TY - BOOK ID - 75035556 TI - The image and the figure : Our Lady of Częstochowa in Polish culture and popular religion PY - 2010 SN - 9788323329008 8323329001 9788323382782 8323382786 PB - Krakow : Jagiellonian University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Christianity KW - Saints KW - Icons KW - Folklore KW - Christianisme KW - Icônes KW - Mary, KW - Devotion to KW - History. KW - Catholic Church KW - Our Lady of Częstochowa (Icon) KW - Poland. KW - Pologne KW - ʻAdhrāʼ KW - Arogyamata KW - Ārōkkiyamāta KW - Birhen ng mga Dukha KW - Blessed Lady KW - Blessed Mother KW - Blessed Virgin Mary, KW - Hagnē Theotokos KW - Madonna, The KW - Majka Isusova KW - Mama Mary KW - Mare de Déu KW - Maria, KW - Mariam Astuatsatsin, KW - Marie, KW - Marie Théotokos KW - Marii︠a︡, KW - Maryam, KW - Maryja, KW - Meryem Ana, KW - Miryam, KW - Mother of God KW - Muíre, KW - Nossa Senhora KW - Our Lady KW - Our Lady of Emmitsburg KW - Our Lady of Good Health KW - Our Lady of Sorrows KW - Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament KW - Qiddīsah Maryam KW - Theotokos KW - Vierge Marie, KW - Virgen María, KW - Virgin Mary, KW - Virgin of the Poor KW - Ynang Maria, KW - مريم KW - مريم العذراء KW - 성모마리아 KW - Black Madonna of Częstochowa (Icon) KW - Matka Boska Częstochowska (Icon) KW - Matka Boska Jasnogórska (Icon) KW - Matka Boża Częstochowska (Icon) KW - Częstochowa, Our Lady of (Icon) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:75035556 AB - The image of Our Lady of Częstochowa is the most famous and the most venerated holy image in Poland. In contemporary Poland the image is a kind of a cultural icon, instantly recognizable and connected with popular symbolic and mythological meanings. Presented in this book is an analysis of beliefs, narratives (great and small stories), myths and rituals. This analysis reveals that for its devotees the image is not merely a material object and a picture - it is perceived, lived and experienced as a real person - figure of Mary - Queen and Mother. ER -