Compare the Similarities and Differences of Sacrificial Activities Between Ancient China and Ancient Greece-Taking Iliad and Nine Songs as Example

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10.2991/978-2-38476-004-6_8How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Sacrifice; Nine Songs; lliad; Gods

Abstract

The contrast between Eastern and Western literature is one of the key topics in today’s research. Researchers have found progress in Nine Songs and the Eliad culture. However, there is still a lack of unified interpretation of the issue of image contrast studies. Therefore, this paper mainly studies the difference between Nine Songs and Iliad from the perspective of sacrifice. By collecting the data related to sacrifice and analyzing the data from multiple angles, this paper explores the sacrificial activities, characteristics and images of gods in the East and West. Studies have shown that the starting point of Chinese and ancient Greek sacrifices was different: one worshipped divine power, the other worshipped grace, but both sides imagined this sacrifice to supernatural powers or incarnating them as gods. The main difference between the Eastern and Western gods is that the gods in Greek mythology have distinct personalities, no ascetic factors, and very little mysticism. The beauty of Greek mythology lies in the fact that the gods still have a destiny, can still be trapped by love, and do bad things for their own benefit; Chinese mythology has a very bright moral spirit, and the great gods are not cannibalistic fireworks, there is no human passion in the god characteristics. Therefore, there is still a great difference between the Eastern and Western sacrificial cultures, with many interesting aspects and images to explore.

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AU  - Runtian Yang
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TI  - Compare the Similarities and Differences of Sacrificial Activities Between Ancient China and Ancient Greece-Taking Iliad and Nine Songs as Example
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Education, Language and Art (ICELA 2022)
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