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- Title
Oleksa Dovbush: An Alternative Mythical Biography of the Ukrainian Hero Based on Jewish Sources.
- Authors
Fialkova, Larisa
- Abstract
This paper analyzes the alternative biography of Oleksa Dovbush, a Ukrainian Robin Hood, according to Jewish folklore and its reflection in Jewish literature. During the transformational process Dovbush's image undergoes marked changes. He may be likened to an animal, as is typical for the image of the other, or he may be deprived of magical power and of anti-Semitic attitudes and may repent before a pious Jew. This is a typical example of the cross-cultural migration of plots and images.
- Subjects
DOVBUSH, Oleksa; ROBIN Hood (Legendary character); JEWISH mythology; FOLKLORE; CROSS-cultural studies
- Publication
Fabula, 2011, Vol 52, Issue 1/2, p92
- ISSN
0014-6242
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1515/FABL.2011.008