The symbolism of colours appears in several proverbs. This contribution aims to analyse some expressions that contain the colours white, black, or both, to show that, contrary to popular belief in Western culture, white is not always associated with positive situations or black with negative. The examples are taken from the Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi, mainly from the Germanic area.
Black and White in Medieval Proverbs of Germanic Area : Examples from the Thesaurus Proverbiorum Medii Aevi / E.A. Di Venosa - In: 17th Interdisciplinary Colloquium on Proverbs / [a cura di] R. Soares, O. Lauhakangas. - Prima edizione. - Tavira : Associação Internacional de Paremiologia / International Association of Paremiology (AIP-IAP), 2024 Oct. - ISBN 978-989-53395-6-3. - pp. 357-367 (( 17. Colóquio Interdisciplinar sobre Provérbios Tavira 2023.
Black and White in Medieval Proverbs of Germanic Area : Examples from the Thesaurus Proverbiorum Medii Aevi
E.A. Di Venosa
2024
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The symbolism of colours appears in several proverbs. This contribution aims to analyse some expressions that contain the colours white, black, or both, to show that, contrary to popular belief in Western culture, white is not always associated with positive situations or black with negative. The examples are taken from the Thesaurus proverbiorum medii aevi, mainly from the Germanic area.
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