Alexander and Abrunca, an Encounter of the Self
Alexander and Abrunca, an Encounter of the Self

Summary/Abstract: A significant correlation of ancient European literature, old Romanian literature and Romanian folklore is achieved through the motif of the journey as a necessary means of enhancing the individual, as an indispensable way to self knowledge.An emblematic figure, with a referential impact, which cannot be ignored in these three cultural domains, emperor Alexander (III of Macedon /the Great) travelled the world to look for whatever he could find by himself. He did that like any other hero, any other protagonist that old literature – as bildungs literature – introduces us to: the road without leads to the road within and the individual’s inhanced inner dimensions. In the Romanian folklore,Alexander’s journey is intensely impacted by the encounter with the protecting figure of a mysterious queen: Abrunca

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