Comparative Studies of Maritime Mythology

我们打算研究世界海洋神话。我们不仅用大洋洲神话和阿拉伯神话研究了地中海，还研究了太平洋和印度洋，包括中国和韩国的神话，以及北欧的海洋神话。我们在日本组织了8次国际研讨会（在冲绳、东京、京都、娜娜、名古屋和鸟取）与我们的外国伙伴合作（特别是格勒诺布尔大学教授菲利普·沃尔特和索邦大学教授克劳德·勒库特）。第一次，学术讨论会被命名为“海洋神话与冲绳”。第二次，我们讨论了海洋的民间传统。第二次，讨论会被命名为“龙宫”。第三次讨论的是“不达洛东海神话”。第四次讨论的是“不达洛神话”。这次讨论会的大部分内容都发表在本生社编辑的文集中。(The World Myth of Mongolge，2005）此外，在其他的研讨会中，我们研究了各种各样的海怪和海神。最后，我们组织了一次研讨会，讨论在海洋神话（鳄鱼上的兔子渡海）背景下的稻叶白色兔子的神话。每次研讨会都以论文的形式发表，总页数超过1000页。

We intended to study the Mythology of Ocean in the World. We investigated not only the Mediterranean Sea, but also the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean with Oceanian Mythology and Arabian Mythology The Chinese and Korean Mythologies were included, as well as the Nordic Sea Mythology.We organized eight international colloquiums in Japan (at Okinawa, Tokyo, Kyoto, Nana, Nagoya and Tottori) with the collaboration of our foreign partners (especially Philippe Walter, professor of Grenoble University, and Claude Lecouteux, professor of Sorbonne University).The first time, the colloquium was named "the Ocean Mythology and Okinawa". We discussed on the popular traditions of Ocean.The second time, the colloquium was named "The Dragons Palace". We developed the theme of Submarine Paradise.The third time, we discussed on the Myth of Fudaraku Tokai (Navigation for the Kannon's Paradise).The forth time, the discussion was centered on the myth of Deluge; the great part of this colloquium was published in the volume edited by Benseisha. (The World Myth of Deluge, 2005)In addition, in the other colloquiums, we studied the variety of Monsters and Deities of Sea.Finally, we organized a colloquium on the Myth of The White Hare of Inaba in the context of Ocean Mythology (The Hare cross the Sea on crocodiles).Each colloquium was published in papers, and the total of pages is over 1000 pages.