The article presents hypotheses about the origins of the tradition of Konik Zwierzyniecki’s march, also known as the Lajkonik, formulated over the course of about 200 years, as well as possible cultural connections of the Krakow custom with traditions and rituals developed by other communities. Due to the so far unexplained origin of the Lajkonik character and numerous scientifically acceptable historical and cultural interpretations of the horse costume used in the procession, the article also attempts to perform a comparative analysis of similar folklore phenomena on the basis of examining symbolic connotations. The introduction presents the multifaceted symbolism of the horse in European culture and the use of its character in various fo...
The aim of the article is to sketch the alternate histories research perspective based on the catego...
The subject of the research presented in the article is the folk tradition of Christmas (Gody) in th...
It is argued in this study that contemporary Rodnovers (practitioners of Slavic Native Faith, or Rod...
The aim of the article is to provide a detailed ethnographic description of two significant examples...
The article attempts to view primitive aesthetics from the perspective of cultural syncretism. In th...
The present monograph is a reflection of the author’s interests which were pursued for many years, ...
The main issue that is the subject of the article is the question of the importance of selected phen...
The linguistic image of the soul in the ekphrases of the late-19th and early-20th century as exempli...
The text presents an analysis of three Polish herbariums from the period of the sixteenth to the sev...
In the article the presentations of popular literature in 16th and 17th century, included in Aleksan...
Long-distance contacts, exchange of goods and more organized forms of trade have been a part of huma...
The analysis is focused on the reconstruction of an image of fire as a living creature, preserved in...
Introduction: On culture of memory in Central and Eastern Europe This issue of the Acta Baltico-Sla...
Národopis, ethnography, social anthropology, cultural anthropology… Brief history of the culturology...
Author of the paper discusses social implications of the choice of a prehistoric rock art. image as ...
The aim of the article is to sketch the alternate histories research perspective based on the catego...
The subject of the research presented in the article is the folk tradition of Christmas (Gody) in th...
It is argued in this study that contemporary Rodnovers (practitioners of Slavic Native Faith, or Rod...
The aim of the article is to provide a detailed ethnographic description of two significant examples...
The article attempts to view primitive aesthetics from the perspective of cultural syncretism. In th...
The present monograph is a reflection of the author’s interests which were pursued for many years, ...
The main issue that is the subject of the article is the question of the importance of selected phen...
The linguistic image of the soul in the ekphrases of the late-19th and early-20th century as exempli...
The text presents an analysis of three Polish herbariums from the period of the sixteenth to the sev...
In the article the presentations of popular literature in 16th and 17th century, included in Aleksan...
Long-distance contacts, exchange of goods and more organized forms of trade have been a part of huma...
The analysis is focused on the reconstruction of an image of fire as a living creature, preserved in...
Introduction: On culture of memory in Central and Eastern Europe This issue of the Acta Baltico-Sla...
Národopis, ethnography, social anthropology, cultural anthropology… Brief history of the culturology...
Author of the paper discusses social implications of the choice of a prehistoric rock art. image as ...
The aim of the article is to sketch the alternate histories research perspective based on the catego...
The subject of the research presented in the article is the folk tradition of Christmas (Gody) in th...
It is argued in this study that contemporary Rodnovers (practitioners of Slavic Native Faith, or Rod...