ЭНТАМАЛАГІЧНЫ КОД ТРАДЫЦЫЙНАЙ ДУХОУНАЙ КУЛЬТУРЫ БЕЛАРУСАУ: КАМАР
ENTOMOLOGICAL CODE OF THE TRADITIONAL SPIRITUAL BELARUSIAN CULTURE: MOSQUITO
Author(s): Ina SzwedSubject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Semiology, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: entomological code; image; mosquito; semiotisation; traditional spiritual culture; Belarusian folklore;
Summary/Abstract: The research is devoted to ethno-semiotic characteristic of an image of a mosquito as a factor of entomological code of the traditional spiritual culture of Belarusian people. It has been shown that in the system of entomological imagery a mosquito is a male erotic symbol, and it correlates with concepts of small, weak, blood, victim, fertility, heat, hedonism, demon. The mosquito correlates with mythological elements: zoological (bird, snake, horse, etc.), dendrological (oak, walnut), demonological (devil), anthropological (saint, nun, tsar, soldier) and other conceptual codes.
Journal: Białorutenistyka Białostocka
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 189-202
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Belarusian