Mitiniai vaizdiniai Donelaičio "Metuose" : pirmosios dvylika eilučių
LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Indoeuropiečių mitologija; Kristijonas Donelaitis; Laikas; Metų laikų, dienos dalių ir žmogaus gyvenimo paralelės; Mitinė pasaulėžiūra; Mitologija; Paukščių žiemojimas ežeruose; Saulė; Saulė budintoja; Saulės juokas; Sniegas; Sniego ir putos paralelė; Tautosaka; Žmogaus gyvenimas ir mirtis; „Metai“; Analogy of anow and foam; Analogy of the phases of seasons, hours of the day and a human life; Birds hibernating in the lakes; Folklore; Indo-European mythology; Kristijonas Donelaitis; Laughing Sun; Mythological worl-view; Mythology; Person's life and death; Snow; Sun; The Sun as awakener; Time; „Metai“ („The Seasons“).
ENAt least three prominent Lithuanian folklorists have noted rich reflections of folklore in the poem Metai and other works of the literary classic Donelaitis: Zenonas Slaviūnas, Ambraziejus Jonynas and Stasys Skrodenis. Nevertheless, not everything has been noticed. In this article, in view of the mythological world-view, the first twelve lines of Metai are studied, and at least five examples of traditional mythological imagery are encountered: 1) the sun as “awakener”; 2) analogy of the phases of the seasons, hours of the day and a person’s life (and death); 3) the trope of the laughing sun or the sun’s laughter; 4) snow and foam as the juxtaposition and opposition of winter and summer; 5) “riddle” about some sort of animal living in the lake, which can be solved with the help of the traditional Baltic legend about a swallow spending the winter in a lake. As can be seen, there is more traditional mythical imagery in Donelaitis’ Metai than was commonly believed; to be honest, they practically make up the whole poem. [From the publication]
