The Epics of Aqhat and Kirta as Social Myths?

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

The Epics of Aqhat and Kirta as Social Myths?

Original language description

The presented article addresses the question of whether the epics of Kirta and Aqhat from LBA Ugarit may be considered narratives articulating social myths, building upon the theory of Gérard Bouchard. As such, the epics are seen as potentially influential elements within the society of Ugarit, significantly contributing to the construction of the reality of that time. The designation invites us to consider the complex social and historical setting in which the narratives appeared and worked and ask how they could have been relevant, what aims their author could have followed, and what means he used to achieve them. The preservation of sources considerably limits our possibilities in tracking the links among the narratives, author, audience, local and international politics, environment, religion, or emic conception of history. The reconstructed context, therefore, remains largely porous. Still, Ugarit is one of the best sites to start such an endeavour which may broaden our understanding of political uses of narratives in the ancient Near East.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

60101 - History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA23-05181S" target="_blank" >GA23-05181S: Archaeology of Texts. Tradition, Transmission, and Transformation in the Ancient Near East</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2024

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Aula Orientalis

ISSN

0212-5730

e-ISSN

2938-4966

Volume of the periodical

42

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

ES - SPAIN

Number of pages

28

Pages from-to

253-280

UT code for WoS article

001461719900006

EID of the result in the Scopus database

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