The word “hapsane” is another form of the “usane” and “legend” poem “hapsane ha hapsane” one common poems in language Azeri-speaking people West Azerbaijan. This legendary poem, with its simplicity sincerity having most basic features folklore, includes mythological elements such as travel, companionship wise old man, meta-realities, magic, etc., which gives it a special privilege. It reveals r...

Праздник Дуаньу считается одним из трёх больших традиционных праздников китайского народа. История праздника насчитывает более 2500 лет. В 2009 г. праздник вошёл в список нематериального культурного наследия ЮНЕСКО. Традиции и обычаи включают состязание гребле на драконьих лодках, плетение пятицветных браслетов, ароматные мешочки от злых духов болезней, развешивание над входной дверью стенах ве...

We will examine how the diversity of historical sources affects portrayal Balkan Slavs by following two writings that notably differ. First is De Administrando Imperio, written in X century. Our second source Chronicle Priest Duklja about which very little known. The have a strong influence on our understanding earliest history dwell Western Balkans. Hence, modern nations, i.e. Croats and Serbs...

As part of the Darwin celebrations in 2009, the Natural History Museum in London unveiled TREE, the first contemporary artwork to win a permanent place in the Museum. While the artist claimed that the inspiration for TREE came from Darwin's famous notebook sketch of branching evolution, sometimes referred to as his "tree of life" drawing, this article emphasises the apparent incongruity between...

BACKGROUND It is well known how often psychiatric patients report religious experiences. These are especially frequent in schizophrenic and epileptic patients as the subject of their delusions. The question we pose is: are there differences between this kind of religious experiences and those we find in religious texts or in the mythological tradition? RESULTS An overview on famous mythologic...

Hadis/Sünnet malzemesi farklı açılardan çalışmalara konu edilmektedir. Bunların bir veçhesini de kültür odaklı etütler oluşturmaktadır. Teknik hadisçiliği gözetmekle beraber, onun dışında noktaya odaklanan bu yaklaşımlar, hadisin içtimaî etkisini irdelemektedir. Bu çalışma, uydurma hadislerdeki mitolojik unsurları mezkûr yöntemle ele almayı amaçlamaktadır. Kur’an ve sahih sünnet/hadis, çalışman...

This article explores the phenomena of personal transformation within frame a self-experiential workshop, named Heroine/Hero’s Journey. The Heroine/Hero is archetype who sets out on an adventurous journey, in pursuit her or his call for transformation. Rebillot based Campbell’s (1949) mythological work, Hero with Thousand Faces created experiential approach form one-week which utilizes methods ...