Kovtun N. Archetyp of the cultural hero in Ukrainian spiritual tradition: historical-philosophical context.

Withing the dissertation thesis the problem of comprehension of archetype theory in Ukrainian and foreing historical-philosophical heritage [the works by L.Humilov, M.eliade, S.Krymsky, O.Losev, T.Mann, F.Nietzsche, Platon, P.Florensky, N.Khamitov, F.Shelling, K.Yung] is solved in the context of the investigation of the cultural hero archetype in Ukrainian spiritual tradition; structural-functional analysis of the ambivalent essense of the cultural hero is done; the attemt to restore the main elements of the cultural hero archetype in Indo-European tradition is made; functioning of the cultural hero archetype components [protective, tranforming and sacral functions in cultural hero's activity] in Ukrainian spiritual tradition is established. Historical and philosophical essens of archetype of the cultural hero is determined as the immanent aiming of a mythical protohero, at transformation of human community life.