8 The intriguing nature of classical Homeric narratives has always fascinated the occidental culture 9 contributing to philosophy, history, mythology and straight forwardly to literature. However what 10 would be so intriguing about Homer's narratives' At a first gaze we shall recognize the very literal 11 appeal and aesthetic pleasure presented on every page across Homer's chants in Odyssey an...

Abstract Placenames are seemingly universal, with the potential to reveal different systems of organizing information in everyday communication. We report on relationship between placenames Jahai, an indigenous language spoken by Jahai people Malay Peninsula, and environment. Our approach explores tendency organize names using a hierarchy kinship associated cnεl, mythological entities origin st...

As in statistical physics, the concept of universality plays an important, albeit qualitative, role in the field of comparative mythology. Here we apply statistical mechanical tools to analyse the networks underlying three iconic mythological narratives with a view to identifying common and distinguishing quantitative features. Of the three narratives, an Anglo-Saxon and a Greek text are mostly...

Many ancient civilizations glorified their kings, divine beings and heroes. In order to make them unreachable, societies first of all separated the lives these personas into two parts created a turning point for them, especially part was detailed with extraordinary events main theme some mythological stories. The plot stories generally related abandonment new-born or sometimes an adult water in...

There are two puzzles surrounding the Pleiades, or Seven Sisters. First, why mythological stories them, typically involving seven young girls being chased by a man associated with constellation Orion, so similar in vastly separated cultures, such as Australian Aboriginal cultures and Greek mythology? Second, do most call them “Seven Sisters” even though people good eyesight see only six stars? ...

the old, rich and popular tradition of verbal story telling by narrators has been prevalent among all indo-europeans, especially aryans who were living in the iranian plateau, in the eastern parts of iran and khorasan. this tradition of oral narration has kept fiction and also historical events and has transmitted them to us. the writer of this article tries to evaluate this tradition and analy...

Literature helps us to know about a country, people, beliefs, professions and races but it doesn’t give clear idea folklore. Folklore literature is storehouse of what human society has experienced learned. At beginning man lived his life according wish. The only source for him nature they worshipped nature. From that many festivals, beliefs sacrifices are formed. They separated worshipping as m...