The importance of the role of mythology in shaping social representations
The decrease of the importance for human mind of certain realities of space and intensity of their use deprives mythology of an adequate model of behaviour, that results in destabilization of a person. This means that prevailing motives of mythological thinking (safety motives) assume, first of all, affect-protective functions of myth-thinking. The problem of the myth develops into a problem of a person. A personal myth - the image of the space of a person, is essential for his or her self-identification. Man creates individual myths, designing an idealized image of himself, creating the myth of their life, according to which a man establishes relations with others, defines vital purposes, selects the means of their achievement, etc.