Autour de l’axis mundi. De la notion théorique à la mise en image littéraire dans l’œuvre de Jules Verne (Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras et Le Sphinx des glaces)

• Published in: Quêtes littéraires
• Main Author: Jarosz, Adam
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: French
• Published: Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II, Wydawnictwo Werset 2013
• Subjects: imaginary; imagination; island; axis mundi; the North Pole; the South Pole; mythic time; North Pole; South pole
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12153/3167; https://doi.org/10.31743/ql.4610

The symbolism of axis mundi constitutes an integral part of cultural and religious systems across the world. Such symbolism appears clearly and precisely in all forms of religious life. As it is stressed by Eliade, many a time, axis mundi is an intersection of three varied ontological zones (the int...