Contacts and conflicts in oral narratives and folklore texts

Abstract

Since almost all of everyday life is made up of contacts and conflicts, when we dealing with the the analysis of specific practices and rituals, some questions inevitably arise – what is considered the norm for the neighborhood and what is an anomaly? cooperation or competition rules in the coexistence within multicultural and multiethnic society? rapport or conflict dominates the ethno-confessional dialogue? The aim of this publication is to review the “contacts” and “conflicts” reflected in folklore texts and oral narratives, and to determine the nature of situations in which these opposite trends of ethno-cultural relations manifest themselves most vivid and clearly.