Shaman or Showman? Jim Morrison’s Myths

The study deals with the concepts of Jim Morrison’s art in mirror of Jim Morrison’s myths especially his “self-made shamanism”. Jim Morrison created a “personal shamanism” that basically determined his art and image. The study explores how and why Jim Morrison created his own myth and built shamanistic elements in his songs, poems and performances. Besides, the paper touches on the connections and conflicts between Jim Morrison’s ideas and show business. Finally, the study brings up examples of the “Jim Morrison myth” after his death and tries to place this myth in the meanings of the mythology of modernity.