- Tytuł:
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Problem relacji płciowych w mitach australijskich – zasada matrioszki
The Issue of Sex Relations in Australian Myths – the “Matryoshka Principle” - Autorzy:
- Szyjewski, Andrzej
- Powiązania:
- https://bibliotekanauki.pl/articles/640993.pdf
- Data publikacji:
- 2012
- Wydawca:
- Uniwersytet Jagielloński. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
- Tematy:
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Australian Aborigines
mythology
Fertility Mother
Rainbow Serpent
gender relations
bull-roarer
initiation
gender symbols - Opis:
- This paper discusses the ambiguity of sex identity within Aboriginal mythology. Male/female relations are the main point of the well-known Wawilag Sisters myth from Arnhem Land, based on a series of equivalent mythical unions: the penis in the vagina (male in female) ≡ the serpent in the hut (male in female) ≡ Wawilag sisters pregnancy (male in female) ≡ Wawilag sisters devoured by the serpent (female in male) ≡ subincised penis (female in male). The effect of such equivalencies may be compared to a “matryoshka” doll: the male (child) is in the female (sisters) which is in the male (serpent), which in a way also renders the male symbols female (this is why the serpent is called “pregnant”). The basis of such a construction may be understood as the creation of a series of transformations male>female>male>female etc., which eventually leads to realisation of the exchange of female with male blood; their equipoise is necessary for initiation ceremonies.
- Źródło:
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Studia Religiologica; 2012, 45, 2; 117-124
0137-2432
2084-4077 - Pojawia się w:
- Studia Religiologica
- Dostawca treści:
- Biblioteka Nauki