Formy, prejavy a mytologické aspekty hraníc v ľudovej rozprávke
Forms, manifestation and mythological aspects of borders in the folk tale
Author(s): Ľubomír GáborSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Metaphysics, Short Story, Philosophy of Language, Hermeneutics
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Folk tale; Indo-European mythology; Slavic mythology; magic; borders; water surface; bridge; house; wood; life; death; initial process; sovereign cosmological duality;
Summary/Abstract: In the paper the author analyses forms, manifestation and mythological aspects of borders or terminal lines in the Slovak and Czech folk tales. The author focuses on the metaphorical, magical and mythological value of water surface, bridge, house and wood like boundaries between life and death.
Journal: Slavica Slovaca
- Issue Year: 50/2015
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 116-131
- Page Count: 16
- Language: Slovak