Reptiles, amphibians and their emotional polarity in East Asian folk tales

SCHWARZ, Michal. Reptiles, amphibians and their emotional polarity in East Asian folk tales. In Mythology of Metamorphoses : Comparative & Theoretical Perspectives – The 13th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology of the International Association for Comparative Mythology + The 8th Annual Conference of the Center of Excellence in Estonian Studies. June 10-14, 2019, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia. 2019.

Basic information

• Original name: Reptiles, amphibians and their emotional polarity in East Asian folk tales
• Authors: SCHWARZ, Michal (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
• Edition: Mythology of Metamorphoses : Comparative & Theoretical Perspectives – The 13th Annual International Conference on Comparative Mythology of the International Association for Comparative Mythology + The 8th Annual Conference of the Center of Excellence in Estonian Studies. June 10-14, 2019, Estonian Literary Museum, Tartu, Estonia. 2019.

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Presentations at conferences
• Field of Study: 60202 Specific languages
• Country of publisher: Estonia
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14210/19:00107536
• Organization unit: Faculty of Arts
• Keywords (in Czech): hadi; obojživelníci; lidové příběhy; polarita; emoční hodnota; mytologie; mongolština; vietnamština; korejština; ostrov Jeju
• Keywords in English: reptiles; amphibians; folktales; polarity; emotional value; mythology; Mongolian; Vietnamese; Korean; Jeju Island
• Tags: rivok
• Tags: International impact

Abstract

There are four basic types of mythological reptiles or amphibians in East Asia: snake, turtle, dragon and frog. From large part every animal is connected with one prevalent emotional value, i.e. good/positive or sometimes also bad/negative. Together with introductory overview, this paper focused on examples of motifs in Mongolian culture and in Jeju Korean and Vietnamese folktales and their relation to local fauna, flora and palaeological findings of „dragon bones“ of dinosaurs.

Abstract (in Czech)

Ve východní Asii jsou čtyři základní typy mytologických plazů nebo obojživelníků: had, želva, žába a drak. Každé zvíře bývá v lidových příbězích spojeno s emoční hodnotou, kdy je buď dobré/pozitivní nebo také zlé/negativní. Vedle úvodního přehledu se příspěvek zaměřil na motivy v mongolské kultuře a v lidových příbězích z Vietnamu a korejského ostrova Jeju s přihlédnutím k místní fauně, flóře a paleologickým nálezům „dračích kostí“ dinosaurů.

Links

• GA19-07619S, research and development project: Name: Mongolské rituální rukopisy v české sbírce: jejich edice, historie a středoasijské kořeny

Investor: Czech Science Foundation