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Journal articles on the topic "Metamorphosis, folklore"
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Usmanova, Shoira Rustamovna. "The Application Of The Method Of Metamorphosis In The Folklore Of The Peoples Of The East." Psychology and Education Journal 58, no. 1 (January 29, 2021): 1033–42. http://dx.doi.org/10.17762/pae.v58i1.852.
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In recent years, interdisciplinary research, including folklore, ethnography, linguoculturology and other disciplines, has been expanding. The complex study of materials related to various sciences ensures the complementarity of the fields of science, contributes to a deeper and more systematic understanding of the phenomena of language and culture. In particular, the comparative study of the specific motives and methods in the discourse of mythological traditions and fairy tales in folklore texts serves to determine the way of thinking, mentality and imagination of different peoples.
This article is devoted to the study of the phenomenon of metamorphosis, which is reflected in the folklore of the peoples of the East. Metamorphosis is the transformation of any being or thing, form or species into a new, different form and type, as well as an unusual change in something. Metamorphoses rely on the most ancient mythopoetic ideas and reflect their unique characteristics.
The article comparatively studies the application of the method of metamorphosis in the myths, legends, epics and fairy tales of the peoples of the East, the universal and different aspectsof metamorphoses. The types of metamorphoses, their ways of occurrence, causes, factors and peculiarities are also described.
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Takazov, F. M. "Semantics of metamorphosis in the motive of magical flight." Voprosy kul'turologii (Issues of Cultural Studies), no. 12 (November 26, 2021): 1096–100. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/nik-01-2112-03.
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The article considers a typological series of plots with a motive for magical flight. The object of the analysis was metamorphoses of objects that the fugitive threw in front of the pursuer. The motive for magical flight is widespread in folklore of the peoples of the Caucasus, Europe, Asia, Africa and America. The material for the research was Caucasian (Abkhaz, Adyghe, Ingush, Ossetian, Balkarian), Slavic (Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Bulgarian) and European (Spanish, Swedish) tales. The author drew attention to the initiating nature of the subjects of fairy tales considered. The semantics of metamorphosis of thrown objects were determined. The character's throwing of three objects symbolizing the upper, middle and lower worlds reproduces the creation of three worlds. The pursuer, as a rule, stops or dies when trying to overcome the water barrier that symbolizes the lower world. With a victory over the lower world, the hero completes the initiation path and goes on to a new status, the manifestation of which is the marriage of the character.
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Panchenko, Lyudmila Nikolaevna. "CHARACTER STRUCTURE OF MANSI FOLKLORE: FOREST MAN MISKHUM." Yearbook of Finno-Ugric Studies 15, no. 1 (April 2, 2021): 60–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.35634/2224-9443-2021-15-1-60-71.
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Mansi folklore is the richest material for research in the field of folklore, linguistics, ethnography and other sciences. Comprehension of folklore genres and images opens new boundaries for the study of representations reflected in codes and symbols. The characters of folklore are people, animals, elements, fantastic (mythical) creatures. In this article we will focus on one character - Miskhum. In Mansi folklore, he is presented as a forest man, whose main function is to help forest dwellers, hunters, disadvantaged orphans. Miskhum belongs to a local group of characters living in the forest. Extensive information about him is contained in fairy tales, stories and myths. The aim of the study is to conduct a systematic analysis of the image of Miskhum on the material of folklore texts and folk ideas. The research materials were field material of the author, as well as the texts of Mansi fairy tales published in various folklore collections, in periodicals. This work adds to the scientific knowledge about the Mansi folklore. For the first time, on the basis of folklore, linguistic and literary data, the image of a forest man is subjected to system analysis, and its functionality is revealed. The anthropomorphism of the image, its desire for socialization, distinguishes the folklore image from the mythological. Possession of the ability to metamorphosis, the desire to provide assistance, to bestow people with magical objects and abilities, all these qualities allowed Miskhum to be elevated to the rank of higher beings. In the traditional views of individual local groups, the Mansi Miskhum is exalted to the status of a patron spirit. The complex of prohibitions, ritual actions, the system of amulets existing in the Mansi determine the boundaries and degree of human interaction with Miskhum. The material opens up possible prospects for continuing research into the character and plot structure of Mansi folklore.
