Abstract:
Both Oriental and Occidental early histories contained numerous deserting myths. In terms of final results, three primary factors, that is, the agent, the recipient and the rescuer, can be thought to be the major support of such mythical stories. As a rule, such a story covered three closely continual stages, namely, deserting, rescue and reunion, whose exuberant character of God’s command, queer features and predestined style deeply hid a kind of historical necessity. Since the nature of mythology offers simply an imitation of structure of human survival, the focal point of Oriental and Occidental deserting myths was to show the opposition between men and men, men and society, and men and destiny. Furthermore, since the aim of deserting stories was to specially show something about human destiny, then the deserted child, the main character of such stories, presented a main line and motif with his story starting by being deserted, continuing by being rescued or rescuing by himself and ending by reunion or expectation for reunion. The information codified on this main line and motif recurred in the counterparts of different people in different parts of the world and echoed in stories of exile and banishment in later times, strengthening concentration and depth of the motif and giving it excessive power of penetration and impression.
