Приказките, дуалистичната ерес и етическият принцип на справедливостта: богомилски реликти в българското народно творчество
Folktales, the dualist heresy, and the ethical principle of justice (Bogomil relics in Bulgarian folklore)

Summary/Abstract: The memory that folklore carries is a truthful chronicle of the revelations of national psychology as accumulated historical experience and embodied worldview attitudes. In Bulgarian folk tales, just as in the classical treasury of German, Italian, French, and Russian tales, which posit the model of rewarded virtue, there is a perceptible common matrix of moral values focused in the antinomy of Good vs. Evil that reflects the two ethical worlds of the dualist heresy. The relics of Bogomil thought are contained in the concise sayings and proverbs, a still insufficiently explored cultural heritage that expresses in an integrated form the universal, positive experience of mankind, embodied in the wisdom of generations. In their anonymous wisdom, these folk sayings become the accusatory voice of the people; in them lies the power to unmask injustice.

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