Mythical semantics of the image of an owl in the Belarusian traditional folklore Cover Image

Мiфасемантыка вобраза савы ў беларускiм традыцыйым фальклоры
Mythical semantics of the image of an owl in the Belarusian traditional folklore

Author(s): Ina Szwed
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Language studies, Language and Literature Studies, Customs / Folklore, Theoretical Linguistics, Semantics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu w Białymstoku
Keywords: mythical semantics; an image; an owl; ornithological code; Belarusian folklore

Summary/Abstract: The research on the mythical semantics of the owl as an element of ornithological code of Belarusian folklore have ascertained that basic modes of this image include chtonic, demonic, womanish opening. They are rarely connected with the positive pole of key Christian opposition in its folk interpretation. The places of location of the owl are dense forests, wetlands, a pussy-willow, an oak, a road, a hump, a church cross. The special relations connect an owl with a cuckoo, a sparrow, a raven (a crow), a woodpecker, a falcon, a harrier and a little owl.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 8
  • Page Range: 315-333
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Belarusian