Vietiniai ir universalieji lietuvių mitinių-poetinių įvaizdžių ir ornamento lytinės simbolikos aspektai: baltų ir hindų tradicijų paralelės
Local and universal gender symbolism aspects in lithuanian mythological – poetical figures, images and patterns: paralleling baltic and hindu traditio

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses the semiotics of popular Lithuanian textile patterns in accordance to the context of the broader folk culture symbols and mythology. Archetypical Lithuanian symbols and mythological images are compared to the analogues in Indo-European, older European and Indian traditions. The Hindu shiva-linga and yoni are paralleled with Lithuanian textile signs: rhombus, cross and other prolonged forms; the symbolism of Shiva is linked to Perkunas in Lithuanian mythology. The European cult symbolism of various times and cultures is introduced in this article. Conclusions are drawn about the universality of erotic symbolism of the cross as a masculine and rhombus as a feminine archetype.

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