Simbolinės ir buitinės lazdõs funkcijos

Abstract

The article analyzes what functions the well-known everyday tool – the stick – performed in the
past or performs now. It explains how the functions of the stick have changed: from a weapon
intended for hunting or defense, to an attribute used in various games, from a sign of distinction of
the pope or king to a symbol of a beggar. The research uses the methods of document analysis and
thematic analysis, currently popular in both social sciences and humanities, when information
collected from various written sources is systematized by identifying themes and analyzed, thus
characterizing the main object of research – the symbolic and domestic functions of the stick.