From the "Wonderful Journey of the Little Nils Holgersson with the Wild Goose". the Saga of Småland Cover Image
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AUS DER „WUNDERBAREN REISE DES KLEINEN NILS HOLGERSSON MIT DEN WILDGÄNSEN“. DIE SAGE VON SMÅLAND
From the "Wonderful Journey of the Little Nils Holgersson with the Wild Goose". the Saga of Småland

Author(s): György Orosz
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Other Language Literature, Translation Studies, Theory of Literature
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: Nils Holgersson; Legend of Småland; apocryphal literature; dualistic cosmogonic narrative; God; Satan; Saint Peter; religious syncretism;

Summary/Abstract: The Swedish Nobel Prize laureate, Selma Lagerlöf, wrote a fairy-tale novel for children with the purpose of teaching them about their homeland, translated into English as The Wonderful Adventures of Nils. It contains a dualistic cosmogonic narration: The Legend of Småland. The material contained in it underwent a double folklorization. Its content: How the Lord together with Saint Peter created the Småland plateau. Saint Peter took the place of the figure of Satan. Similarly to the beliefs of other European peoples, both Hungarian and Russian Christian tradition also include apocryphal parabiblical narratives telling how God and Satan/Saint Peter together created the world and man. The Legend of Småland is a striking example of literary transplantation and adaptation.

  • Issue Year: 52/2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 329-334
  • Page Count: 6
  • Language: German