Oleksa dovbush: An alternative mythical biography of the ukrainian hero based on Jewish sources

Larisa Fialkova

doi:10.1515/FABL.2011.008

Oleksa dovbush: An alternative mythical biography of the ukrainian hero based on Jewish sources

Larisa Fialkova

Department of Hebrew & Comparative Literature

University of Haifa

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the alternative biography of Oleksa Dovbush, a Ukrainian Robin Hood, according to Jewish folklore and its reflection in Jewish literature. During the transformational process Dovbush's image undergoes marked changes. He may be likened to an animal, as is typical for the image of the other, or he may be deprived of magical power and of anti-Semitic attitudes and may repent before a pious Jew. This is a typical example of the cross-cultural migration of plots and images.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	92-108
Number of pages	17
Journal	Fabula
Volume	52
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1515/FABL.2011.008
State	Published - Jun 2011

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Cultural Studies
Literature and Literary Theory

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