Представления о смерти в сказочной и несказочной прозе

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Polska Akademia Nauk

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Death is one of the key concepts present in the traditional image of the world. It means an end and is related to the process of wearing out and losing original properties. In folk anthropology, death is understood in terms of the transition from the earth world to the land of the dead, as the beginning of eternal existence. Death is one of the rites of passage and as such is correlated with other crucial moments of human existence, mainly with birth and marriage. Death is a common motif present in various genres of folklore. Researchers are interested in death predominantly because of its belief- and ritual-related image. The aim of the article is to analyse depictions of death in folk fablesand other kinds of prose works. Special emphasis is placed on the personifi cation of death as well as on its genesis and ontological status. The article also deals with the idea of death understood as both an event and a process, and it addresses death seen as a transcendental and unmaterialised force which determines a person’s life against his or her will.

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W niniejszym tekście częściowo wykorzystano materiał zawarty w haśle słownikowym przygotowanym w ramach grantu Ministerstwa Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego (nr rej. 1bH15018483, kierownik projektu dr hab., prof. UMK V. Wróblewska). Zob. I. Rzepnikowska, Śmierć, [w:] http://bajka.umk.pl/ (15.05.2019).

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death in folk fables, death in non-fable prose works, personification of death, death as a process, death as an event

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Slavia Orientalis 2019, Nr 1 (tom LXVIII), pp. 123-135

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