A Disturbing Image of a Horse in the Selected Examples of German-Language Literature – Symbolism and Meaning
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https://doi.org/10.31261/ZOOPHILOLOGICA.2020.06.11Keywords:
horse, anxiety, death, elements, crisis, escapeAbstract
Literature usually represents a horse as a loyal companion of a man, a noble and intelligent animal. The image of a horse in some works, however, relies on their mystery, it evokes anxiety, fear. It symbolizes an internal unease or a drive to escape. Sometimes a horse is equated to the messenger of death; it personifies dark, incomprehensible forces that cannot be understood by a human mind. This aspect of the unexplored equine nature in Germanlanguage literature is addressed in this study.
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