Odwołania mitologiczne w polskiej chrematonimii funeralnej – rekonesans
Mythological references in Polish funeral chrematonymy – a reconnaissance

Summary/Abstract: Polish funeral chrematonyms with mythological elements are being examined here. The quantitative and qualitative survey of the subject matter, based on several criteria (among them, a genetic and cultural criterion – the origin of a mythology reference; onomastic – its type; lexical and semantic – its connotative values; functional – the function of a mythological component in a name), shows that chrematonym senders/creators most often turn to Greek vocabulary – less frequently Roman or Egyptian – to teonyms (names of deities), to mythological words which connote funeral topics and identify the range of services the company offers. In addition, now and again they choose to modify the form that a mythological component assumes (Archon instead of Charon) or to use a term which hardly connotes funeral topics (Olimp, Arkadia) or does not clarify the business profile at all (Achilles, Herkules).

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