中文摘要：

民间信仰的存在,主要是依靠口头叙事的讲述和仪式的实践来建构的.口头叙事强化了仪式的依据,仪式则表征了口头叙事的信实性.口头叙事的缺席与仪式并不缺乏解释其目的的原因有关.发明与遗忘,传播与变异,导致口头叙事与仪式的关系出现了多种样态：时而交融,时而疏离.因此,即使在一个具体的民间信仰文本中,口头叙事和仪式没有融合,但在一个大的民间信仰文本范畴内,口头叙事与仪式却构成了内在的联合,构成一种建构民间信仰的社会记忆.当然,在具体的民间信仰文本中,口头叙事与仪式的密切结合,能形成建构民间信仰的稳定、持久、富有内在逻辑与艺术感染力的结构;这种结构比二者单一存在更有动力.

英文摘要：

The existence of folk beliefs is mainly constructed by the practice of oral narratives and rituals. The oral narratives strengthen basis for the rituals; while the rituals represent the faithfulness of the oral narratives. Absences of oral narratives bear a relation to the reasons why rituals are not lacking in explain their aims. Invention and oblivion, spread and variation, result in the emergence of a variety of ritual states in the relation between oral narrative and rituals： they sometimes are blended, and sometimes alienated. Therefore, although oral narrative and rituals are not fused in the specific text of a folk belief, they are internally integrated in a larger text of the folk belief, constructing a social memory of the folk belief. Of course, in the specific text of a folk belief, the close combination of oral narratives and rituals can construct a structure which is stable, durable, and rich in internal logic and artistic appeal for folk beliefs, and structure of this kind is more dynamic than the either existence of oral narratives or rituals.