Barbara święta o górnikach pamięta. Językowo-kulturowy obraz świętej Barbary w polskiej tradycji ludowej / Barbora šventoji, kalnakasius globoji. Kalbinis ir kultūrinis šv. Barboros paveikslas lenkų liaudies tradicijoje

Abstract

The aim of this article is a reconstruction of the linguo-cultural image of Saint Barbara in Polish folk tradition. The author accepts Jerzy Bartmiński’s definition of the linguistic worldview. The method of description of the linguistic and cultural worldview is the cognitive definition, used in the Dictionary of Folk Stereotypes and Symbols. A cognitive definition consists of an explication built of facets and the documentation, arranged by the text genre. The data for the analysis come from many folk genres, records of beliefs and cultural practices, and the language system (extracted from general-purpose and dialectal dictionaries of Polish). The reconstruction of the linguocultural view of Saint Barbara shows that this saint is not only a patron saint of miners, but also a patron saint of good death, fishermen, sailors, rafters and other people who are connected with water by their trade. It is believed that she takes care of the sick. Saint Barbara was called during the thunderstorm and the hard labour. She is believed to protect people from the devil and Skarbnik. People also prayed to her to be supported in matrimonial matters. In folk religiousness her attributes are a sword, a monstrance, a chalice with the Host, a tower, a lily, and a palm.