Language and Myth

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"Language and Myth" is a philosophical work by Ernst Cassirer that explores how language and symbolic forms shape and express mythological thought.

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instanceOf book
philosophical work
argues language shapes mythological worldviews
myth and language are interdependent symbolic systems
myth is a symbolic form mediated by language
author Ernst Cassirer
countryOfOrigin Germany
examines formation of mythical images
relation between ritual and mythic language
role of metaphor in myth
symbolic function of words in myth
focusesOn relationship between language and myth
structure of mythic consciousness
symbolic representation in myth
genre philosophy
philosophy of culture
hasAuthorProfession neo-Kantian thinker
philosopher
hasEnglishTitle Language and Myth self-link
hasPerspectiveOn language as constitutive of experience
myth as a mode of world-disclosure
influenced 20th-century philosophy of culture
philosophy of symbolic forms
structuralist approaches to myth
influencedBy German idealism
Immanuel Kant
Neo-Kantian epistemology
Wilhelm von Humboldt
mainTopic mythical thought
mythology
philosophy of language
symbolic forms
movement Neo-Kantianism
originalLanguage German
partOf Cassirer’s philosophy of symbolic forms
philosophicalTradition Marburg School
relatedTo The Philosophy of Symbolic Forms
linguistic relativity in mythic contexts
philosophy of myth
subjectOf scholarly commentary in cultural studies
scholarly commentary in literary theory
scholarly commentary in philosophy of religion

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Ernst Cassirer notableWork Language and Myth
Language and Myth hasEnglishTitle Language and Myth self-link
An Essay on Man relatedWork Language and Myth