THE MOTIF OF THE DOUBLE PARENTS AND MAGICAL ADOPTION IN TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN CULTURE
THE MOTIF OF THE DOUBLE PARENTS AND MAGICAL ADOPTION IN TRADITIONAL ROMANIAN CULTURE

Summary/Abstract: Invoking the motif of the two mothers, an archetype come across in several cultures, placed at the base of numerous collective representations (Jung), we are actually invoking the motif of the double origin of the human being, half terrestrial, half divine. We propose a critical analysis of the mystery of the double birth and of magical adoptions, emphasizing the symbolism of bears and wolves in the Romanian traditions found in the cultural European circuit. The wolf, a totem animal of the Dacians- eponym which originates from the Phrygian name "daos" (Eliade), alongside the bear, a mythological character, both chthonian and Uranian (Apolzan), are amongst the most respected "adoptive parents", invested with truly magical-therapeutically attributes in traditional practices. The Romanian term for "godfather" ("nas") itself, derived from the Latin "nonnus", tied to "nuptiae" (night), and further to "noces" (wedding), connects with a first association of a totemic nature: "his son/the son of".

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