The results of the motivational analysis of Wu Cheng-en’s novel “A Journey to the West” are presented, the mythological meanings of individual object-material images are studied, a set of ritual actions related to hair is considered: pulling out wool, casting a spell, turning around. The idea of a variety of ritual functions of hair, endowed with mystical properties in many mythological systems, is taken as a starting point; they are included in thanatal, carnival and other contexts. It has been proven that all rituals related to hair in the novel combine the archetypal meanings of being chosen, initiation, carnival buffoonery and spiritual formation. A typology of ritual functions of hair and associated miracles is proposed. The first of the selected types of metamorphosis is carried out through manipulations that Sun Wukong masters in training with the sages: this is the creation of a copy of an object or creature with the help of which the hero avoids danger. The second object of the typology is a gift from the Bodhisattva Guanyin, which requires a certain inner work from the hero - choice, bargaining, creating a new object without a ready-made sample. The question is raised about the divine leadership of the process of becoming a hero.
介绍了吴承恩小说《西游记》的动机分析结果，研究了单个物物图像的神话意义，并考虑了一系列与头发有关的仪式活动：拔毛，铸造一个咒语，转过身来。赋予头发多种仪式功能的想法是一个起点，在许多神话系统中都具有神秘的特性。它们包括在大剧院，狂欢节和其他环境中。事实证明，小说中所有与头发有关的仪式都具有被选择，启蒙，狂欢狂欢和精神形成的原型意义。头发和相关奇迹的仪式功能的类型被提出。选定的第一种变态类型是通过孙悟空在圣贤训练中掌握的操作来进行的：这是在英雄避免危险的帮助下创建物体或生物的副本。类型学的第二个对象是来自菩萨观音的礼物，这需要英雄做一些内在的工作-选择，讨价还价，在没有现成样品的情况下创建一个新对象。提出了关于成为英雄的过程的神圣领导力的问题。