Jan Stanislav Institute of Slavistics SAS
Topic
St. Nicholas legends in the context of spiritual folk culture
PhD. program
Name of the supervisor
Mgr. Svetlana Žeňuchová Šašerina, PhD.
Contact:
Receiving school
Filozofická fakulta UKF
Annotation
Saint Nicholas is a highly honored saint in Christian spiritual culture. Even in his lifetime he was known as a generous giver who helped in every need. This fact is also reflected in his contemporary veneration. Slavic folk tradition, however, knows infinitely more stories associated with the name of this saint. The dissertation will analyze the texts of manuscript collections from the Slavic milieu that contain exemplars, sermons and legends. A large part of them is also influenced by folklore influences, so the origin of individual motives will be sought and analyzed.