Title: Polish traditional folklore : the magic of time /
Authors: Brzozowska-Krajka, Anna.
Publisher: East European Monographs ; Maria Curie-Skłodowska University ; Distributed by Columbia University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Folklore Poland; Tales Poland; Day Folklore.; Night Folklore.; Time Folklore.; Tales Poland History and criticism.; Folk literature, Polish History and criticism; Fables, Polish History and criticism.; Literature and folklore Poland.; Time in literature.; Poland Social life and customs
Contents: Time and order. Bi-dimensional structure of folk temporality -- The cosmogonic myth and the folkloric opposition of night-day -- Civitas Dei and Civitas Diaboli, or diurnal active symbols and nocturnal inactive symbols -- The magic of a good beginning -- the mediating structure of daybreak -- Apparently reversed symmetry -- the mediating structure of nightfall -- The time of the center and the superior realm (the midday culmination) -- Between fear and hope (the midnight culmination) -- Natural markers of organization of time and the folkloric vision of temporal artifacts -- Conclusion.