贵州麻山苗族口传叙事诗《亚鲁王》专用于丧葬仪礼场合,不应简单理解为现代意义上的“文学艺术”。《亚鲁王》附带的《砍马经》是葬礼砍马仪式的伴生物,具有古老民间信仰活化石的性质,对其仪式讲唱语境的解读,需要从汉藏语系各族的比较神话学视角追根溯源,乃至在欧亚大陆马文化传播的时空背景下,获得对天马神话社会功能的整体认识。 Guizhou Ma Shan Miao oral narrative poem “King of Yalu,” dedicated to funeral ceremonies occasions, should not simply be understood as “literary and artistic ” in the modern sense. The “Chopping Horse Sutra” attached to “King Yalu” is a companion to the funeral ceremony and has the characteristics of living fossils of the ancient folk beliefs. The interpretation of the ritual context of his ritual needs the comparison of myths From the perspective of learning, even in the space-time background of the horse culture communication in Eurasia, the whole understanding of the social function of Pegasus mythology is gained.