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Mythical animals in the Early Modern educational literature
DVOŘÁKOVÁ, Miroslava
This bachelor thesis focuses on two mythological animals, specifically on unicorn and phoenix from antiquity to the early modern age. Firstly, in the first chapter I discuss used methodology and current state of research about all animals in general, including mythological ones. The second chapter introduces the unicorn in ancient and medieval sources where this mythical animal was born and developed. The third chapter forms the half of the main topic of the thesis, namely unicorn in the 16th and 17th centuries. The next chapter follows the codification of the phoenix in antiquity and the Middle Ages, where this mythical creature also had its origins. Chapter five forms the second half of the thesis, which looks at the mythical bird in 16th and 17th century scientific and travel writings, but also how the phoenix was depicted in fiction. The following chapter is a presentation of the phoenix in material sources from antiquity to the early modern period.
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Mythical creatures in art. Author's illustrated bestiary.
PROŠKOVÁ, Tereza
This bachelor's thesis is divided into theoretical and practical part. The first part of my theoretical framework is concentrated on specific mythical animals and describes their visual aspects and characteristics. The myths with these animals are also mentioned in this section. The next part pursues the portrayal of the mythical creatures through the history where along with them are also mentioned authors who have been trying to put these creatures into their work. It is very interesting to see how each of them visualised these animals in their own way. The end of this theoretical section of the work is aimed at developing of the literature where are these mythical creatures mentioned or directly portrayed. A practical framework for this work concentrates on making the author's own bestiary where the sketch of each mythical character is also included.
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