Nijolė Laurinkienė
Biographic Data
| ID | 6708906 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nijolė Laurinkienė |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nijolė |
| FAMILY NAME | Laurinkienė |
| SIGNATURE | LAURINKIENĖ N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute of Lithuanian Literature and Folklore |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mythical Images of the Solar Carriage and Ship
The article focuses on the mythical image of the Sun, one of the most important heavenly bodies that people used to observe since times immemorial. The author uses various sources of the Baltic religion and mythology, Lithuanian and Latvian folklore and linguistic data. Her aim is revealing the meaning of the mythical image of the Sun as reflected by the traditional verbal heritage, and analyzing its origins. The investigation is confined, howeve…
Sky in the Ancient Baltic Worldview
In the Baltic mythology and folklore, the sky covering the Earth and its bodies – the Sun, Moon, stars and their constellations are among the most prominent archaic images, comprising rather integral mythical celestial world. This article aims at reconstructing the model of the sky and highlighting at least the most outstanding features of this significant universal. The analysis comprises linguistic data preserving the relics of the ancient worl…
Das Thema der Kosmogonie in litauischen Folklorenarrativen The Creation Theme in Lithuanian Folk Narratives
In this article Lithuanian folk narratives describing the creation of the World and its constituents (Earth, celestial bodies, human beings) are analyzed. By their origin and nature these narratives are supposed to be related to the archaic creation myth, although in many cases they are closely intertwined with successive fragments of Christian religion
Eine Religionswissenschaftliche Studie über den Schlangenkult der Balten Religiološka študija o kultu kač pri Baltih
The article presents recent research of Yvonne Luven Der Kult der Hausschlange: eine Studie zur Religionsgeschichte der Letten und Litauer (2000)
Koncepcija sezonnogo otmykanija i zamykanija zemli v baltijskoj tradicii The Concept of Earth’s Opening in Spring and Closing in Autumn
This article analyses the concept of the Earth’s seasonal opening and closing, which is reconstructed based on Baltic, mainly Lithuanian, and partly Slavonic folklore. It looks at what kind of mythical being was connected to these cyclical regularly occurring processes, and which played a role of an inducer or an executor of these phenomena. It is presumed that it could have been performed by St. George. In the Baltic mythology and folklore, this…
Transformations of the Lithuanian God Perkūnas Transformationen litauischen Perkūnas
In the article, later substitutions for the god Perkunas are analysed. Most frequently appear the names of the prophet Eliah (Alijošius) and St. George (Jurgis) as the Christian replacements diffused from the Lithuanian region, which borders on Belarus where converting to Christianity began earlier
Беларускi фальклор
Stones-Goddesses in Granaries
The subject of this article is stones which were venerated in household surroundings. These stones that were kept in granaries were called goddesses (Deyues). Information about stones-goddesses is found in written sources on Baltic religion and mythology, mostly from reports by the Vilnius Jesuit College from the 17th and 18th centuries. The question arises: what deity is incarnate in theses stones, bearing in mind that the functions of the objec…
Das Opfern des Schweins in der baltischen Tradition Žrtvovanje svinje v baltskem izročilu
Pig Sacrifice in Baltic Traditions/The article analyzes pig sacrifice and the use of pork as a ritual dish in customs connected with sowing and practiced by descendants of the Prussians. The author explores the custom, which has been described by various sources and practiced in East Prussia in the second half of 17th – century, in relation to the data collected by Lithuanian ethnographers of the 20th century that link the pig to various agrarian…
Kujutelm taevast ja päikese loomise motiivid balti mütoloogias
The present paper is devoted to the study of the creation of the Sun and to the aspects of setting it free, its `birth' or `rebirth'. These motifs are presented in the framework of the conception of heaven. An attempt is made to offer some ideas, which might serve as a stimulus in defining the perspective of the solution of some mythological problems. Baltic traditions are compared with those of the Finno-Ugrian mythology. Though the Finno-Ugrian…
Das Thema der Kosmogonie in litauischen Folklorenarrativen The Creation Theme in Lithuanian Folk Narratives
