The Digital Monster transmedia as a credence-mythological patchwork: syncretism and reconfigurations of myths, legends, and beliefs in the configuration of the Digimon World

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/amal.82319
Keywords: Digimon, Myths, Digital, Technology, Anime, Mass Media

Abstract

Digimon arrived in Spain in 1999, quickly becoming a popular series for children and teenagers. Set in a digital environment inhabited by digital monsters: the Digital World; exploits tropes associated with traditional mythical and belief systems and exports them to the present day, through a syncretic exercise and establishing a link with the digital context. Thus, feeding on contemporary “technomyths”, new hybrid mythical realities emerge, which are faithful reflections of the human attitude towards digitally mediated experiences. Through the content analysis of the 253 chapters that make up the first seasons of the series, the article aims to understand the ways in which mythic narratives are transformed and hybridised in today's mass media, using the transmedia Digital Monster as a context for these processes.

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Francisco Miguel Ojeda-García, Universidad de Granada

Investigador doctorando FPU en Antropología Social en el departamento de Antropología Social de la Facultad de Filosofía y Letras de la Universidad de Granada (2019-actualidad). Colaborador del grupo de investigación en Estudios socioculturales aplicados (SEJ-208), Universidad de Granada. Máster Universitario en Estudios en Asia Oriental con especialización en Estudios Japoneses (Universidad de Salamanca, 2017-2018) y Grado en Antropología Social y Cultural (Universidad de Granada, 2013-2017).

Francisco Javier Ogáyar-Marín, Universidad de Granada

Francisco Javier Ogáyar-Marín es investigador predoctoral en el Departamento de Antropología Social de la Universidad de Granada (Facultad de Filosofía y Letras). Graduado en Antropología Social y Cultural (Premio Extraordinario), Máster Universitario en Antropología Física y Forense y Máster en Profesorado de Enseñanza Secundaria Obligatoria y Bachillerato, Formación Profesional y Enseñanza de Idiomas. Todos por la Universidad de Granada. Actualmente forma parte del Grupo de Invesigación en Estudios Socioculturales Aplicados (SEJ-208), Universidad de Granada.

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Published
2022-09-27
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Ojeda-García F. M. y Ogáyar-Marín F. J. (2022). The Digital Monster transmedia as a credence-mythological patchwork: syncretism and reconfigurations of myths, legends, and beliefs in the configuration of the Digimon World. Amaltea. Revista de mitocrítica, 14, e82319. https://doi.org/10.5209/amal.82319
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Vol. 14 (2022)
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