Little Fire, Zygmunt! You are a Guest and I am a Guest… Conceptualization of Fire as a Living Creature in the Polish Folk Culture. An Ethnolinguistic Analysis

The analysis is focused on the reconstruction of an image of fire as a living creature, preserved in the Polish folk culture. This image is corroborated by linguistic data, e.g. names, epithets, established connections, riddles, proverbs, formulas of greeting and bidding farewell to a home fire and...

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Main Author: Joanna Szadura
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Vilnius University Press 2020-12-01
Series:Vilnius University Open Series
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Online Access:https://www.journals.vu.lt/open-series/article/view/21400