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Myth on the Border Between Man and Nature

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The article analyzes the peculiarities of mythological consciousness formed on the border of Nature and Man. The text deals with the process of the symbolization of the natural world in mythological consciousness is considered in which myth becomes a means of domesticating and humanizing the world, whereas the imbalances in the interaction between Man and Nature coincides with eschatological motifs.

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  1. St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia

    Irina Gorina

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  1. Faculty of Education and Arts, Nord University, Bodø, Nordland Fylke, Norway

    Jan Selmer Methi

  2. Murmansk Arctic State University, Murmansk, The Murmansk Area, Russia

    Andrei Sergeev

  3. University of Białystok, Białystok, Poland

    Małgorzata Bieńkowska

  4. Lithuanian Culture Research Institute, Vilnius, Lithuania

    Basia Nikiforova

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Gorina, I. (2019). Myth on the Border Between Man and Nature. In: Methi, J., Sergeev, A., Bieńkowska, M., Nikiforova, B. (eds) Borderology: Cross-disciplinary Insights from the Border Zone. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99392-8_14

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