IMAGE OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN WARMIAN FABLES AND FAIRY TALES (INCLUDING FOLK FABLES AND FAIRY TALES)

Each nation is distinguished by a specific historical and cultural tradition that is expressed in its linguistic, literary, living and existential achievements and works. These achievements and works contain various characteristics of peoples’ lives, various subjects of human existence, including the subject of disability. This article attempts to outline the image of people with disabilities in selected folk Warmian fables and fairy tales and in the fables by the outstanding Enlightenment poet bound up with Warmia – Ignacy Krasicki.