Vehicule magice în mitologia lumii

Abstract

The plurality of mythical thinking allows for a wide range of perspective approaches. We propose a direction related to the technologies evoked in the coordinates of the mythical universe, namely magical vehicles. We will focus on the most commonly used means of transportation, such as the flying chariot, the magic carpet, the Indian Vimana, etc., but also on the original technologies such as the caduceus, the golden ram or the flight shoes. In investigating the topic, we used texts from universal as well as from Romanian mythology. This research allows us to reconfirm the precious polysemous message of myths, in this case from the perspective of miraculous mythical vehicles.