SYNCRETISM OF MYTHOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS (based on Russian cosmological riddles)

SYNCRETISM OF MYTHOLOGICAL CONSCIOUSNESS (based on Russian cosmological riddles)

Author:  N.V. Shesterkina

Affiliation:  Mordovian State University named after N.P. Ogarev

Abstract: 
The paper presents the structure of mythological consciousness which is based on syncretism (non-differentiation, indistictness, unification). Russian cosmological riddles contain syncretic mythological images that integrate heterogeneous groups of riddles.

Keywords:  syncretism, mythological consciousness, zoomorphism, anthropomorphism, mythological image, metaphoric property, folk riddles

Pages:  95-105