Образ князя Витовта в народной культуре белорусов
The Image of Vitovt the Great in the Belorussian Folk Culture

Summary/Abstract: The author of the article investigates mechanisms of mythologization and semantical transformations taking place in the Belorussian folklore texts centered upon the key name of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the duke Vitovt the Great. According to the results of analysis, the name accumulates significant ethnic information, is incorporated into various semantic cultural codes, thus functioning as a concise national cultural text. The image of the duke Vitovt the Great is reconstructed according to the folklore materials and place-names. Having been related to the worldview and the system of values cherished by the bearers of folk culture, it thus constitutes an important fragment of the Belorussian folk image of the world.

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