Угорський король Матяш в усній народній творчості Закарпаття

Abstract

The King Matyash was one of the most influential leaders of Central Europe of the 15th Century. His personality is surrounded by a great folk tradition. Over five hundred years people were creating tales, legends, anecdotes, songs, plays about this king. During his life time his actions were reflected in a historical songs. Some of the written sources survived the time and we can see materials dating to the 15th Century. But the undisrupted sources we have only starting at the 16th Century. The king Matyash is a representative historical figure of the governmental class of the Renaissance epoch and at the same time is the most popular character of the folklore of the Central Europe which make his figure especially interesting for a folkloristic investigation.