FROM THE SUMERIANS TO THE GERMANS: THE PROBLEM OF ATTITUDE TO LIFE AND DEATH IN THE EPIC WORLDVIEW
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The article examines the problem of attitude to life and death in the epic worldview in the context of ‘big time’. Famous epic monuments such as the Sumerian ‘Epic of Gilgamesh’, the ancient Greek ‘Iliad’ by Homer and the German ‘Nibelungenlied’ are studied. The events of the ‘heroic age’ that the epics based on (similarities in social and political system, religious beliefs and worldview) make it possible to search for typological parallels. The problem of attitude to death has always played a key role in the epics. The hero’s death, glorified by his descendants, is the basis of his immortality. This concept is characteristic of the most epic works. The article asserts the idea of the frailty of human existence before the will of fate.
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