The Figure of the Victim in the Fairy Tales with the T 651 Motif of the Devil as a Farm-hand Cover Image

Motyw ofiary w bajkach z wątkiem T 651 „Diabeł parobkiem”
The Figure of the Victim in the Fairy Tales with the T 651 Motif of the Devil as a Farm-hand

Author(s): Robert Piotrowski
Subject(s): Anthropology, Language and Literature Studies, Customs / Folklore
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Ludoznawcze
Keywords: fairy tale; folklore; sacrifice; devil;afterlife;

Summary/Abstract: The article argued for the thesis that, in the fairy tales with the theme T 651 "The Devil as a Farm-hand", there is an agreement between the otherworld, represented by the devil, and the host human. Simultaneously, the motif of stealing bread is actually a veiled motif of sacrifice for a demonic world of archaic provenance. The author analyses selected narratives with the T 651 theme although stealing bread, that is the victim, and the service is present in practically all of its realizations.

  • Issue Year: 63/2019
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 33-46
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish