CAJ | 학술논문

屈辞《离骚》与《天问》中多次出现“羲和”，但“羲和”到底指什么，历来岐说不断。《山海经》记载为帝俊妻并日母，《尚书》记载为尧臣天文历官。而在屈辞中，日神为东君，羲和显然为日御，这与《淮南子》记载同。另外，尚有楚辞注家释《离骚》、《天问》“羲和”为太阳或太阳神。通过文献梳理，羲和最初释义当为女性日神，后演变为日神帝俊之妻、后又为日御。此外，羲和与古希腊太阳神赫利俄斯亦似有密切关联。
굴사《리소》여《천문》중다차출현“희화”，단“희화”도저지십요，력래기설불단。《산해경》기재위제준처병일모，《상서》기재위요신천문력관。이재굴사중，일신위동군，희화현연위일어，저여《회남자》기재동。령외，상유초사주가석《리소》、《천문》“희화”위태양혹태양신。통과문헌소리，희화최초석의당위녀성일신，후연변위일신제준지처、후우위일어。차외，희화여고희석태양신혁리아사역사유밀절관련。
Xihe is the term used repeatedly in Lisao and Tianwen by QU Yuan, however, its mean-ing is yet disagreed. Shanhaijing explained it as mother sun, the wife of Emperor Jun and Shangshu named it as the almanac officer. In QU Yuan’ s Ci, Dongjun is the sun-god and thus Xihe would be his driver. And QU’ s understanding coordinates with the record of Huainanzi. There are other explanations on Chuci which regard Xihe as sun or the sun-god. By the literary review, Xihe is interpreted as the sun-goddess, then as the wife of Emperor Jun and finally the driver of the sun-god. There is another explana-tion which believes that there exists some tight relationship between Xihe and helios, the ancient Greek sun-god.