Warianty tytułu
Image of the werewolf in medieval literature
Języki publikacji
Abstrakty
The subject of the study is transformation of humans into wolves in medieval chivalric romances, rhymed tales (lais), educational works, Norse sagas, Russian literature and Serbian folk songs. The medieval idea of a werewolf was anatomically an ordinary wolf, but it retained human memory, mind, habits and upbringing. People, almost always men, became wolves either voluntarily with help from magic, wolf skin or enchanted objects such as rings, or involuntarily when somebody cursed or betrayed them. In medieval chivalrous literature, the traitor was always a woman, either a malicious wife or jealous step-mother. One of the conditions for a werewolf’s return to human form was clothes, a motif already found in the antiquity. Werewolves with cyclical transformations hid their clothes, because without them they would remain wolves until the end of their lives. The details of transformation into wolves in the Primary Chronicle, Russian heroic poems (byliny) or Serbian folklore are not known, but the circumstances indicate that this ability was attributed to wizards and heroes.
Słowa kluczowe
Czasopismo
Rocznik
Tom
Numer
Strony
597 – 620
Opis fizyczny
Twórcy
autor
- Historický ústav SAV, Klemensova 19, 814 99 Bratislava, Slovak Republic, bystricky.peter@gmail.com
Bibliografia
Typ dokumentu
Bibliografia
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