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Foster, Michael Dylan. "The Metamorphosis of the Kappa: Transformation of Folklore to Folklorism in Japan." Asian Folklore Studies 57, no. 1 (1998): 1. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/1178994.
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Utami, Dyah Ayu Putri, and Ari Kusmiatun. "EKSPLORASI FOLKLOR KAMPUNG PITU NGLANGGERAN (KAJIAN SASTRA DENGAN PENDEKATAN PARIWISATA)." Widyaparwa 49, no. 2 (December 31, 2021): 429–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.26499/wdprw.v49i2.794.
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This study includes a qualitative descriptive study that aims to explore the folklore of Kampung Pitu using a tourism literature approach. This approach focuses on the study of the phenomena of literary works, writers, literary festivals, and folklore that make a real contribution to the development of tourism. The data of this research are in the form of sentences in the folklore that developed in Pitu Village. Data collection techniques using interviews and documentation. Data analysis techniques, namely reduction, presentation, and dra-wing conclusions. The results showed that (1) the folklore in Kampung Pitu consists of the legend of the origin of Kampung Pitu, the myth of Telaga Guyangan, and the myth of Rasulan; (2) each story has an appeal in rules/laws, stories, and rituals; (3) developing folklore has the potential to become a tourist area branding. This branding needs to be supported by the metamorphosis of folklore into theatrical performances, ballet, short films, folklore books, or other narrative forms that can be used as promotions.Penelitian ini termasuk penelitian deskriptif kualitatif yang bertujuan untuk mengeksplorasi cerita rakyat Kampung Pitu menggunakan pendekatan sastra pariwisata. Pendekatan ini memfokuskan kajian pada fenomena karya sastra, sastrawan, festival sastra, dan cerita rakyat yang memberikan sumbangan nyata dalam perkembangan kepariwisataan. Data penelitian ini berupa kalimat dalam cerita rakyat yang berkembang di Kampung Pitu. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan wawancara dan dokumentasi. Teknik analisis data, yaitu reduksi, penyajian, dan penarikan simpulan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa (1) cerita rakyat di Kampung Pitu terdiri atas Legenda asal-usul Kampung Pitu, mite Telaga Guyangan, dan mite Rasulan; (2) masing-masing cerita memiliki daya tarik dalam aturan/hukum, cerita, dan ritual; (3) cerita rakyat yang berkembang berpotensi untuk menjadi branding kawasan wisata. Branding ini perlu didukung oleh metamorfosis cerita rakyat menjadi pertunjukkan teater, sendratari, film pendek, buku cerita rakyat, atau bentuk narasi lain yang dapat digunakan sebagai promosi.
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Павловна, Невзорова Наталья. "«ПАМЯТЬ ЖАНРА» И ЕГО МЕТАМОРФОЗЫ В АВТОРСКОЙ СКАЗКЕ A.А. МИЛНА." Acta Neophilologica 1, no. XX (June 1, 2018): 81–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.31648/an.2688.
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“GENRE MEMORY” AND ITS METAMORPHOSISIN A LITERARY TALE BY A.A. MILNEThe nucleus of Milne’s literary tale dilogy (Winnie-the-Pooh and The House at the Pooh Corner) is an archaic folklore-mythological spatio-temporal structure and its specific subject realization that have proved capable of development, metamorphosis, synthesis with other deep structures and have led to the formation of literary genresof a neo-mythological character – literary tale, story and fantasy.In Milne’s tales there is no traditional struggle between Good and Evil, there are practically no “miraculous” objects and magical powers. The action is not based on the confrontation between the two sides, representing different moral principles (as ina traditional fairy tale), but involves the transition of the hero, Christopher Robin, from the world of childhood to the adult world, acquiring a higher social status,the development of abilities and skills of various characters to solve different life problems, first at the level of choice of options from the accumulated empirical experience, and then at the level of abstraction from real specifics to the skills of logical analysis and mastering written speech and the basics of mathematics. This results in the acquisition of a new level of knowledge and the development of a new way of understandingof the world (the creation of the cosmos from chaos).
