Piersi w świętości…

• Authors: Adam Regiewicz

Title variants

Piersi w świętości…

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

The analysis of medieval hagiographic stories bring an interesting reflection on the role and significance of female breasts in faith transmission. Their presence in cultural transmission, despite common conviction about absence of erotic motives in the culture of the Middle Ages is quite widespread. It is strongly connected with biblical tradition in which the breasts become a symbol of mother-hood and at the same time of youth and joy expressed by wine. Simultaneously in early Christian tradition female breasts become the mark of martyrdom. Mythical narration emerging in this way combines milk and blood as life-giving juices which may be sucked by a “child of God”.

Keywords

PL

hagiografia; Średniowiecze; ciało; kobieta; Eros; męczeństwo

EN

hagiography; the Middle Ages; body; woman; Eros; martyrdom; hagiography; the Middle Ages; body; woman; Eros; martyrdom

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Rzeszowski. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Rzeszowskiego
• Journal: Tematy i Konteksty
• Year: 2017
• Volume: 12
• Issue: 7
• Pages: 426-437

Dates

published

2017-12-16

Contributors

author

Adam Regiewicz

Identifiers

DOI

10.15584/tik.2017.28