Inventum Klironomy

Inventum Klironomy is an independent science within the Intangible Klironomy direction in the system of the klironomical sciences. It belongs to the group of klironomical sciences that study, preserve, recover, and reconstruct intangible forms of cultural heritage connected with collective imagination, traditional narration, and the spiritual worldview of society.

1. Cultural anthropology, which studies culture as a system of tangible and intangible objects, ideas, values, behavioural models, and symbolic forms at different historical stages of social development.
2. Ethnology, which studies ethnic processes, ethnic communities, peoples, their cultural characteristics, and the relationships between different communities.
3. Philology, which studies language, oral and written texts, literary works, and cultural meanings expressed through linguistic and narrative forms.

Historically, mythology was one of the earliest forms of collective consciousness. It created a complete symbolic picture of the world in which religious, practical, scientific, artistic, and social knowledge were not yet separated into independent spheres. Myths and legends therefore occupy an important place in the spiritual history and culture of society.

Myths and legends preserve historical, cultural, axiological, and philological codes of previous social epochs. They transmit ideas about the origin of the world, social order, moral norms, heroic models, sacred spaces, collective fears, hopes, and ideals. For this reason, their preservation is essential for reconstructing a unified picture of society’s existence both at a particular historical moment and in the process of temporal change.

The preservation, recovery, and reconstruction of myths and legends as elements of intangible cultural heritage require special scientific methods, expert approaches, and trained specialists. Inventum Klironomy is relevant because it provides the theoretical and methodological basis for identifying, classifying, studying, preserving, and restoring mythological and legendary heritage as part of the spiritual image of society.

Myths and legends that carry valuable cultural codes of the spiritual life of society and exist in intangible narrative forms.

The preservation, recovery, reconstruction, and scientific interpretation of myths and legends as elements of intangible cultural heritage.

The preservation of myths and legends as elements of society’s cultural heritage and as carriers of its symbolic, spiritual, historical, and narrative memory.

1. Analyse individual myths and legends in order to determine their relevance for inclusion in inventories of intangible cultural heritage and to classify them.
2. Describe the status of myths and legends defined as elements of intangible cultural heritage, including their relevance, level of preservation, and required scope of restoration or reconstruction work.
3. Develop methods for the preservation, recovery, and reconstruction of myths and legends as elements of intangible cultural heritage that form the spiritual image of society.
4. Create a scientific basis for research, educational, and expert activities related to the identification and preservation of myths and legends as elements of intangible cultural heritage.
5. Support the transmission of mythological and legendary heritage as a component of society’s cultural continuity and spiritual development.

1. Preservation of existing myths and legends defined as elements of intangible cultural heritage.
2. Preservation of narrative forms, motifs, plots, images, and symbolic structures contained in myths and legends.
3. Identification of myths and legends that may be recognised as elements of intangible cultural heritage in the future.
4. Recovery of damaged, fragmented, or partially lost elements of myths and legends.
5. Reconstruction of lost parts of myths and legends defined as elements of intangible cultural heritage
6. Systematisation and classification of mythological and legendary heritage according to its cultural, historical, ethnic, symbolic, and spiritual significance.
7. Creation of scientific, methodological, and educational foundations for the long-term preservation of myths and legends within the system of intangible cultural heritage.