CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC INTERPRETATIONS OF THE SEA MYTHOLOGY IN THE SYNTHESIS OF NON-EXISTENCE

Abstract

Amid the uncertainty of mysticism, the understanding of existence has long been questioned. The basis for views on the concept of nothingness dates back to Parmenides. Some view nothingness as an absolute void in the universe, others view it as a phenomenon that can be captured but does not exist. From ancient times through the analytical thinking of the Renaissance, myths have been conveyed in different ways through abstract, expressionist emotions. Pagan societies have created and magnified their traumatic stories shrouding them in ambiguity within complex, synesthetic labyrinths of thought, and have attempted to interpret them through art informed by a psychology of nothingness. Based on the myth examined in this research, this study has focused on sea monsters depicted in different periods. Within the scope of qualitative research methods, open-access internet sources were used visual materials in the research for which the relevant literature review was conducted.