Polish Traditional Folklore: The Magic of Time

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This volume on Polish and Slavic scholarship on folk segmentation and the symbolism of time applies cross-disciplinary methodologies - from religious studies, anthropology, psychology, philosophy and cultural studies - to several oral and written folktales. The detailed analysis of Polish and Slavic folklore concentrates primarily on magico-religious behaviours as they are practiced and analyzed in everyday life. https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19641245W/Polish_Traditional_Folklore https://lccn.loc.gov/98070325 https://www.librarything.com/work/25394601/workdetails https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6101118 LCCN 98070325 POLISH TRADITIONAL FOLKLORE THE MAGIC OF TIME TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION TIME AND ORDER. BI-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE OF FOLK TEMPORALITY THE COSMOGONIC MYTH AND THE FOLKLORIC OPPOSITION OF NIGHT-DAY CIVITAS DEI AND CIVITAS DIABOLI, OR DIURNAL ACTIVE SYMBOLS AND NOCTURNAL INACTIVE SYMBOLS THE MAGIC OF A GOOD BEGINNING - THE MEDIATING STRUCTURE OF DAYBREAK APPARENTLY REVERSED SYMMETRY - THE MEDIATING STRUCTURE OF NIGHTFALL THE TIME OF THE CENTER AND THE SUPERIOR REALM (THE MIDDAY CULMINATION) BETWEEN FEAR AND HOPE (THE MIDNIGHT CULMINATION) NATURAL MARKERS OF ORGANIZATION OF TIME AND THE FOLKLORIC VISION OF TEMPORAL ARTIFACTS CONCLUSION SOURCES AND THEIR ABBREVIATIONS SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX OF NAMES