Sakralne i ludyczne symbole szczygła w języku i kulturze
Sacred and Ludic Symbols of a Goldfinch in Language and Culture

Summary/Abstract: The article is dedicated to symbolic representations of szczygieł (a goldfinch) in Polish language andculture, taking into account the European cultural background. The author presents the process ofsymbolization of the sacred and ludic profile of a goldfinch as a representative of avifauna based onlinguistic data (etymology, phrasematics), text data (literature and folklore), as well as on iconography.References to Western European painting made it possible for the author to present the multiplelayers of a goldfinch symbolism and related differences in the way of imaging, developing connotationsand conceptualization of symbolic contents. The sacred imagery was dominated by Biblicalassociations, while in ludic images there was a tendency to present birds as autotelic beings withoutstrictly religious connotations.

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