The Metaphorical and Analogical Structure of Myth
Myths fulfill both social and cognitive functions, enabling humans to acquire knowledge intuitively through metaphors and behavioral prototypes. Mythological narratives constitute a form of storytelling marked by universality and imbued with cognitive as well as ritual structures to which they are f...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Journal of cognition and culture
Year: 2025, Volume: 25, Issue: 5, Pages: 518-540 |
| Further subjects: | B
Old Norse religion
B metaphor studies B gnoseology B Semantics B Embodied Cognition B Old Norse mythology B cognitive science of religion |
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