History, Heritage, and Myth

Abstract

This essay examines popular and public discourse surrounding the broad, amorphous, and largely grassroots campaign to “Save Chamundi Hill” in Mysore City. The focus of this study is in the development of the language of “heritage” relating to the Hill starting in the mid-2000s that implicitly connected its heritage to the mythic events of the slaying of the buffalo-demon. This essay argues that the connection between the Hill and “heritage” grows from an assumption that the landscape is historically important because of its role in the myth of the goddess and the buffalo-demon, which is interwoven into the city’s history. It demonstrates that this assumption is rooted within a local historical consciousness that places mythic events within the chronology of human history that arose as a negotiation of Indian and colonial understandings of historiography.

Preconditions And Starting Attitudes Of The General Theory Of Myth

“…The question arises why the myth as a basic scientific and cultural topic did not become a research subject within the whole (Simmons, 2018). Indeed, "the myth is inherent in the man at all stages of their development" (Gabrielyan et al, 2019b, p. 28), which generates the need to identify theoretical premises for the general theory of myth.…”

Myth In Digital Epoch: Preliminary Research Results

“…was not yet separated from the myth, and there was no science of logic (Simmons, 2018). Although there are also those who admit the presence of myth in modern times among the supporters of this approach.…”

“…The modern myth is inherent in man at all stages of his development and a cultural universal changing with him, which is its foundation and semantic structure (Weigand, 2018). According to the classical approach, the traditional myth is the story that is being told (Simmons, 2018). It is false, primitive, and easy to understand, because is based on pre-logical thinking and can be overcome with the help of common sense and logic.…”