miorita - romanian ballad
Painting, Sacred / Mythological, Oil, 95x110cm
Miorita – Romanian ballad – it contains a specific Romanian outlook on death
Briefly, the ballad relates the story of two shepherds who, during the descent from the mountains, plot to kill their companion, a third shepherd, and take his herd. His ewe lamb, who has the power of speech, warns him about the plot. But instead of preparing his defence, as the ewe advises, he asks her to tell the two murderers to bury him near the sheepfold and to place at his head his pipes of beech, bone, and elder wood. When the wind blows, the pipes would play and the sheep would gather to mourn for him. Most significantly, she is to tell the sheep, and later his mother, that he went away to marry a princess. His testament is sustained by metaphors that transfigure the wedding into a union with the cosmos.
Briefly, the ballad relates the story of two shepherds who, during the descent from the mountains, plot to kill their companion, a third shepherd, and take his herd. His ewe lamb, who has the power of speech, warns him about the plot. But instead of preparing his defence, as the ewe advises, he asks her to tell the two murderers to bury him near the sheepfold and to place at his head his pipes of beech, bone, and elder wood. When the wind blows, the pipes would play and the sheep would gather to mourn for him. Most significantly, she is to tell the sheep, and later his mother, that he went away to marry a princess. His testament is sustained by metaphors that transfigure the wedding into a union with the cosmos.
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