ARHETIP, METAMORFOZĂ ȘI GNOZĂ ÎN BASMUL ROMÂNESC
ARCHETYP, METHAMORPHOSIS AND GNOSIS IN ROMANIAN TALES
Author(s): Petru Adrian DanciuSubject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Studies of Literature, Comparative Study of Literature, Romanian Literature
Published by: Universitatea »1 Decembrie 1918« Alba Iulia
Keywords: metamorphosis; folk tale; formula of hatred; archetypes; zoomorphism;
Summary/Abstract: The article proposes a phenomenological view on the negative consequences, following the interaction with the sacred. If in the Judeo-Christian space, the supreme form of demonic attack is represented by the possession, in the Romanian folk tale it is replaced by the curse. The curse in the popular sphere is the direct formula of hatred projected on the victim who undergoes the actual transformation into a wild animal or a hybrid, zoomorphism radically changing its way of being. Relations with the relatives are broken down as soon as the metamorphosis is possessed by the archetypes. Bad metamorphosis remains the fairy tale variant for demonic possession.
Journal: Annales Universitatis Apulensis. Series Philologica
- Issue Year: 20/2019
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 75-86
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Romanian