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Characterization from roman mythology: based on “Yavana Purana”
(The Library, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2023) Kumari, H.M.S.I.; Ranasinghe, R.M.C.
Identifying a clear distinction between folktales, legends and myths is difficult. The ancient society's beliefs were fundamental to the creation of such stories. Unlike today, the people of that time spent their lives abundantly in harmony with the environment. There are many occasions when ancient man became curious about various phenomena arising from the environment. Ancient people hypothesized that there was something power behind such events in the environment. This naturally led to the emergence of myths, giving a supernatural power to various emotional states and various stages, experiences, and activities of human life. This influence on the poet carried over to the creation of epic poetry. “Ovid's Metamorphoses” is one such epic literary work. The primary purpose of this study is to study the human characteristics of Roman myths. To achieve that purpose, Deegoda Piyadasa’s "Yavana Puranaya" is a Sinhalese adaptation of "Ovid's Metamorphoses" is used as the secondary data source. The research method is a qualitative study method that belongs to the anthropological research method. What kind of characters are shown in myths? Are they all-time facts? Are the research problems here? Ovid visualizes the strength and depth of human relationships through different characters, as well as in love, separation, disagreement, blindness and brutality. The book led Ronald Seth to call 'Ovid' a 'psychologist' and it is clear that the myths of “Metamorphoses” have also influenced psychoanalyst Freud's 'ego complex' and 'narcissism complex'. From this it can be concluded that even though the person physically changes with the ages, the moods highlight common characteristics for the past as well as the present and the future through myths. “Metamorphoses” is one of the strongest pieces of literature that bears witness to it.
A Study of the Influence of Greek Mythology on “Ovid’s Metamorphosis”
(Faculty of Humanities, University of Kelaniya, 2023) Kumari, H.M.S.I.
In the 6th, 7th, and 8th centuries BC, the beginnings of Western classical literature were marked by the Greek epic poems Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey. It is a scholarly opinion that the material seeds for the creation of great poetry were provided through Greek mythology. It is due to the identity characteristics of Greek mythology. Later, the influence of Greek mythology strongly influenced mythology unique to Rome. The primary purpose of this research is to study how Ovid’s epic poem ‘Metamorphoses’ proves the contribution of Greek mythology to the creation of Roman epics. To achieve that objective,“Ovid's Metamorphoses", translated by Deegoda Piyadasa as "Yavana Purana", is used as a primary data source and many other texts are used as secondary data sources. The qualitative study method, which belongs to the anthropological research methodology, is used for this study. Mythology does not have a separately constructed theoretically significant system of rules and regulations. There is also little possibility of constructing such a fixed system of principles. There is no specific authorship, study system, or commentary on folktales, legends, and myths. Those who weave such stories are anonymous. Although these have been documented recently, they are still oral generation. Therefore, it is also subject to change. It can be identified as the research problem here whether myths with such a nature are presented in an appropriate way for the representation of events in the Roman epic. Through this study, it can be concluded that Ovid's 'Metamorphoses' is the most powerful literary work among other literary works. Furthermore, there is a deep connection between mythology and literature as mythology, which arose spontaneously in Greek society, led to the creation of epic