Літаратурна-міфалагічныя партрэты: героі і архетыпы ў народных і мастацкіх паданнях Беларусі ды Іспаніі

Our article explores the general features of folk and literary legends in which the characters perform the main formal, narrative and symbolic functions. We di¬vided said characters into two groups according to the classification of J. Caro Baroja: on the one hand, we considered examples when real or fictional historical characters appear (Lady Godiva, Napoleon Bonaparte); on the other hand, we took into account some archetypes of characters of no historical significance (bandit, witch, Jew). Based on these examples, we began a comparative study of this type of legends in Spanish and Belarusian literature, both in folk prose and in authorial fiction, which is reflected in the works of Jan Barščeŭski and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer.