Od knižného grafolektu k orálnemu predvedeniu: poznámky k možným byzantským liturgickým koreňom veľkopôstnych jarných dievčenských obradov a hier u západných Slovanov
From Literary Grapholect to Oral Rendering: Remarks on the Potential Byzantine Liturgical Roots of Girls’ Springtime Lenten Rites and Games among the Western Slavs

Summary/Abstract: This paper calls attention to potential textual sources of springtime Lenten rites and games (primarily texts related to the “springtime carrying-away of Death”) among the Western Slavs. Proceeding from the Slavic Eastern Orthodox liturgy of Great Lent, particularly Saint Andrew of Crete’s Great Canon and the Eastern Orthodox legend The Life of Saint Mary of Egypt, the author attempts to describe and examine the potential transformational textual processes that began with the Byzantine mission to the Slavs and continued through the “biliturgical period” only to, following the East-West Schism, revert from textual grapholect to the secondary orality of folklore. The paper summarizes, synthesizes and augments various previous research inquiries of the author, using methodological triangulation to offer a view of the subject matter from several different perspectives.

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