Зашто се први мачићи у воду бацају? Иконичност лексема мачка и кот (I)
Why Do First Kittens End Up Down the Drain? An Iconic Meaning of the Lexema Cat and Litter (I)
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У раду се испитује порекло изреке Први мачићи се у воду бацају паралелно са улогом мачке у словенској митологији и иконичношћу лексема мачка и кот.
In the Slavic folklore, a cat and similar other small animals with soft fur and
numerous litters/offspring, represent symbols of a young female, bride, woman,
female genitals, home and hearth, appearing thus in fertility rituals, connected with
food, knitting, weaving, and magic, but they are also associated with female demons, such as „devour-eaters“, „child and harvest stealers“. All these are the characteristics of the Great Mother Goddess, in her terrifying, chthonic appearance.
The origin of the saying „the first kittens should go down the drain“ (should drawn
in water) hence should be explained by the existence of the fertility rites, where the
first litter of the cult animals was sacrificed to the Goddess in order to ensure future fertility; that is, the litter was thus „returned“ to the fertile water, as a symbol
of mother’s death. However, a more complete explanation requires ascertaining to
an iconic meaning of the lexeme cat and litter, which is the subject of the se...cond
part of this paper.
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мачка / кот / словенска митологија / лексичка иконичност / фразеологија / жртвовање прворођенчади / cat / litter / Mara / Slavic mythology / lexical iconic meaning / phrases / sacrifice of the first bornSource:
Гласник Етнографског института САНУ / Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA, 2010, 58, 1, 69-83Publisher:
- Београд : Етнографски институт САНУ / Belgrade : Institute of Ethnography SASA
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Етнографски институт САНУ / Institute of Ethnography SASATY - JOUR AU - Башић, Ивана С. PY - 2010 UR - http://www.ei.sanu.ac.rs/index.php/gei/article/view/484/428 UR - https://dais.sanu.ac.rs/123456789/8736 AB - У раду се испитује порекло изреке Први мачићи се у воду бацају паралелно са улогом мачке у словенској митологији и иконичношћу лексема мачка и кот. AB - In the Slavic folklore, a cat and similar other small animals with soft fur and numerous litters/offspring, represent symbols of a young female, bride, woman, female genitals, home and hearth, appearing thus in fertility rituals, connected with food, knitting, weaving, and magic, but they are also associated with female demons, such as „devour-eaters“, „child and harvest stealers“. All these are the characteristics of the Great Mother Goddess, in her terrifying, chthonic appearance. The origin of the saying „the first kittens should go down the drain“ (should drawn in water) hence should be explained by the existence of the fertility rites, where the first litter of the cult animals was sacrificed to the Goddess in order to ensure future fertility; that is, the litter was thus „returned“ to the fertile water, as a symbol of mother’s death. However, a more complete explanation requires ascertaining to an iconic meaning of the lexeme cat and litter, which is the subject of the second part of this paper. PB - Београд : Етнографски институт САНУ / Belgrade : Institute of Ethnography SASA T2 - Гласник Етнографског института САНУ / Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA T1 - Зашто се први мачићи у воду бацају? Иконичност лексема мачка и кот (I) T1 - Why Do First Kittens End Up Down the Drain? An Iconic Meaning of the Lexema Cat and Litter (I) SP - 69 EP - 83 VL - 58 IS - 1 DO - 10.2298/GEI1001085S UR - https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_8736 ER -
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Башић, И. С.. (2010). Зашто се први мачићи у воду бацају? Иконичност лексема мачка и кот (I). in Гласник Етнографског института САНУ / Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA Београд : Етнографски институт САНУ / Belgrade : Institute of Ethnography SASA., 58(1), 69-83. https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI1001085S https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_8736
Башић ИС. Зашто се први мачићи у воду бацају? Иконичност лексема мачка и кот (I). in Гласник Етнографског института САНУ / Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA. 2010;58(1):69-83. doi:10.2298/GEI1001085S https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_8736 .
Башић, Ивана С., "Зашто се први мачићи у воду бацају? Иконичност лексема мачка и кот (I)" in Гласник Етнографског института САНУ / Bulletin of the Institute of Ethnography SASA, 58, no. 1 (2010):69-83, https://doi.org/10.2298/GEI1001085S ., https://hdl.handle.net/21.15107/rcub_dais_8736 .