miracle and to point out its characteristic features. In all the Chinese examples analysed, the role of the magic helper was prominent, while in the non-Chinese cases the helper was generally absent. Another feature specific to the Chinese cases was the helper giving the hero a magic object for use in drawing.
中国的圣尤加斯奇迹:一种母题情结的本土版本
摘要2011年,Art.m Koz'min以圣尤普奇迹的初步名称描述了一个围绕洪水幻觉构建的欧亚主题综合体。随后,这一发现被证明有助于理解中国一些情节的发展,包括魔法画笔的图像。这篇文章探讨了神奇的画笔图像和借用的以水为中心的主题情结的结合,这种情结在中国传统中奇迹般地出现,或者说是它的幻觉。几个世纪以来,中国的文学和民间传说中一直广泛存在着魔笔的形象,尽管作为著名故事马良和他的魔笔的基础,这种结合仍然没有被注意到。本文的目的是描述圣尤加奇迹的中文版本,并指出其特点。在所分析的所有中文例子中,神奇助手的作用都很突出,而在非中文的例子中,助手通常缺席。中国案例的另一个特点是帮助者给英雄一个用于绘画的魔法物体。
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Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics
Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics Social Sciences-Cultural Studies
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期刊介绍: Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics (JEF) is a multidisciplinary forum for scholars. Addressed to an international scholarly audience, JEF is open to contributions from researchers all over the world. JEF publishes articles in the research areas of ethnology, folkloristics, museology, cultural and social anthropology. It includes both studies focused on the empirical analysis of particular cases as well as those that are more theoretically oriented.
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