Dampak Dan Fungsi Sosial Mitos Mbah Bajing Bagi Kehidupan Spiritual Masyarakat Dusun Kecopokan, Kabupaten Malang, Jawa Timur

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ID7536665
AuthorsE F Andalas (0000-0002-0107-7849, Airlangga University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume13
Issue1
Pages20-31
Publication date2017-04-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePuitika (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0854-817X • E-ISSN: 2580-6009
PublisherUniversitas Andalas (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.25077/puitika.13.1.20--31.2017
OpenAlexW2795556289
LanguageEN
Citations received8

This study aims to describe the social impact and function of the Myth of Mbah Bajing towards its readers (Kecopokan villageâ€TMs people). This research is a descriptive-qualitative with the Sociology of Literature approach. The data sources of this study are the observation, the interview and the questionnaire to the informants that show the social impact and function of the myth towards Kecopokan villageâ€TMs people. The procedures of data collection are done by some techniques which are 1) recording, 2) photography, 3) observation, 4) quotation, 5) interview, 6) distributing the questionnaires. The results of this study show that the social impact of the Myth of Mbah Bajing in Kecopokan village social life is reflected through the way people think, act, and behave towards Mbah Bajingâ€TMs spirit and grave. Furthermore, there is a special treatment to this mythological figure as the part of the spiritual life of Kecopokan villageâ€TMs people. This myth has also the social functions towards Kecopokan villageâ€TMs people as 1) the education instrument especially for young generation, 2) the strengthener of the solidarity among the people and 3) the norms regulator in their social life. Keyword: function, impact, myth, sociology of literature

Mythology · Political science · Social function · Social life · Social science · Social solidarity · Sociology · Solidarity · Theology · Cultural and Artistic Studies · Educational Methods and Media Use · Law · Linguistics and Language Analysis · Philosophy

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