„Sõbrad elus ja surmas” valgevenelaste, venelaste ja eestlaste folklooris

The article presents a comparative historical analysis of fairy tales of the Friends in Life and Death (ATU/SUS 470) plot type, their features and distribution among Belarusians, Russians and Estonians. In the Estonian and Belarusian material, stories of this type are in some cases contaminated with...

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Main Authors: Alena Boganeva, Mare Kõiva
Format: Article
Language:Estonian
Published: SA Kultuurileht 2023-04-01
Series:Keel ja Kirjandus
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Online Access:https://keeljakirjandus.ee/ee/archives/35117
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description The article presents a comparative historical analysis of fairy tales of the Friends in Life and Death (ATU/SUS 470) plot type, their features and distribution among Belarusians, Russians and Estonians. In the Estonian and Belarusian material, stories of this type are in some cases contaminated with the ATU 470A and 471A types. We examine differences in the flow of time in the real world and other worlds, and consider the features of the chronotope of fairy tales and the organization of artistic space within them, as well as ways of transition and communication between the worlds. According to the most common plot of ATU/SUS 470 fairy tales, two friends promise to be guests at each other’s weddings. One of them dies and the living friend invites the dead one to his wedding; however, after receiving a counter-invitation, he finds himself in another world. There he either travels with the deceased friend through his world, where he sees various curiosities and paradoxes, or celebrates at the wedding of the deceased friend. It seems to the living person that he spent several hours with the deceased friend (or with his brother or father in some Estonian versions), but when he returns to his own world, he discovers that decades or centuries have passed on Earth. Most often, after this discovery, the hero dies and turns to dust, but there are some rare Estonian versions where he miraculously restores ­himself and his bride to their original state (and age), after which they get married again.
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spelling doaj.art-373bf8b029104990acd3cefff8a1d6d32024-02-03T14:51:33ZestSA KultuurilehtKeel ja Kirjandus0131-14412346-60142023-04-0166440342410.54013/kk784a3„Sõbrad elus ja surmas” valgevenelaste, venelaste ja eestlaste folkloorisAlena Boganeva0Mare Kõiva1Center for the Belarusian Culture, Language and Literature Research of the National Academy of Sciences of BelarusEstonian Literary MuseumThe article presents a comparative historical analysis of fairy tales of the Friends in Life and Death (ATU/SUS 470) plot type, their features and distribution among Belarusians, Russians and Estonians. In the Estonian and Belarusian material, stories of this type are in some cases contaminated with the ATU 470A and 471A types. We examine differences in the flow of time in the real world and other worlds, and consider the features of the chronotope of fairy tales and the organization of artistic space within them, as well as ways of transition and communication between the worlds. According to the most common plot of ATU/SUS 470 fairy tales, two friends promise to be guests at each other’s weddings. One of them dies and the living friend invites the dead one to his wedding; however, after receiving a counter-invitation, he finds himself in another world. There he either travels with the deceased friend through his world, where he sees various curiosities and paradoxes, or celebrates at the wedding of the deceased friend. It seems to the living person that he spent several hours with the deceased friend (or with his brother or father in some Estonian versions), but when he returns to his own world, he discovers that decades or centuries have passed on Earth. Most often, after this discovery, the hero dies and turns to dust, but there are some rare Estonian versions where he miraculously restores ­himself and his bride to their original state (and age), after which they get married again.https://keeljakirjandus.ee/ee/archives/35117folkloristicslife after deathcategories of timetravels in the land of the deadreligious tales
spellingShingle Alena Boganeva
Mare Kõiva
„Sõbrad elus ja surmas” valgevenelaste, venelaste ja eestlaste folklooris
Keel ja Kirjandus
folkloristics
life after death
categories of time
travels in the land of the dead
religious tales
title „Sõbrad elus ja surmas” valgevenelaste, venelaste ja eestlaste folklooris
title_full „Sõbrad elus ja surmas” valgevenelaste, venelaste ja eestlaste folklooris
title_fullStr „Sõbrad elus ja surmas” valgevenelaste, venelaste ja eestlaste folklooris
title_full_unstemmed „Sõbrad elus ja surmas” valgevenelaste, venelaste ja eestlaste folklooris
title_short „Sõbrad elus ja surmas” valgevenelaste, venelaste ja eestlaste folklooris
title_sort sobrad elus ja surmas valgevenelaste venelaste ja eestlaste folklooris
topic folkloristics
life after death
categories of time
travels in the land of the dead
religious tales
url https://keeljakirjandus.ee/ee/archives/35117
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