The Mythological Frontier as a Key to Understanding the Other: A Review of the “Myths from A to Z” Book Series
The authors employ the concept of the “mythological frontier” for analyzing the mythology of small communities, acknowledging that geographic and linguistic borders often do not coincide with mythological boundaries. Using philosophical anthropology, the mythological frontier helps to define the lim...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:5f78ff5673bc4199b3664e301f8224f0 2024-09-15T18:16:21+00:00 The Mythological Frontier as a Key to Understanding the Other: A Review of the “Myths from A to Z” Book Series Sofya A. Rezvushkina Kirill E. Rezvushkin 2024-03-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.46539/jfs.v9i1.544 https://doaj.org/article/5f78ff5673bc4199b3664e301f8224f0 EN RU eng rus Limited Liability Company Scientific Industrial Enterprise “Genesis. Frontier. Science” https://www.jfs.today/index.php/jfs/article/view/544 https://doaj.org/toc/2500-0225 2500-0225 doi:10.46539/jfs.v9i1.544 https://doaj.org/article/5f78ff5673bc4199b3664e301f8224f0 Журнал Фронтирных Исследований, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 211-225 (2024) mythological frontier myth mythological national myth culture other mass culture demythologisation tradition cultural stereotype History (General) and history of Europe D Social Sciences H article 2024 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.46539/jfs.v9i1.544 2024-08-05T17:49:51Z The authors employ the concept of the “mythological frontier” for analyzing the mythology of small communities, acknowledging that geographic and linguistic borders often do not coincide with mythological boundaries. Using philosophical anthropology, the mythological frontier helps to define the limits of the Other, enabling engagement with myth and the mythological from the periphery of contemporary consciousness. This paper aims to critically assess the “Myths from A to Z” series published by Mann, Ivanov, Ferber. This series covers a wide range of mythologies, including Scandinavian, Egyptian, Celtic, Indian, Greco-Roman, Sumerian, Japanese, Korean, Romanian, Slavic, Volga, and Karelian-Finnish. Myths are crucial for understanding the environment and drawing upon our cultural legacy, playing a significant role in helping individuals find meaning in the world and establish shared cultural and personal identities. The authors adopt various approaches to analyze the mythology of specific communities, focusing on the relationships between myth and culture, myth and fairy tale, or myth and epic. They also attempt to reconstruct comprehensive mythological systems or the historical pasts of the communities under study. A common theme across most books in the series is the self-construction and understanding of the Other (a different culture) through the “mythological frontier”, although this is not always explicitly stated. Article in Journal/Newspaper karelian Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Journal of Frontier Studies 9 1 211 225 |
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The authors employ the concept of the “mythological frontier” for analyzing the mythology of small communities, acknowledging that geographic and linguistic borders often do not coincide with mythological boundaries. Using philosophical anthropology, the mythological frontier helps to define the limits of the Other, enabling engagement with myth and the mythological from the periphery of contemporary consciousness. This paper aims to critically assess the “Myths from A to Z” series published by Mann, Ivanov, Ferber. This series covers a wide range of mythologies, including Scandinavian, Egyptian, Celtic, Indian, Greco-Roman, Sumerian, Japanese, Korean, Romanian, Slavic, Volga, and Karelian-Finnish. Myths are crucial for understanding the environment and drawing upon our cultural legacy, playing a significant role in helping individuals find meaning in the world and establish shared cultural and personal identities. The authors adopt various approaches to analyze the mythology of specific communities, focusing on the relationships between myth and culture, myth and fairy tale, or myth and epic. They also attempt to reconstruct comprehensive mythological systems or the historical pasts of the communities under study. A common theme across most books in the series is the self-construction and understanding of the Other (a different culture) through the “mythological frontier”, although this is not always explicitly stated. |
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