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Labashchuk, Oksana, Tetiana Reshetukha, Halyna Derkach, Oksana Kushnir, and Natalia Hrytsak. "COVID-19 Vaccination and Ukrainians: Myths, Memes and Narratives." Český lid 109, no. 4 (December 15, 2022): 463–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.21104/cl.2022.4.04.
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The paper deals with human cultural stereotypes embedded in mythological consciousness, which have influenced the formation of fear of vaccination against COVID-19. The material was collected in Ukraine in the period from September 2021 to January 2022. By analysing oral narratives and comments from social media users, the authors demonstrate the cultural mechanisms of fear of vaccination, specifically fear of death and fear of metamorphosis, and how they can be overcome. The profusion of memes, anecdotes, and jokes that people read and shared on social media or told each other became a way of overcoming collective fear. Nowadays, not only oral tradition but also social media can constitute a source for studying cultural stereotypes. A folkloristic and culturally anthropological perspective on the fear of vaccination allows us to trace folkloristic phenomena back to our everyday lives and to see folklore as a living, dynamic process that has become part of human culture.
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Naiditch, Larissa È., and Anna V. Pavlova. "“Čut’ živye, v noč’ osennjuju / My s ochoty vozvraščaemsja…” Secondary predicate in Nekrasov’s poetic texts." Slovo.ru: Baltic accent 12, no. 3 (2021): 84–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.5922/2225-5346-2021-3-6.
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The main aim of the article is to examine the grammatical and stylistic functions of the predicative attribute in the poetic work of Nekrasov. The study contributes to the general ‘grammar of poetry’, which has been proposed and developed by Roman Jakobson. The study shows that Nekrasov often used the predicative attribute and it constitutes one of the specific features of his style. Grammatically extended adjectival, participial and adverbial phrases, frequent in Nekrasov’s poetry, cause additional predication, which makes it possible to expand the narrative. The predicative attribute often combines the functions of an attribute with those of the adverbial modifiers of cause and consequence, which gives additional impetus to the narrative plot development. The analysis shows that Nekrasov’s style is characterized by numerous long repetitions of functionally similar grammatical elements, taking several lines. These repetitions often set the rhythm and determine the folklore character of his poems. Аttributive chains, paired formulas, synonymization of lexemes in chains, repetitions, instrumental case in the meaning of comparison and metamorphosis can be found in classical pre-Nakrasov poetry as well. In Nekrasov’s poems these features appear in a concentrated, condensed form; they can be considered only against the background of his work as a whole.
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Dutchak, Violetta. "PRINCIPLES OF LITERATURE AND MUSICAL ART INTERACTION OF THE UKRAINIAN DIASPORA DURING THE XX – EARLY XXI CENTURY." Naukovì zapiski Nacìonalʹnogo unìversitetu "Ostrozʹka akademìâ". Serìâ Ìstoričnì nauki 1 (December 17, 2020): 186–93. http://dx.doi.org/10.25264/2409-6806-2020-31-186-193.
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The study presents the methodological foundations analysis of the interaction between music and literature of the Ukrainian diaspora in the period of XX – early XXI century. In particular, the article offers an example of analysis of such interaction on the example of Ukrainian diaspora bandura art. Fundamental in the methodological analysis of the art interaction, and in particular literature and music, are the forms of emigrant (diasporic) worldview – conservative (traditional), synthesizing (unifying), and transforming (experimental). They are manifested in various forms of foreign artists’ creative activity – editing (restoration) of ancient genres, their modification and metamorphosis. The concept of “meta-art” was used as the main methodological basis for the music and literature interaction analysis, which is aimed at finding mechanisms for a comprehensive analysis of the Ukrainian diaspora art within the historical stages (according to emigration waves) and within the territorial settlements that found its reflection in figurative-thematic, value-aesthetic, genre, stylistic priorities of artists and interpretation of their ideas and meanings. The levels of literature and musical art interaction are considered by the author of the article on the inclusion samples in the bandura repertoire of various genres arrangements of folklore, religious and spiritual creativity, “shevchenkiana”, and works based on the Ukrainian poems of the XIX – XX centuries. Among the musical and folklore samples are epos (dumas, historical songs), domestic, humorous, lyrical songs, and the latest genres of works of the liberation struggle – songs of Sich riflemen, rebel songs. Among the spiritual and religious works are psalms and chants, kolyadkas and shchedrivkas, as well as religious and liturgical compositions by D. Bortnyansky, A. Hnatyshyn, M. Haivoronsky, M. Lysenko, D. Sichynsky, and other works arranged for bandura ensembles or chapels. Shevchenkiana bandura repertoire includes arrangements of folk songs and author’s works based on T. Shevchenko’s poems for solo bandura players and ensembles, recorded in music editions and sound recordings. Examples of cooperation between composers and poets in bandura art (in particular, H. Kytasty and I. Bahriany) are analyzed separately.
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MARINESCU, ANGELICA. "What’s in a dance? Dalkhai: from a religious community ritual, to a pro-scenium performance." International Review of Social Research 11, no. 1 (December 14, 2021): 298–313. http://dx.doi.org/10.48154/irsr.2021.0028.
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An educational international project, initiated by a Romanian organisation, comprising folk dances from around the world, has challenged me to go deeper into understanding one of the most popular dance forms of Western Odisha, Dalkhai. Traditionally a religion-based folk dance connected to the agrarian culture of local Adivasi communities, it has been gradually developed into a cultural pattern of Odisha, Eastern India. Considering folklore as intangible cultural heritage of humanity, according to UNESCO definition, I explore the expression of this ritual-dance, in connection to the Adivasi culture, as Dalkhai is considered the goddess of fertility, initially worshipped by the tribal people/Adivasi like Mirdha, Kondha, Kuda, Gond, Binjhal, etc., but also in its recent metamorphosis into a proscenium representation. The Dalkhai dance is becoming visible and recognised at state, national and even international form of dance, while in the Adivasis communities it is noted that the ritual becomes less and less performed. Consulting the UNESCO definitions and documents on Intangible Cultural Heritage is useful for understanding how to approach a choric ritual, involving a tradition, music and dance, enhancing the importance of safeguarding cultural diversity while confronting cultural globalization. Its approach, in accordance with ‘universal cultural rights’, emancipatory politics concerning world culture and multiculturalism, opposes the disappearances and destruction of local traditions, indigenous practices. Heritage concerns the whole community, conferring an identity feeling, and supporting the transmission to the next generations, sustainable development, often involving economic stakes, becoming essential for developing the territories (Chevalier, 2000).
Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Metamorphosis, folklore"
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Yanez, Séverine. "Les êtres fantastiques dans les contes et légendes de Théodor Vernaleken : étude comparative." Thesis, Paris 4, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011PA040207.
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« Il était une fois »… un professeur autrichien, Theodor Vernaleken, qui souhaitait diffuser les récits populaires et coutumes traditionnelles des régions alpines. Ce « Grimm autrichien » les restitue si fidèlement dans ses Contes des Alpes pour les enfants et le foyer et ses Légendes des Alpes qu’il adopte la forme dialectale. Pédagogue émérite, il annote ses récits de nombreuses remarques explicatives rendant ainsi ces témoignages accessibles. Le conte est un récit se déroulant « autrefois » « dans une contrée lointaine ». Les êtres fantastiques surgissent tout naturellement au moment opportun, pour permettre ou empêcher le héros de vivre heureux et d’avoir beaucoup d’enfants. Pour sa part, la légende vise à être crue. Dans ces contes et légendes, les habitants ou un membre de la communauté villageoise ont vu de leurs propres yeux, dans leur village, des êtres surnaturels. Ils nous racontent leur étonnement, leur peur découlant de leur confrontation à cet autre monde peuplé de démons. C’est ainsi qu’apparaissent des homoncules, des géants, des dragons et autres animaux fantastiques, qui parlent, se transforment, etc. L’homme est également confronté à des protagonistes démonologiques tels que sorcières, diables et revenants. Celui qui a transgressé les interdits ne pourra échapper à son destin, tel est le message de ces récits exemplaires et instructifs. Jusqu’à présent, aucune étude exhaustive, ni classification de ce genre littéraire n’a été réalisée. Ainsi, cette étude analysera, par une approche comparative, les récits démonologiques à travers l’étude des êtres fantastiques des textes rassemblés par Theodor Vernaleken“Once upon a time”… an austrian professor, Theodor Vernaleken, wanted to spread popular stories and traditional uses from the alpine areas. This “Austrian Grimm” restores them in his books Tales From the Alps for children and home and Legends from the Alps so faithfully that he writes them in dialect form. Highly skilled teacher, he writes lots of explicative notes on his stories making them understandable. A tale is a story, which takes place “a long time ago” “in a far faraway country”. Fantastic creatures appear quite naturally at the right time to allow the heroes to live happy and have lots of children or to prevent it to happen. As for it the legend aims to be believed. In these tales and legends inhabitants or a member of the village community have really seen supernatural creatures in their village. They tell us about their amazement, their fear from the confrontation with this other world populated with daemons. So dwarfs, giants, drakes and other fantastic animals and so on appear, speak and are completely transformed. Humans are also confronting demonologic protagonists such as witches, devils and ghosts. Who transgresses the interdicts cannot escape from his fate. That is the message of these exemplary and instructive stories. Up to now, no exhaustive survey or classification of this literary genre has been carried out. So, this work will analyse demonologic stories in a comparative way through the study of fantastic creatures in texts gathered by Theodor Vernaleken
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Lacerda, Gabriela Ismerim. "As metamorfoses em Poranduba amazonense." Universidade de São Paulo, 2016. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8149/tde-10052016-141601/.
