Mythology as part of the symbolic universe

Modern myths are treated as dynamic symbolic systems, which act as part of ideational spheres of society, they reinforce a semantic universe society. Symbols refer to a certain meaning, which is not originally present in a specific meaning. Informative, conceptual richness of character far exceed the capabilities of conventional speech statements that did it in ancient times an indispensable tool impact on human consciousness and, more broadly, the collective mass consciousness. System of symbols included in that particular myth is of a conventional shared by the group character. The symbol refers to General concepts, ideas, abstractions, characteristic of the culture and society he may belong to different spheres of objective reality and functioning in a variety of differentiated social structures and activities, it is unequally available to individuals belonging to different strata, professional groups, ethnic and national community, individuals with different levels of education and inculturation. The emergence of symbols can be represented as a dynamic process of registration and renewal of human social reality, which is directly related to the intersubjective perception of the individual.