MYTHS ABOUT MIRACULOUS HEALING: LINGUISTIC AND AXIOLOGICAL ASPECTS

Abstract

Aim. The purpose of this work is to describe the myth about miraculous healing as a culturally determined phenomenon, which is the fragment of the everyday picture of the world, and which fills in the gaps in the existing knowledge. Methodology. The definitions of the notions “myth” and “healing” are given. Linguistic theories of the study of myth are described. The connection between the notions “personality”, “story”, “miracle” and “word” is traced, which allows to explore the semantic meaning of the myth as “a miraculous personal story given in words”. In this study the cultural analysis, the descriptive-analytical method and the continuous sampling method are used. Results. The phenomenon of “miraculous” healing is shown in the structure of the internal picture of the disease from the semiotics point of view. It is noted that myths about miraculous healing acquire semantic and linguocultural significance. It is demonstrated that people tend to attach additional connotations to supernatural sociocultural phenomena (the phenomenon of “miraculous” healing is among them). It is concluded that the phenomenon of “miraculous” healing is based on the elements of everyday consciousness (medical narratives, religious beliefs, values of representatives of the linguocultural society), which is reflected in the typology of the myth about miraculous healing. Research implications. The research results contribute to the study of the phenomenon of “miraculous” healing as an axiogenic situation, represented in the medical myth and presupposing value-marked comprehension.