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Ing. Mgr. Michal Cigán, Ph.D.

Doctoral thesis

Anthropological and Philological Analysis of Social and Gender Relations in Indo-European Myths: Priest-King of the Warriors and Witch-Queen of the Others

Anthropological and Philological Analysis of Social and Gender Relations in Indo-European Myths: Priest-King of the Warriors and Witch-Queen of the Others
Abstract:
Práca predstavuje pokus o filologicko-antropologické prehodnotenie vybraných mytologických tém na poli porovnávacej indoeurópskej mytológie. Predmetom záujmu je dvojica mytologických cyklov: 1) stvorenie hierarchickej spoločnosti a 2) konflikt elít s vojskom čarodejnice. Textové štruktúry, ktoré sú v rámci uvedených tematických okruhov identifikované ako komparatívne analogické, sú následne interpretované …more
Abstract:
Thesis deals with the anthropologically reassessed topics of Indo-European comparative mythology. A pair of mythological themes is focused on: 1) primordial creation of stratified society and 2) the conflict of elites with the army led by a witch. More or less invariant textual structures attested throughout the comparative process within these thematic areas are subsequently interpreted as reflections …more
 

Keywords

indoeurópsky porovnávací mýtus epos mužský spolok elity antropológia rodový kargo kult big man čarodejnica Indo-European comparative myth epic männerbund elite anthropology gender cargo cult witch
 
Language used: English
Date on which the thesis was submitted / produced: 19. 1. 2016
Identifier: https://is.muni.cz/th/ra0xg/

Thesis defence

  • Date of defence: 16. 6. 2016
  • Supervisor: prof. RNDr. Václav Blažek, CSc.
  • Reader: prof. RNDr. Ivo Budil, Ph.D., PhDr. Pavla Valčáková, CSc.

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