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Sá (2012, p. 23) considera que na cultura amazônica o mundo não foi criado de uma só vez, mas sim a partir de gêneses múltiplas, sonhos e contínuas metamorfoses. Este trabalho propõe um estudo das metamorfoses presentes em Poranduba amazonense (1890), de Barbosa Rodrigues, em que o autor coleta, transcreve e traduz relatos da literatura oral da Amazônia do século XIX. Discute-se incialmente algumas acepções do conceito de literatura para a defesa do estudo sobre literatura oral, da qual as porandubas fazem parte. São explorados também o uso de termos como mito, lenda e conto articulando as definições nem sempre consonantes de Câmara Cascudo (2006), Jolles (1972) e outros. A apresentação da Morfologia dos contos indígenas norte-americanos de Alan Dundes (1996), desenvolvida a partir dos trabalhos de Vladmir Propp e Keneth Pike, faz-se útil na medida em que será utilizada também como nosso aparato metodológico no estudo dos processos metamórficos em dezenove narrativas. O modelo de Dundes aplicado às narrativas estudadas mostra-se eficaz ao evidenciar que elas não são desprovidas de estrutura e organização. Contudo, argumenta-se que, para analisar as metamorfoses do nosso corpus, é proveitoso fazer uso da função F proppiana. Questionamos se, ao adaptar a morfologia de Propp, Dundes não a teria reduzido em demasia por supor os textos indígenas menos complexos.Sá (2012, p. 23) considers that in the Amazon culture the world was not created all at once, but rather \"from multiple genesis, dreams and continuous metamorphosis\". This masters thesis proposes a study of metamorphoses present in Poranduba amazonense (1890), by Barbosa Rodrigues, in which the author collects, transcribes and translates reports of oral literature from the nineteenth-century Amazon. Initially, it discusses a few meanings of literature concept in defense of the study into oral literature, which porandubas belong to. Also is explored the use of terms such as myth, legend and folktale linking the definitions - not always consonants - of Cascudo (2006), Jolles (1972) and others. The presentation of \"The Morphology of North American Indian Folktales\", by Alan Dundes (1996), developed from the work of Vladimir Propp and Kenneth Pike, it is useful insofar as it will also be applied as methodological apparatus in the study of metamorphic processes in nineteen narratives. The Dundes model employed to the studied narratives proves itself effective by showing that they are not devoid of structure and organization. However, it is argued that, to analyze the metamorphoses of our corpus, is beneficial to make use of the Propps function F. Wonder whether, by adapting the morphology of Propp, Dundes would not have diminished it excessively for assuming the less complex indigenous texts.
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Bathgate, Michael R. "The shapeshifter fox : the imagery of transformation and the transformation of imagery in Japanese religion and folklore /." 2001. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3006475.
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Chung, Hsiu-Chin, and 鍾秀金. "A Study of Animal Metamorphosis in Hakka and Aboriginal Folklores in Taiwan." Thesis, 2012. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77248024490738857046.
