Bibliograph

The image and the figure, Our Lady of Częstochowa in Polish culture and popular religion, Anna Niedźwiedź

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The image and the figure, Our Lady of Częstochowa in Polish culture and popular religion, Anna Niedźwiedź

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [183]-191) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The image and the figure

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

754669106

Responsibility statement

Anna Niedźwiedź

Sub title

Our Lady of Częstochowa in Polish culture and popular religion

Summary

"The image of Our Lady of Czestochowa is the most famous and the most venerated holy image in Poland. In contemporary Poland the image is a kind of a cultural icon, instantly recognizable and connected with popular symbolic and mythological meanings. Presented in this book is an analysis of beliefs, narratives (great and small stories), myths, and rituals. This analysis reveals that for its devotees the image is not merely a material object and a picture -- it is perceived, lived, and experienced as a real person -- figure of Mary -- Queen and Mother"--provided by publisher

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Our Lady of Częstochowa in Polish culture and popular religion

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