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Mythical creatures of the Tamnava region: a basic mythological code in the serbian folk religion
Author(s) -
Ivica Todorović
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
glasnik etnografskog instituta/glasnik etnografskog instituta sanu
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2334-8259
pISSN - 0350-0861
DOI - 10.2298/gei0452205t
Subject(s) - serbian , mythology , code (set theory) , creatures , ethnic group , literature , set (abstract data type) , history , linguistics , philosophy , sociology , anthropology , art , computer science , archaeology , natural (archaeology) , programming language
Based on the fieldwork data and literature on Serbian ethnicity, the author argues that a unique mythical pattern exists among Serbs. This pattern represents the basic global set of mythical entities in Serbian folk religion. After serious structural-semantic analysis of a number of various mythical entities and motives, the author discovers a unique mythological base, established in firm semantic categories and relations. In this sense there are four basic mythical relations found at the base of the corresponding semantic systems: a four-member base of the first and foremost mythological code. The cited mythical sets are found also in other areas occupied by Serbs; therefore, they should represent the base of the whole Serbian folk mythology. Some other specific mythical entities also exist, neither so universal nor a part of this set, and therefore are excluded from the discussion

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