Ninfas, hadas y pócimas mágicas en la tradición clásica y en el mundo medieval.
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2018
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Escuela de Letras. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Universidad Nacional de Rosario
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La poesía medieval se
apropia de seres maravillosos frecuentes en la tradición poética y en la
iconografía clásica. En el presente
trabajo analizaremos el personaje de
Helena, heroína que posee conocimientos mágicos y dotes adivinatorias,
quien además colabora con la empresa
del hijo de Odiseo. Circe, la diosa
hechicera de la épica homérica, amante
y protectora del Laertíada, que con los
avatares del tiempo deviene, como
otras ninfas de la tradición griega, en
hada. El hada de “Lanval” y Morgana
en Yvain, quienes pertenecen a diferentes esferas de lo sobrenatural pero
las dos cumplen la función de ayudar a
los héroes.
Las hadas estaban profundamente
arraigadas en el folclore así como
también en la tradición poética de los
pueblos celtas y germanos, tradición de
la que abrevaron María de Francia y los
novelistas franceses. En este contexto
las hadas desempeñan la función de
protectora y amante, incluso de esposa
de los héroes.
Medieval poetry appropriates marvelous beings frequent in the classical poetic tradition. In the present work we will analyze the character of Helena, heroine who has magical knowledge and divination skills, who also collaborates with the journey of the son of Odysseus. Circe, the sorceress goddess of the Homeric epic, mistress and protector of Laertíada, who with the avatars of time becomes, like other nymphs of the Greek tradition, fairy. The fairy of "Lanval" and Morgana in Yvain, who belong to different spheres of the supernatural but both fulfill the function of helping the heroes. The fairies were deeply rooted in folklore as well as in the poetic tradition of the Celtic and Germanic peoples, a tradition from which Mary of France and French novelists were inspired. In this context the fairies play the role of protector and mistress, even wife of the heroes.
Medieval poetry appropriates marvelous beings frequent in the classical poetic tradition. In the present work we will analyze the character of Helena, heroine who has magical knowledge and divination skills, who also collaborates with the journey of the son of Odysseus. Circe, the sorceress goddess of the Homeric epic, mistress and protector of Laertíada, who with the avatars of time becomes, like other nymphs of the Greek tradition, fairy. The fairy of "Lanval" and Morgana in Yvain, who belong to different spheres of the supernatural but both fulfill the function of helping the heroes. The fairies were deeply rooted in folklore as well as in the poetic tradition of the Celtic and Germanic peoples, a tradition from which Mary of France and French novelists were inspired. In this context the fairies play the role of protector and mistress, even wife of the heroes.
Keywords
Hadas, Ninfas, Fairies, Nymphs, Magia, Protección, Magic