DĄB - DRZEWO ZMARŁYCH (Z ROZWAŻAŃ NAD JĘZYKOWO-KULTUROWYM OBRAZEM DĘBU)
THE OAK - THE TREE OF THE DECEASED (LINGUISTIC AND CULTURAL DITAGAHONS ON THE PICTURE OF THE OAK)

Summary/Abstract: The paper focuses on those aspects of the oak which cause it to be treated not only as a tree of exceptional significance in folk culture, but primarily as a tree connected in peculiar ways with the dead. The frequency of the occurrence of an oak, especially a green, living oak, as a sepulchral tree in folk texts necessitates an inquiry into the motivation for such a localization and a search for an explication of the causes of burying people specifically under this tree. At the same time, it is important to realize that the sepulchral characteristic of the oak is unilateral: graves are situated under oaks, rather than an oak being planted on a grave to commemorate the deceased, the circumstances of his or her death etc.

• Details
• Contents