Interpretation of myth-making in modern cultural thought

An attempt to comprehend the modern state of mythology as a theoretical discipline studying myth creation, seeking to answer the question about the essence of the myth is made. The extremely wide range of the stated historically research positions is largely due to the worldview of scientists, that emphasizes complexity and importance of this cultural phenomenon. The correlation of myth-making only with mental processes is questioned. The author makes a judgment that the essence of myth-making is connected with the meaning designation, which is always a modeling of the picture of the world, in which the purpose of human life and human society finds its place. Myth-making in this sense is inseparable from cultural genesis, both at the stage of anthropogenesis and at any historical stage. The study of myth-making leads to the problems of cultural genesis and the search for original cultural forms due to the ability of symbolization. The name and digit are considered as such forms.