Дунав — сигнатура на митологичния път и митологичната граница
The Dunabe — a Sign of the Mythological Road and the Mythological Boundary
Author(s): Tatyana TsivjanSubject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Институт за етнология и фолклористика с Етнографски музей при БАН
Summary/Abstract: The opposition and the equality of the mythological units of river/bridge has been the starting point in an allround analysis of the Danube, which is a unique element of the Balkan model of the world. Uniquely combining the fundamental history and mythology of the Balkans, the Danube has been marked as a road and a boundary implying, at the same time, con¬tinuous movement. The Danube river unites by separating, and separates by uniting; it is the nature in culture or the culture in nature. On the real life and mythological scale, the Danube has been the water way cultural bridge: a condition for the func¬tioning of the Balkan community as a historical and cultural phenomenon.
Journal: Българска етнология
- Issue Year: 1997
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 5-24
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Bulgarian