The Behaviour of Horses in Lithuanian Narrative Folklore
Volume 11 (2009): The Horse and Man in European Antiquity (Worldview, Burial Rites, and Military and Everyday Life), pp. 357–363
Pub. online: 30 August 2009
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
1 February 2009
1 February 2009
Revised
11 April 2009
11 April 2009
Accepted
12 June 2009
12 June 2009
Published
30 August 2009
30 August 2009
Abstract
The paper analyses a horses’ behaviour in Lithuanian narrative folklore texts: a horse’s reaction towards unusual environment, a horse as a predictor and a horse as a sign of wealth. Horse’s connection with burial and wealth – keeping beliefs as well as relationship with the beyond is emphasized too.