TY - GEN A1 - Olcese, Gianluca A2 - Komsta, Alina PB - Instytut Studiów Klasycznych, Śródziemnomorskich i Orientalnych, Pracownia Badań nad tradycją Oralną N2 - The etymology of Harlequin refers to the Germanic tradition. Our analysis of Silesian folktales in the German language, which have as protagonists dwarves called ‘Herrla’, incorporates a comparison with the oldest written texts mentioning Harlequin, including those of Orderic Vitalis, Peter of Blois and Walter Map. The name ‘Herrla’ is present, and therefore analysed, in the German dialect of Silesia and in those of its nearest regions. As first demonstrated by Propp in his study of folktales, in this literary genre many elements of the tradition are reflected. These modern Silesian folktales are here compared with the customs of the Germanic populations and, as far as possible, of Slavic ones, to integrate the philological reconstruction with elements deriving from the folk tradition. L1 - http://www.repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl/Content/94401/PDF/5_Olcese_%20Gianluca.pdf L2 - http://www.repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl/Content/94401 PY - 2017 KW - Harlequin KW - Silesia KW - Germanic KW - dwarves KW - folktales KW - Herrla T1 - Arlecchino in Nord Europa UR - http://www.repozytorium.uni.wroc.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/94401 ER -