Pająk w folklorze rosyjskim

• Authors: Gołębiowska-Suchorska Agnieszka

Title variants

EN

A spider in Russian folklore

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The article is a synthesis of the research on a spider creation in Russian folklore as far thread mythologem is concerned. As traditional oral folk composition genres analysis proves there are spider relations to a sphere of sacrum. The spider, able to weave and move in all directions, is seen in fairy-tales as a saviour. The result of its activities is restoring of order in the world. Christian legends of aethiology show the spider as a trickster acting against God. In many genres of folk literature its web functions as a guide, saviour or liason between earth and heaven. Folk ideas connected with the spider stored in traditional folklore are genetically connected with mythological weaving-cosmogony idea and demiurge-weaver creation.

Keywords

EN

spider; russian; folklore

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warmińsko-Mazurski w Olsztynie
• Journal: Acta Polono-Ruthenica
• Year: 2007
• Volume: Tom 1 Nr XII
• Pages: 31-37

Dates

published

2007-12-01

Contributors

author

Gołębiowska-Suchorska Agnieszka

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