Berzłoj – niesamowici wilkoludzie, czyli czeczeńska likantropia
The Uncanny Berzloy: Wolf-men, or Chechen Lycanthropy
Author(s): Kamila FilipczykSubject(s): Anthropology, Philosophy, Fine Arts / Performing Arts, Customs / Folklore, Studies of Literature, Aesthetics, Theology and Religion, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Psychoanalysis, Film / Cinema / Cinematography, Theory of Literature, Philosophy of History
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: wolf; Chechnya; lycanthropy; myth; uncanny
Summary/Abstract: The main objective of the paper is to examine the three “mythico-ritual scenarios of the Wolf ” in Chechen culture: the lycomorphic mythical Ancestor, actualization of a primordial event and military initiation. Elements of these scenarios may be observed in the song Аварское село by the contemporary Chechen bard Timur Mutsuraev. The military initiation presented in the song re-actualizes the Chechen myth of the She-Wolf. The phenomenon of the wolfish identity of the Chechens and their struggle are analyzed in the context of Sigmund Freud’s category of das Unheimliche (the uncanny).
Journal: ZOOPHILOLOGICA. Polish Journal of Animal Studies
- Issue Year: 1/2023
- Issue No: 11
- Page Range: 1-13
- Page Count: 13
- Language: Polish