Title The image of the horse in poetic texts of Lithuanian folk songs
Translation of Title Žirgo įvaizdis lietuvių liaudies dainų poetiniuose tekstuose.
Authors Sliužinskas, Rimantas
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Is Part of Archaeologia Baltica: The horse and man in European antiquity (worldview, burial rites, and military and everyday life).. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla. 2009, vol. 11, p. 364-373.. ISSN 1392-5520. eISSN 2351-6534
Keywords [eng] horse ; image ; Lithuanian folk songs ; poetic texts
Abstract [eng] The article is devoted to examine the importance of horse image in the poetic texts of various genre Lithuanian folk songs from different local ethnic regions. We find different meanings of the biological horse here, such as riding-horse, working horse, mare and jade here as the representatives in the special social context here. The general conclusion is made about horse as very important symbolic object with wide and deep its meanings in the poetic texts of Lithuanian folk songs.
Published Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2009
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