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Китайският дракон и българският змей. Психология на митологията
The Chinese Dragon and the Bulgarian Zmey. Psychology of Mythology

Author(s): Diana Maglova
Subject(s): History, Anthropology, Cultural history, Non-European Philosophy, East Asian Philosophy
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: dragon; mythology; psychology; symbols; antiquity; ethnospecifics; China; Bulgaria;

Summary/Abstract: This scientific work, in its characteristic exposition, is a modest attempt at a comparative description of one of the most famous mythical creatures from ancient legends and its incarnations in the fabulous folk art of two peoples, which at first glance are distant and different, but both unique. antiquity and culture. The comparison between the dragon and the dragon and the other theriomorphic images perfectly illustrates the laws of myth-making, its diffusion and its modeling ability.This scientific work, in its characteristic exposition, is a modest attempt at a comparative description of one of the most famous mythical creatures from ancient legends and its incarnations in the fabulous folk art of two peoples, which at first glance are distant and different, but both unique antiquity and culture. The comparison between the dragon and the dragon and the other theriomorphic images perfectly illustrates the laws of myth-making, its diffusion and its modeling ability.