ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR, MYTH AND SYMBOL

ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CONCEPTUAL METAPHOR, MYTH AND SYMBOL

Author:  Shelepova N.V.

Abstract: 
Our experience of interacting with the physical world serves as a natural and logical basis for the understanding of more abstract things, which is reflected in the creation of metaphors. The analysis of English metaphors with a mythological component has shown that on a cognitive level they are followed by conceptual metaphors, which, in their turn, are involved in the “generation” of cultural symbols, actively functioning in different historical eras.

Keywords:  mythological metaphor  ◆  conceptual metaphor  ◆  symbol  ◆  myth  ◆  cognitive structures