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...

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...

In every mythological story, a quest for immortality and eternality depicts man’s inner fervor for unity with gods and the supreme power. Man seeks full immersion in life and longs for immortality at the same time. In other words, he wants to live both in time and in eternity. The desire for eternity in man shows his ceaseless struggle with time, and even more so an intense fight with death to ...

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 article's primary purpose is to analyze the problems of emergence philosophy against background myth and correlation mythical philosophical styles thinking. author substantiates question theories that do not consider bearer's inner conviction mythological thinking in absolute reality events characters described myths. main features as most ancient form social consciousness are revealed: sub...