Author(s)

Renying Wang ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Ph. D. Program in Cultural Heritage and Arts Innovation Studies, School of Culture Resources, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan, China

Corresponding Author

Renying Wang

ABSTRACT

This article starts from "The great sage Prince Nazha chased and killed the Dragon King Vasuki", and connects the Indian snake mythology system. From the perspective of signs, we analyze signifier (image), signified (meaning), signification (connection), and symbol (composition). On the one hand, observe different myths whether they have similar cultural signs. On the other hand, observe these signs. When there are similar or identical data or elements, do they have different qualities and different numerical values? In the third aspect, if there are partial similarities between signs in different places, then what kind of differences exist (including symbolism, spirit, will, psychology, etc.). By exploring the performance of artworks, we hope to read the meaning produced by signs from the context of intertextuality.

KEYWORDS

Artworks, Humanities, Sign, Society, "The great sage Prince Nazha chased and killed the Dragon King Vasuki"

CITE THIS PAPER

Renying Wang, Research in the Intertextuality between Social and Humanities of "The Great Sage Prince Nazha Chased and Killed Dragon King Vasuki"—From the Viewpoint of International Exchanges between Liao and India. Journal of Sociology and Ethnology (2025) Vol. 7: 1-9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/jsoce.2025.070101.

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