CIOANCĂ
2018 (7SDB2018)
Costel
Cioancă
Analele
Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara.
Seria ştiinţe
filologice, vol. 56, 2018, pp. 101-112. (pdf.)
Intimacy Symbols in the Romanian
Fairy Tale.
The Institution of Destiny
One of the most ardent desires of man was, regardless of
historical age and culture, to be able to know the future. It was, if you wish,
a symbolic way by which man wanted to become intimate with the divinity that
entirely ran his destiny (past, present, future). Starting from some classical
examples, where human destiny is considered in relation to the predestination
configured at birth by the divine, the present study attempts to define the
notion of destiny in the Romanian fairy tale. In accordance with traditional
beliefs and practices, I have tried to discover, analyse and share,
thematically and functionally, the relationship between man and the implacable
laws of destiny, as understood, represented and valued in the collective mentality,
creator and consumer, at the same time, of fantastic fairy tales. The
figurative structures under which this notion of destiny appears in the
Romanian fairy tale (Fate, Destiny, Fortune), with a specialised category of
beings that define the destiny of a newborn (fairy godmother) are ample and complex,
revealing sometimes a philosophical structure. Given the oral character of
transmission of such epic-traditional products, it is not only the conservative
nature of preserving the mythical (not necessarily religious!) content of Fate
that must be pointed out, but also its versatility, adaptability to new forms
of representation,
understanding and valorisation, closer to the storytelling time, and why not,
closer to man.
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