Jūrinės valstybės mitologizavimas: hodegetinis matmuo
Mythologization of a Maritime State: a Hodegetical Dimension

Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the hodegetical dimension of the mythologization of a maritime state. The hagiographer refers to the waters in biblical protology. In the ancient Semitic cosmogony, the primordial ocean is of great significance. The mythological symbolism of the sea is creative. The sea is mythologized by giving it certain meanings and turning it into a significant symbol. The natural attraction towards the sea manifests itself as an archaic universality. At the mythological cosmogonic and psychoanalytic erotic level, man’s affection for the sea encompasses a certain aspect of incest. The ideological mythologization of a maritime state is a hodegetical instrument. Creativity, self-respect, and respect for others inherent to the free spirit of the sea are rarely the subjects of discussions. The mythologization of the maritime state requires an etiological myth about a maritime city that unites the nation and its values. Lithuanian Maritime Academy cherishes maritime traditions that are hodegetically valuable. Noble and meaningful maritime memoirs make the intellectual mythologization of the maritime state possible.

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