The Flight to Egypt in Slavic Etiological Legends about the Trees
The paper examines Slavic etiological legends on the Flight to Egypt plot. These legends feature trees and bushes growing on the way of Maria’s and Joseph’s flight to Egypt. Some of these plants helped Christ and his parents escape while others betrayed them to the Herod’s army. Virgin Mary endowed...
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| Language: | English |
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A.M. Gorky Institute of World Literature of the Russian Academy of Sciences
2018-03-01
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| Series: | Studia Litterarum |
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| Online Access: | http://studlit.ru/images/2018-3-1/Agapkina.pdf |