PROLEGOMENA TO AN IMAGINARY OF THE SEA
PROLEGOMENA TO AN IMAGINARY OF THE SEA

Summary/Abstract: The study of mythology and folklore is an integral part of the study of the imaginary. By identifying the basic myths of a group or people, we can actually recognize the logical sequences of the images and the assimilation of these images by archetypes belonging to the collective consciousness of a group. Elements belonging to the system based on the constellations of images that make up the paradigm of the maritime imaginary will be presented and developed so that we can show that they are globally specific to the maritime culture and sea imaginary. This system may help us understand the anthropological dialectic of the maritime imaginary, this being achieved by demonstrating the universality of maritime images, symbols, beliefs or myths. These elements are continuously told and re-told and they are constantly repeated in world literatures, therefore we may conclude that the imaginary represents a social vector based on the fact that images, symbols and archetypes should have the same common meaning amidst a group or people.

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