Mythos-Magazin

Mythos-Magazin, also known as Mythos and, since a July 2025 rebranding, Mythos. Journal für Ästhetik, is an online literary magazine published by the University of Düsseldorf. The publication was founded in 2005 by Peter Tepe and developed as a venue for essays and other contributions addressing literature, aesthetics, and mythology. Its subject matter has included readings of Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and the historical and cultural myth of Skanderbeg. The magazine’s editorial identity connects literary interpretation with broader questions about how myths, aesthetic forms, and cultural narratives are produced and understood. In July 2025, it changed its name from Mythos-Magazin to Mythos. Journal für Ästhetik, marking a rebranding that emphasized its journal format and its wider orientation toward aesthetics. The publication is currently co-edited by Stefan Oehm and Luca Viglialoro. Available reference material identifies it as an online periodical rather than a conventional print consumer magazine or a commercial product line. Its institutional association with the University of Düsseldorf provides the principal publishing context. Detailed information about circulation, revenue, publication frequency, staffing beyond the named editors, and international distribution is not established in the available sources.

Mythos-Magazin was founded in 2005 by Peter Tepe as an online literary magazine associated with the University of Düsseldorf. Its editorial and publishing profile centers on aesthetics, literature, and mythology. Rather than operating primarily as a general-interest news publication, it provides a platform for interpretive writing on literary works, authors, and culturally significant myths. Subjects identified in reference material include Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and the myth of Skanderbeg. These topics illustrate the journal’s interest in the relationship between literary texts, aesthetic interpretation, and the formation or transmission of cultural narratives. The magazine’s institutional publication by the University of Düsseldorf places it within an academic and cultural environment, although the available material does not establish a formal scholarly peer-review model, a fixed publication schedule, or a commercial circulation model. In July 2025, the publication underwent a rebranding and changed its name from Mythos-Magazin to Mythos. Journal für Ästhetik. The new title foregrounds aesthetics while retaining the central concept of myth. Following the rebranding, Stefan Oehm and Luca Viglialoro were identified as its current co-editors. Publicly available reference material does not provide sufficient detail to document earlier editorial succession, financial structure, audience size, staff organization, or the precise relationship between the journal and the University of Düsseldorf beyond its identification as a university-published online magazine.

• 2025

  Rebranding and name change

  [1]Mythos-Magazinen.wikipedia.org

  In July 2025, the publication changed its name from Mythos-Magazin to Mythos. Journal für Ästhetik.

• 2005

  Magazine founded

  [1]Mythos-Magazinen.wikipedia.org

  Peter Tepe founded Mythos-Magazin as an online literary magazine associated with the University of Düsseldorf.

An online German literary journal situated at the intersection of aesthetics, literary studies, and myth research, with an editorial identity linked to the University of Düsseldorf.

• Online literary journal · 2025

  Mythos. Journal für Ästhetik

  The publication’s current online journal identity following the July 2025 rebranding. It presents material concerned with aesthetics, literature, and myth-related cultural interpretation. The available reference does not specify its publication frequency, access model, or complete editorial structure.

• Online literary magazine · 2005

  Mythos-Magazin

  The magazine’s original title, used from its founding in 2005 until the July 2025 rebranding. Its published subjects included Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther, and the myth of Skanderbeg, reflecting an editorial focus on literary and mythological interpretation.

• 2025

  Adopted a broader aesthetics-oriented identityStrategy

  Background

  The publication had operated under the name Mythos-Magazin since its 2005 founding and covered literary, aesthetic, and myth-related subjects.

  Action taken

  In July 2025, it rebranded and changed its name to Mythos. Journal für Ästhetik.

  Aftermath

  The publication continued as an online journal under the new name, with Stefan Oehm and Luca Viglialoro identified as co-editors.

  Source

1. 1Mythos-Magazinen.wikipedia.org