Comparative Studies of Maritime Mythology

我们打算研究海洋在世界上的神话。我们不仅考察了地中海，还用大洋洲神话和阿拉伯神话考察了太平洋和印度洋，包括中国神话和朝鲜神话，以及北欧海神话。我们与外国合作伙伴(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·勒库托)在日本组织了8个国际研讨会(冲绳、东京、京都、奈纳、名古屋和鸟取县)。我们讨论了海洋的民间传统。第二次，座谈会被命名为“龙宫”。我们开发了潜艇天堂的主题。第三次，我们讨论了福达拉库东海(通向观音天堂的航海)的神话。第四次，讨论集中在洪水神话上；这次座谈会的大部分内容发表在本塞莎编辑的卷中。(世界洪水神话，2005)此外，在其他座谈会上，我们研究了海怪和海神的多样性。最后，我们组织了一个海洋神话背景下的稻叶白兔神话座谈会(鳄鱼上的兔子横渡海洋)。每个座谈会都是以论文的形式发表的，总篇幅超过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.