Introduction to Mythology

The students are aquainted with basic terminology in mythology, relationship between myth and ritual, myth and religion, myth and literature. They become familiar with the characteristics and main types of myths, especially Indo-European. They become familiar with various methods of studying myth. They become familiar with contemporary research in Slavic mythology.

Temeljna literatura:
1. Dundes Alan 1984: Sacred Narrative: Readings in the Theory of Myth. Berkeley, Los Angeles, London: University of California Press. Izbrana poglavja: str. 72-97, 193-206, 244-255. COBISS.SI-ID - 2977039
2. Belaj Vitomir 1998: Hod kroz godinu. Zagreb: Golden marketing. Izbrana poglavja: str. 45-98, 135-245. COBISS.SI-ID - 42774017
3. Dumézil Georges 1987: Tridelna ideologija Indoevropcev. Ljubljana: ŠKUC, Znanstveni inštitut Filozofske fakultete. 140 str. COBISS.SI-ID - 1954050
4. Lincoln Bruce 1986, Cambridge, Massachusetts, London: Harvard University Press.
5. Segal Robert A. 1990: In Quest of the Hero. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 223 str. COBISS.SI-ID - 8545890
6. Mikhailov Nikolai 2002: Mythologia Slovenica. Trst: Mladika.Izbrano poglavje: str. 17-37. COBISS.SI-ID - 1928172

Priporočljiva literatura:
1. Katičić Radoslav 2008: Božanski boj. Tragovima svetih pjesama naše pretkršćanske starine. Zagreb, Moščenička Draga: Katedra čakavskog sabora Općine Mošćenička Draga, Odsjek za etnologiju i kulturnu antropologiju FF. COBISS.SI-ID - 28956461
2. Katičić Radoslav 2010: Zeleni lug. Tragovima svetih pjesama naše pretkršćanske starine. Zagreb, Moščenička Draga: Katedra čakavskog sabora Općine Mošćenička Draga, Odsjek za etnologiju i kulturnu antropologiju FF. COBISS.SI-ID - 54270818