AMOUR ET SACRIFICE DANS DEUX BALLADES POPULAIRES : « MAITRE MANOÏL ET LA JEUNE EPOUSE EMMUREE » (CHANSON BULGARE) ET « LE PONT SUR L’ARTA » (CHANSON GRECQUE)
LOVE AND SACRIFICE IN TWO POPULAR BALLADS: ‘MASTER MANOIL AND THE YOUNG WALLED-IN WIFE’ (BULGARIAN SONG) AND ‘THE BRIDGE OVER THE ARTA’ (GREEK SONG)

Summary/Abstract: This text constitutes an attempt at a comparative analysis of two different versions of the motif of walling that is very widespread in the folklore of the Balkan peoples: one of the versions is Bulgarianand the other is Greek. Along with the similarities between the chosen versions, as well as between these and the general scheme of the songs that contain this motif, the analysis notes a number of significant differences not only of a formal nature, such as the type of construction, the names of the characters, the number of masons, the way of receiving the message on the need to wall up a living human being so that the construction is solid, but above all differences related to the image of the woman and the way in which she experiences her sacrifice.

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