Musicology Annotation << Back Language as an Instrument of Myth in «Sirius» by Karlheinz Stockhausen. The Third Part (CAPRICORN) . Nikulina Anastasia The principles of Karlheinz Stockhausen’s creative thinking are considered in the article on the material of the word. The verbal text of «Sirius» is analyzed as a complex network of interrelated semantic leitmotifs, revealing their meaning in the context of both pagan and Christian myth. The general algorithms of mythical thinking are revealed, in which language becomes a direct tool and instrument of the myth. Keywords: Stockhausen, Sirius, myth, language, binary oppositions, polyphony. DOI: 10.25791/musicology.11.2023.1346 Pp. 11-18.