Symbolika płodnościowa w polskim folklorze
Symbolism of fertility in Polish folklore
Author(s): Stanisława Niebrzegowska-BartmińskaSubject(s): Anthropology, Language and Literature Studies, Applied Linguistics
Published by: Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej
Keywords: traditional culture; folklore; symbolic meanings; fertility; cultural code
Summary/Abstract: The article discusses the treatment of fertility and the means of its expression in traditional culture. The relevant questions include: how to speculate about fertility, how to protect and stimulate it in communal and family customs, how to hinder fertility and cause infertility through word and gesture. The author argues that the verbal code as the carrier of symbolic meanings is inalienably linked with other cultural codes: material, personal, actional, involving music and dance, temporal, and locative. The codes function interchangeably, replacing and complementing one another.
Journal: Etnolingwistyka. Problemy Języka I Kultury
- Issue Year: 28/2016
- Issue No: 28
- Page Range: 207-226
- Page Count: 20
- Language: Polish