NOTE DESPRE SIMBOLISMUL COPACILOR ÎN CULTURILE ROMÂNĂ ȘI SLAVĂ
SOME NOTES ON SYMBOLISM OF TREES IN ROMANIAN AND SLAVIC CULTURES

Summary/Abstract: This paper focuses on symbolism of trees in Romanian and Slavic cultures following different aspects of this motif in the folk traditions of the both cultures. An ancient symbol of cosmology consisting mainly of its horizontal and vertical dimensions as a cosmic cross was recovered in the target cultures in some images shared by the two ethnic groups. Because inherited is a term with its own etymological problems, the symbolism of trees is followed in a comparative approach in Romanian and at least two Slavic culture by underlining the common notes in the system of semiotic representations. Belonging to a continental or insular cosmologic model the main arbres playing the role of axis mundi are apple, fir and sycamore occuring on the top of the mountains or in the midle of the islands. Various aspects of folklore and religion resonate in the imaginative design and symbolism of trees.

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