The changes of Baltic mythological creatures concept in XXI century Vidukle’s community Cover Image

Baltiškųjų mitologinių būtybių sampratos pokyčiai XXI a. Viduklės bendruomenėje
The changes of Baltic mythological creatures concept in XXI century Vidukle’s community

Author(s): Vilius Šadauskas
Subject(s): Cultural history, Historical Geography, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Modern Age
Published by: Vytauto Didžiojo Universitetas
Keywords: mythological creatures; Samogitia; XIX century society; the concept of mythological beings; Vidukle;

Summary/Abstract: Considering the changes in the cultural consciousness of Lithuanian rural and small town residents, intended to carry out a systematic study of the concept of mythological creatures. The article analyzes the field study collected information characterizing the twenty-first century town of Vidukle and surrounding villages in the situation. Formed a systematic questionnaire, taking into account aspects such as functionality, appearance, living space, the relationship with the man, described the ten most popular of the Baltic mythological and legendary creatures. The study collected information is compared with the sixteenth-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries written sources of information, Lithuanian folk legends and mythologists works to identify the essential differences between concept of mythological creatures in the earlier period and the twenty-first century.

  • Issue Year: 102/2016
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 76-104
  • Page Count: 29
  • Language: Lithuanian