Introduction to the art of explaining witchcraft terms

Witchcraft theory does not think that art originated from witchcraft, but that the process of witchcraft significance has certain enlightening significance for literary creation.

The art created by witchcraft activities has a double meaning, which can not only increase the atmosphere, emotion and image fidelity of witchcraft effect, but also make this imitation of representation creation and emotional rendering bring people into an illusory reality, thus producing a pleasant feeling and finally transforming it into aesthetic pleasure. At this time, the image and emotion of witchcraft activities are divorced from practical and utilitarian purposes and gain independent significance, which is no longer witchcraft but art.

However, it is not appropriate to regard witchcraft as the root of art. Some scholars' research results show that not all primitive art is related to witchcraft. The representative figures of witchcraft theory are edward tylor, Reinach, salomon Le Xu Na and Gidson.

The origin of witchcraft theory;

Taylor's Primitive Culture and Fraser's Golden Branches are not specialized aesthetic works, but anthropological works. However, their systematic study of primitive witchcraft activities provides very beneficial enlightenment for understanding primitive aesthetic phenomena.

In this regard, Luacs replied: "The initial impulse to imitate artistic images was only generated in witchcraft practice, that is, to influence events in the real world through imitation". In other words, witchcraft is the mother of art, and the primitive art of human beings only meets the needs of witchcraft and exists as an integral part of witchcraft.

Thomas Monroe also believes that witchcraft and religion have been developed and systematized in the early period of village settlement, and they are called art forms. As a tool of witchcraft, it is used to reproduce the visual or auditory images of animals, people and nature, often in the form of pictures, idols, masks, imitation dances and so on. These are called sympathy witchcraft.