Motyw kreacji przez rysunek w folklorze polskim i wschodniosłowiańskim
The creation by drawing motif in Polish and East Slavic folklore

Summary/Abstract: The article attempts to illustrate the folk motif of bringing objects and people to life by means of drawing them. Such an act of creation has not yet been classified as an independent motif of oral folklore, so the working term: “the creation by drawing motif” was chosen. Examples of the implementation of the motif have been found in various genres of Polish, Ukrainian and Russian folklore (porquoi stories, heroic tales, magical fairy tales, humorous fairy tales), Polish e-folklore (demotivators) and in children’s literature and cinematography (Polish and Russian). This motif is present in cultural texts with different broadcasting intentions – informative (porquoi stories), ludic (humoresques, demotivators), compensatory (heroic legends, magical fairy tales), didactic (children’s literature and cinematography) and nostalgic (demotivators). The permanence of the creation by drawing motif in various cultural texts results from the universal longing for the possibility of a quick fulfilment of desires and improvement of one’s own life or the world.

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