In this article Lithuanian folk narratives describing the creation of the World and its constituents (Earth, celestial bodies, human beings) are analyzed. By their origin and nature these narratives are supposed to be related to the archaic creation myth, although in many cases they are closely intertwined with successive fragments of Christian religion
Kujutelm taevast ja päikese loomise motiivid balti mütoloogias
The present paper is devoted to the study of the creation of the Sun and to the aspects of setting it free, its `birth' or `rebirth'. These motifs are presented in the framework of the conception of heaven. An attempt is made to offer some ideas, which might serve as a stimulus in defining the perspective of the solution of some mythological problems. Baltic traditions are compared with those of the Finno-Ugrian mythology. Though the Finno-Ugrian…
Das Opfern des Schweins in der baltischen Tradition Žrtvovanje svinje v baltskem izročilu
Pig Sacrifice in Baltic Traditions/The article analyzes pig sacrifice and the use of pork as a ritual dish in customs connected with sowing and practiced by descendants of the Prussians. The author explores the custom, which has been described by various sources and practiced in East Prussia in the second half of 17th – century, in relation to the data collected by Lithuanian ethnographers of the 20th century that link the pig to various agrarian…
Stones-Goddesses in Granaries
The subject of this article is stones which were venerated in household surroundings. These stones that were kept in granaries were called goddesses (Deyues). Information about stones-goddesses is found in written sources on Baltic religion and mythology, mostly from reports by the Vilnius Jesuit College from the 17th and 18th centuries. The question arises: what deity is incarnate in theses stones, bearing in mind that the functions of the objec…
Беларускi фальклор
Das Thema der Kosmogonie in litauischen Folklorenarrativen The Creation Theme in Lithuanian Folk Narratives
In this article Lithuanian folk narratives describing the creation of the World and its constituents (Earth, celestial bodies, human beings) are analyzed. By their origin and nature these narratives are supposed to be related to the archaic creation myth, although in many cases they are closely intertwined with successive fragments of Christian religion
Eine Religionswissenschaftliche Studie über den Schlangenkult der Balten Religiološka študija o kultu kač pri Baltih
The article presents recent research of Yvonne Luven Der Kult der Hausschlange: eine Studie zur Religionsgeschichte der Letten und Litauer (2000)
Koncepcija sezonnogo otmykanija i zamykanija zemli v baltijskoj tradicii The Concept of Earth’s Opening in Spring and Closing in Autumn
This article analyses the concept of the Earth’s seasonal opening and closing, which is reconstructed based on Baltic, mainly Lithuanian, and partly Slavonic folklore. It looks at what kind of mythical being was connected to these cyclical regularly occurring processes, and which played a role of an inducer or an executor of these phenomena. It is presumed that it could have been performed by St. George. In the Baltic mythology and folklore, this…
Transformations of the Lithuanian God Perkūnas Transformationen litauischen Perkūnas
In the article, later substitutions for the god Perkunas are analysed. Most frequently appear the names of the prophet Eliah (Alijošius) and St. George (Jurgis) as the Christian replacements diffused from the Lithuanian region, which borders on Belarus where converting to Christianity began earlier
Sky in the Ancient Baltic Worldview
In the Baltic mythology and folklore, the sky covering the Earth and its bodies – the Sun, Moon, stars and their constellations are among the most prominent archaic images, comprising rather integral mythical celestial world. This article aims at reconstructing the model of the sky and highlighting at least the most outstanding features of this significant universal. The analysis comprises linguistic data preserving the relics of the ancient worl…
Mythical Images of the Solar Carriage and Ship
The article focuses on the mythical image of the Sun, one of the most important heavenly bodies that people used to observe since times immemorial. The author uses various sources of the Baltic religion and mythology, Lithuanian and Latvian folklore and linguistic data. Her aim is revealing the meaning of the mythical image of the Sun as reflected by the traditional verbal heritage, and analyzing its origins. The investigation is confined, howeve…
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