Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu: pioneer in the research of folklore topos and mythical archetypes

Abstract

In tis article, the contribution of Bogdan Petriceicu-Hasdeu to the research of intangible cultural heritage is revealed, an aspect that has found expression in esveral studies, asstion, opininions, research problems. Passionate abou the autochthonous spirituality of the Romanian, embodied in myths, archetypes, heresies, folc topos, Hasdeu – elucidated them from – a nev perspective, in order to put them into circulation and promote them through times and generation. As a trailblazer in the study of the vestiges of making the first attempt of our people, Hasdeu has the merit of marking the first attempt at scientific investigation of the popular soul, in the desire to prepare the ground for the popular soul, in the desire to prepare the ground for the appearance of several works related tot the approach to the complex of problems, aimed at the sphere of valorization of the autochthonous mythology, of initiation into a mythological reference system reconstituted in the ontological, cognitive, existential dimensions, in order to deepen the universe of values of the natinal being.