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Einige litauische Ortssagen, bodenlose Gewässer und Frau Holle (KHM 24, ATU 480) Nekaj litovskih legend o nastanku krajev, vodovje brez dna in Frau Holle (KHM 24, ATU 480)

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ID12638170
AuthorsBernd Gliwa (corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume8
Pages187-223
Publication date2005-10-17
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueStudia mythologica Slavica (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1408-6271 • E-ISSN: 1581-128X
PublisherThe Research Center of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3986/sms.v8i0.1754
OpenAlexW2752524869
LanguageEN

The paper discusses Lithuanian legends on sunken animals and objects in lakes and swamps. Moving through a water barrier means passing into the Otherworld, as is seen in tales ATU 480, e.g. „Frau Holle“. Cows resting on the ground of waters are images of the dead in the meadows of the Otherworld. The sinking has been interpretated as a funeral, while the rise to the surface is connected with images of childgiving.It results in the prediction of archeological findings from the 2nd mill. BC in lakes and swamps called Groundless. As corpses may remain conserved in a swamp for a long time this could give interesting results

Archaeology · Art · Biology · Geography · Legend · Lithuanian · Swamp · Ancient and Medieval Archaeology Studies · Historical and Archaeological Studies · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Ecology

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