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段01|創世觀——Tawa、Sotuknang 與蜘蛛祖母

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霍皮族預言

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維基百科〈Hopi mythology〉記載:

Most Hopi creation stories center around Tawa, the sun spirit. Tawa is the creator, and it was he who formed the "First World" out of Tokpella, or endless space, as well as its original inhabitants. It is still traditional for Hopi mothers to seek a blessing from the sun for their newborn children.

Other accounts have it that Tawa, or Taiowa, first created Sotuknang, whom he called his nephew, and sent him to create the nine universes according to his plan. Sotuknang also created Spider Woman, who served as a messenger for the creator and was an intercessor between the deity and the people. In some versions of the Hopi creation myth, she creates all life, under the direction of Sotuknang.

維基百科〈Blue Star Kachina〉補充:

at the beginning of time, Taiowa the Creator created his nephew, Sótuknang, to construct places for life. Out of the nothingness, Sótuknang created nine universes or worlds: one for Taiowa, one for himself, and seven others for additional life.

(翻譯:塔瓦(Tawa)係太陽之靈、造物主,佢從無盡空間 Tokpella 之中造出「第一世界」。另一版本話,塔瓦先造咗姪仔索圖克南(Sotuknang),派佢按計劃造出九個宇宙。索圖克南又造出「蜘蛛祖母」(Spider Woman),佢係造物主同人之間嘅使者。藍星卡奇納條目話:起初泰歐瓦(Taiowa)造咗姪仔索圖克南去建造容納生命嘅地方,索圖克南由虛無之中造出九個世界,一個畀泰歐瓦、一個畀自己、其餘七個畀更多生命。)

白話解說

講霍皮預言,首先要搞清楚佢哋個世界觀,因為成個預言係建基喺「世界會重複毀滅、重生」呢個循環概念度。

太陽係老細。 喺霍皮神話,最高嘅造物主係太陽之靈塔瓦(Tawa)。至今霍皮媽媽生完仔,都會帶初生嬰兒向太陽祈福,呢個習俗一直保留。

造物主唔直接做嘢,靠姪仔出手。 有啲版本講塔瓦(又叫泰歐瓦 Taiowa)唔自己落手落腳,而係先造咗姪仔索圖克南(Sotuknang),叫佢按計劃去起九個宇宙。呢種「大佬派任務、細佬執行」嘅格局,喺原住民神話好常見。

蜘蛛祖母係中間人。 索圖克南再整咗「蜘蛛祖母」(Spider Woman / Spider Grandmother)出嚟,佢負責喺神同人之間做傳話同調停,好多版本仲話所有生命都係佢喺索圖克南指示之下造出嚟。後嚟「浮現」同遷徙嘅故仔,佢都成日出場帶路。

九個世界嘅框架。 呢度有個關鍵數字:九。索圖克南造咗九個世界——一個係造物主住、一個係佢自己住、其餘七個畀生命用。而霍皮人相信,人類已經住過三個世界,而家呢個係第四個,之後仲有三個未來世界,加埋造物主同索圖克南嗰兩個,正好係九個。所以後嚟講「九個預兆」、講「第九個、最後一個預兆」,都係呼應呢個九嘅宇宙框架。

講到呢度要提一句:呢啲係口頭傳說,唔同桌山、唔同村落版本可以有出入。有人話塔瓦直接造人,有人話靠蜘蛛祖母,有人話係「西方硬女子」同「東方硬女子」造嘅。重點唔係邊個版本「啱」,而係個核心——宇宙由造物主主導,世界會循環更替。

資料來源

  • 維基百科〈Hopi mythology〉(Major deities 一節)
  • 維基百科〈Blue Star Kachina〉(Overview 一節)

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