THE NOTION OF DESTINY IN EPIC SONGS AND BALLADS
THE NOTION OF DESTINY IN EPIC SONGS AND BALLADS
Author(s): Erzsébet KámánSubject(s): Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Music, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Akadémiai Kiadó
Keywords: destiny; rite; archaic epic song; female and male heroes of ballads; archaic symbolism;
Summary/Abstract: The article analyses two Russian ballads in which the hero and plot are close to those of epic songs. Human destiny is a central notion of the ballads; its portrayal is compared to the way destiny is shown in rites and epic songs. The portrayal of time characteristic of the epic song (historic present) acquires new function in the ballad where circular time is replaced by the portrayal of linear, irreversible human fate.
Journal: Acta Ethnographica Hungarica
- Issue Year: 47/2002
- Issue No: 1-2
- Page Range: 35-39
- Page Count: 5
- Language: English
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