THE MYTH OF OEDIPUS IN THE ROMANIAN FOLK TALE LOSTRIȚA: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE GREEK MYTH AND THE ROMANIAN TALE
THE MYTH OF OEDIPUS IN THE ROMANIAN FOLK TALE LOSTRIȚA: DIFFERENCES AND SIMILARITIES BETWEEN THE GREEK MYTH AND THE ROMANIAN TALE

Summary/Abstract: The present paper focuses on the myth of Oedipus as presented in the Romanian folk tale Lostrița. Although the two narratives run in parallel for the main events, there are some distinctions worth mentioning in the attempt to see how West meets East over a universally acknowledged myth. At closer reading, we are bound to discover that some of the differences present in the Romanian story have a universal aspect as they transcend limits that might be imposed by geographical boundaries or cultural belonging. From this point of view, we can say that the Romanian variant is profoundly rooted in the universal wisdom shared by both the ancient and modern man. By capitalizing on this aspect of universality, the paper attempts to shed light on a Romanian folk creation that might otherwise go unnoticed.

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