Toporov, VN (English spelling) ToporovVN

Japanese: Toporov,V.N.(英語表記)ToporovVN
Toporov, VN (English spelling) ToporovVN

...In the study of ancient records of Baltic mythology, the posthumous work Latvian-Prussian Mythology (1936) by Wilhelm Mannhard (1831-80), author of Latvian Sun Mythology (1875), remains a fundamental text that remains valuable even today. In addition, Moscow linguist Vyacheslav Vsevolodvich Ivanov (1929- ), Vladimir Nikolaevich Toporov (1928- ), and Lithuanian-born archaeologist Marija Gimbutas (1921- ), who lives in the United States, have also made significant contributions to Baltic mythology, incorporating the work of Biezais.
[Influence on future generations]
Although there are no epics in the Baltic countries in the true sense of the word, the Latvian poet Pumpuls left a great masterpiece to posterity in his epic poem "Ráčprēsis" (1888), which features Baltic gods and witches and also incorporates a sun song from the midsummer festival.

From the Moscow-Tartu School

...Its theoretical characteristic is that it positions religion, mythology, folklore, art, literature, etc. as a "secondary modeling system" based on language. Representative figures include Vyacheslav Vsevolodvich Ivanov (1929- ) in Moscow, Vladimir Nikolaevich Toporov (1928- ) in mythology and literature, Boris Andreevich Uspenskii (1937- ) in mythology, literature, and iconology, and Rothman in Tartu, literature, and film. Since around 1970, in addition to the "individual semiotics" that had previously focused on religion, mythology, etc. separately, there has been vigorous work being done to establish a "cultural semiotics" that would treat the entire second modeling system as a system.

*Some of the terminology references "Toporov, VN" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…バルト神話の古記録の研究では,《ラトビアの太陽神話》(1875)の著者でもあるマンハルトWilhelm Mannhard(1831‐80)の遺著《ラトビア・プロイセンの神話学》(1936)が基本書として今日も価値を失わない。なおビエザイスの研究を取り入れて,モスクワの言語学者イワーノフVyacheslav Vsevolodvich Ivanov(1929‐ ),トポローフVladimir Nikolaevich Toporov(1928‐ ),リトアニア出身でアメリカ在住の考古学者ギンブタスMarija Gimbutas(1921‐ )もバルト神話学に多くの寄与をしている。
[後世への影響]
 バルト諸国には本来の意味の叙事詩は存在しないが,ラトビアの詩人プンプルスは叙事詩《勇士ラーチュプレーシス》(1888)にバルトの神々や魔女たちを登場させ,さらには夏至祭の太陽歌を取り込んで一大傑作を後世に残している。…

【モスクワ・タルトゥ学派】より

…その理論的特徴は,宗教,神話,フォークロア,芸術,文学などを,言語を基礎とした〈第2次モデル化体系〉として位置づけている点にある。代表的人物としては,モスクワでは神話,文学,映画のイワーノフVyacheslav Vsevolodvich Ivanov(1929‐ ),神話,文学のトポロフVladimir Nikolaevich Toporov(1928‐ ),神話,文学,イコン学のウスペンスキーBoris Andreevich Uspenskii(1937‐ ),タルトゥでは文学,映画のロートマンらがあげられる。70年ころより,それまでの宗教,神話などを別々に対象とした〈個別記号学〉と並んで,第2次モデル化体系の総体を体系としてとらえる〈文化の記号学〉の樹立をめざした作業も精力的に進められている。…

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