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Folklores are endowed with unique and rich stories reflecting the spirit of a race via collective creation with oral diction. Folklores are also the best way to pass down the ethnic cultures. In the contemporary society of massive information flows and advanced civilization, the intellectual products of our ancestors are oftentimes attacked and buried in the current of time. Thus, the stories of social taboos, experiences and ideas that our forefathers passed down by speaking to their children after dinner no longer exist in the memories of the new generation. The living environment of Hakka and aboriginal people are very similar. Therefore, the folklores of these two ethnic groups were easily shared, borrowed or influenced with each other. This Study targets the stories of animal metamorphosis in the folk stories between Hakka and aboriginal groups in Taiwan, and analyzes the differences and similarities in cultural and ethnic features of these two groups by means of comparing the story texts and literatures. Meanwhile, the Study hopes to compare the internal differences of these two groups based on regions and races. By collecting and summarizing the regions, races, types/rationales of metamorphosis in the stories, the author hopes to explain the cultural connotation of Hakka and aboriginal culture from the relationship between husband and wife, the relationship between parents and their children, the relationship between religion and social customs, and the images of women. The Study presents different scenarios in a family, such as the bondage between husband and wife, the broken relationships, and loss of families, hoping to investigate the differences and similarities in a matrimony bond of the two ethnic groups. The Study found out that the relationship between husband and wife in Hakka people is rather imbalanced, and the role of wife is almost invisible. To the contrary, the wives in aboriginal families have strong characters and tend to be more straightforward in expressing themselves. In addition the Study compares the cultural features of parenthood by presenting the texts of conflicts between parents and children, conflicts between family members, punishments from parents to their children and the cause-effect relationship. The Study also found out that the parent-child relationships in Hakka families are very extreme: Either the parents love and spoil their children, or they oppose against each other. The way of raising children among aboriginal people is also very distinguished. One type of family entrusts human beings to take care of the offspring of animals, whereas the other type of family tends to be oblivious to their survival. The Study also presents the folk beliefs and social norms of these two groups with texts of folklores about people’s dreams of contributing to home towns, belief in destiny and “Fong-shui”, taboos, and life education. The Hakka people are greatly influenced by Buddhism and Confucius thinking so most of the focuses in their stories are about teaching people to behave well and contribute to the society. On the other hand, the nature of aboriginals is pure and austere, and they worship everything in the Mother Nature as well as the spirit of their ancestors. They also believe that everything and everyone in this world is equal; nothing/no one is more superior to the other. Lastly, the Study analyzes the images of women by presenting the texts of stories about good and bad women, and the promotion of feminism. The Study found out that the women of both Hakka and aboriginal families are required to learn how to undertake family chores since they were little, including sewing and agricultural/farming skills. They have to be trained to be equipped with the capabilities of taking care of affairs inside and outside their home life as a token of supporting their families. The author noticed that the preservation of words leaves traces of research for the future generations. However, it also leads to a monotonous view. That is to say, the authors or writers of the folklores only selected the most attractive parts of a story and edited the content by ignoring the less attractive parts for some unknown reason. They may also keep the original plots of the story without changing anything. But the stories will still become more and more diverse and different. The choice of language and rhetoric has altered the original spirit of the stories. I sincerely hope that the future studies will be able to make up for this shortcoming.
Books on the topic "Metamorphosis, folklore"
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Deerdancer: The shapeshifter archetype in story and in trance. New York: Arkana, 1995.
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Books, Time-Life, ed. Transformations (Mysteries of the Unknown). Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1989.
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Samuel, Catherine. Beauty and the beast. [United States]: Reader's Digest Young Families, 2003.
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Samuel, Catherine. Beauty and the beast. [United States]: Reader's Digest Young Families, 2003.
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Dance of the dolphin: Transformation and disenchantment in the Amazonian imagination. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1994.
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Barbeau, Marius. Les métamorphoses dans les contes populaires canadiens. Ottawa: Imprimés pour la Société royale du Canada, 1997.
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1953-, Shapiro Debbie, ed. The metamorphic technique: Principles and practice. Shaftesbury, Dorset: Element, 1991.
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Bambeck, Manfred. Wiesel und Werwolf: Typologische Streifzüge durch das romanische Mittelalter und die Renaissance. Stuttgart: F. Steiner Verlag, 1990.
