IMAGES OF NATURE IN THE IDEAS OF ANCIENT SLAVS
This paper is dedicated to some of the beliefs and customs of the ancient Slavic folk related to plants and animals. The aim of the study was to describe some species, which appeared in the selected myths and legends concerning Slavs. They usually represented two spheres of nature: real/rational and...
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| description | This paper is dedicated to some of the beliefs and customs of the ancient Slavic folk related to
plants and animals. The aim of the study was to describe some species, which appeared in the
selected myths and legends concerning Slavs. They usually represented two spheres of nature:
real/rational and imaginary/irrational. Hence, the store of knowledge and ignorance that existed
in those times was translated into a particular, often mythologized texts, some of which survived
in the culture until this day. The rational side of nature was represented by agriculture, but also
some medicinal and cosmetic plants. The other side was expressed by the fears and anxieties of
people from those times, and was used for various purposes, such as witchcraft and love magic.
In such tales, it is plants that usually make the central motifs, and animals are captured in the
background, only accompanying them. Yet, the latter seem more mysterious and endowed with
greater powers. In the middle of those spheres, there is located a theme of the tree, which is also
known as a “space tree” or axis mundi, used for describing the universe. Due to the prevailing
specific natural conditions, it is easy to imagine that such a motif was the most readable symbol
of the world through which death and rebirth of nature were observed, standing somewhere
between these spheres and penetrating the particular dimensions. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-959abe19dc5c4cb6b826a753d5d332462025-08-20T03:24:47ZengAkademia Bialska im. Jana Pawła IIRozprawy Społeczne2657-93322019-07-01124152110.29316/rs.2018.32110890IMAGES OF NATURE IN THE IDEAS OF ANCIENT SLAVSKamila Musiał0Instytut Zootechniki, Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Zakład Systemów i Środowiska ProdukcjiThis paper is dedicated to some of the beliefs and customs of the ancient Slavic folk related to plants and animals. The aim of the study was to describe some species, which appeared in the selected myths and legends concerning Slavs. They usually represented two spheres of nature: real/rational and imaginary/irrational. Hence, the store of knowledge and ignorance that existed in those times was translated into a particular, often mythologized texts, some of which survived in the culture until this day. The rational side of nature was represented by agriculture, but also some medicinal and cosmetic plants. The other side was expressed by the fears and anxieties of people from those times, and was used for various purposes, such as witchcraft and love magic. In such tales, it is plants that usually make the central motifs, and animals are captured in the background, only accompanying them. Yet, the latter seem more mysterious and endowed with greater powers. In the middle of those spheres, there is located a theme of the tree, which is also known as a “space tree” or axis mundi, used for describing the universe. Due to the prevailing specific natural conditions, it is easy to imagine that such a motif was the most readable symbol of the world through which death and rebirth of nature were observed, standing somewhere between these spheres and penetrating the particular dimensions.https://rozprawyspoleczne.edu.pl/OBLICZA-PRZYRODY-W-WYOBRAZENIACH-DAWNYCH-SLOWIAN,110890,0,2.htmltwo sides of natureplants and animalsancient slavsmyths and traditions |
| spellingShingle | Kamila Musiał IMAGES OF NATURE IN THE IDEAS OF ANCIENT SLAVS Rozprawy Społeczne two sides of nature plants and animals ancient slavs myths and traditions |
| title | IMAGES OF NATURE IN THE IDEAS OF ANCIENT SLAVS |
| title_full | IMAGES OF NATURE IN THE IDEAS OF ANCIENT SLAVS |
| title_fullStr | IMAGES OF NATURE IN THE IDEAS OF ANCIENT SLAVS |
| title_full_unstemmed | IMAGES OF NATURE IN THE IDEAS OF ANCIENT SLAVS |
| title_short | IMAGES OF NATURE IN THE IDEAS OF ANCIENT SLAVS |
| title_sort | images of nature in the ideas of ancient slavs |
| topic | two sides of nature plants and animals ancient slavs myths and traditions |
| url | https://rozprawyspoleczne.edu.pl/OBLICZA-PRZYRODY-W-WYOBRAZENIACH-DAWNYCH-SLOWIAN,110890,0,2.html |
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