Pregledni rad
https://doi.org/10.15176/vol60no209
Teach Young Birds to Sing Like the Old Bird: The Symbolic Meaning of Birds in Slovenian Short Folklore Forms
Saša Babič
orcid.org/0000-0002-3050-757X
; Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Institute of Slovenian Ethnology, Ljubljana
Sažetak
Birds are present in everyday life, in forests, parks, cities, in fields and on playgrounds, by rivers and at entrances to stores, etc. Their ubiquity in human everyday life all through history leads to “birds” developing metaphorical meanings and producing powerful stereotypical images, which also motivate wider conceptual meanings. This article focuses on the lexeme ptica “bird” in Slovenian short folklore forms, its stereotypical representation and its metaphorical meanings. The ethnolinguistic approach will provide insight into the characteristics ascribed to birds as well as personifications and metaphorical transfers in short folklore forms, i.e., it will show what the bird symbolizes.
Ključne riječi
proverb, riddle, ethnolinguistics, folkloristics, animal, bird
Hrčak ID:
311677
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Datum izdavanja:
19.12.2023.
Posjeta: 216 *