Demonisation of Gods
The Impact of Christian Dualism upon Turco-Mongol and Finno-Ugrian Religious Mythologies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 22336464 |
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| Authors | M Gridneva (St. Cyril and Methodius All-Church Postgraduate School and Doctoral School), Maria V Gridneva (National Research University Higher School of Economics, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 118-143 |
| Publication date | 2024-12-23 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | State Religion and Church in Russia and Worldwide (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2073-7203 • E-ISSN: 2073-7211 |
| Publisher | The Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.22394/2073-7203-2024-42-2-118-143 |
| OpenAlex | W4404493933 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This article deals with the problem of the influence of dualistic religions over non-dualistic ones. The main point of the author is that each non-dualistic religion contains some difficult and complex characters who are venerated as guardian gods but who could be easily demonised under the influence of the dualistic worldviews. The reason for such demonisation is a relative simplicity of dualism that explains everything in the categories as ‘ Good’ and ‘ Evil’ that do not exist in non-dualistic religions. Therefore, as the author argues, dualistic religion always affects the non-dualistic one when they meet. The research takes the example of Turco-Mongol and Finno-Ugrian mythologies, and the author observes characters of such gods as Erlik and Keremet before and after they were affected by the Christian narrative
Ancient history · Dualism · Mythology · Theology · Eurasian Exchange Networks · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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