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Morgan, Llewelyn. "4. Metamorphoses." In Ovid: A Very Short Introduction, 53–75. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198837688.003.0004.
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'Metamorphoses; focuses on the Metamorphoses, widely considered Ovid’s masterpiece. The Metamorphoses is a collection of transformation stories, but the principle of change characterizes every layer of the poem. The Metamorphoses is Ovid’s only epic poem, thus in form a departure from the elegiac tradition he otherwise champions. But Ovid’s epic is devoted to destabilizing the order and certainties that conventional epic, such as Virgil’s Aeneid, was designed to uphold, and metamorphosis as a theme is well adapted to advance that end. The metamorphic character of the Metamorphoses is not restricted to explicit descriptions of shape-shifting, but affects its narrative form, even its generation of meaning. The Metamorphoses is thus Ovid’s most ambitious exploration of the nature of poetry, an astonishingly sophisticated performance, but it is better known as a collection of brilliantly memorable tales, Midas’ golden touch, Narcissus, Icarus, Pygmalion, a tour de force in storytelling. The poem has in fact served as the authoritative encyclopaedia of Graeco-Roman folklore. The freshness and vibrancy of Ovid's storytelling has a lot to do with the irreverent and self-conscious approach he adopts to writing an epic poem.
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Warner, Marina. "9. On stage & screen." In Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction, 121–35. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780199532155.003.0009.
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Because fairy tales can be meddled with, mixed up, and turned around in ways that an authored text resists, they have emerged as the favoured reservoir of contemporary mass entertainment, and their yields are in a perpetual state of metamorphosis. ‘On stage and screen: states of illusion’ discusses how composers of opera and ballet and writers of plays and film have mined classic tales and national folklore for material. The general consensus now agrees with Dickens, Tolkien, Bettelheim, and Windling, who declared that sweetening the tales was tantamount to vandalism. But at the same time, the darkness of contemporary retellings threatens to grow so deep it throws a shadow over the happy ending itself.
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Buljan, Katherine, and Carole M. Cusack. "The New Life of Old Beliefs: Religious and Spiritual Concepts in Anime." In Anime, Religion and Spirituality: Profane and Sacred Worlds in Contemporary Japan, 63–116. Equinox Publishing, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1558/equinox.25888.
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The religious and spiritual content of anime is one of its remarkable qualities, as in the West it is not common for popular cultural forms to be so saturated with the religious and the spiritual. This chapter has four distinct sections. First, it discusses the role and function of religion in Japanese society, and analyses the complex historical dynamic existing between Shinto and Buddhism, giving greater attention to Shinto as the religious tradition that has contributed most substantially to anime. Second, it considers the Western conceptual categories of animism and anthropomorphism as tools of analysis in the identification of religious and spiritual motifs in anime. The third section examines human to animal and animal to human metamorphosis in Japanese folklore, and the role of magical animals in general and their treatment in anime. The final section identifies supernatural themes and motifs in anime (for example types of spirit beings, animal transformations, and issues of life, death and afterlife) and traces their connections with Shinto, Buddhism, and to a lesser extent, the minority traditions of Christianity and new religions (shin shūkyō) in Japan.
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Krell, Jonathan F. "A Fairy in the Age of Prometheus: Chantal Chawaf’s Mélusine des détritus." In Ecocritics and Ecoskeptics, 77–92. Liverpool University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.3828/liverpool/9781789622058.003.0004.
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Melusine is a fairy of French folklore, originating in the Poitou region of western France. She was cursed to metamorphose into a serpent from the waist down every Saturday, but in general is a positive figure, associated with fresh water and forests, the construction of castles and churches, fertility and maternity. Mélusine des détritus is a depressing new take on the fairy story. The Melusine of Chawaf’s novel is a young woman who suffers acutely from the contemporary industrial world in which she lives. She has developed severe asthma from breathing polluted air, she lives in the fear of a meltdown destroying the nuclear power plant near her town and has a vague fear that the human race as we know it will not survive much longer. She symbolizes the disenchantment of the modern world recounted by such contemporary French philosophers as Michel Maffesoli and Pierre Rabhi.