LTReikšminiai žodžiai: Istorija; Kultūros istorija; Lietuviai; Tauta; Tautos istorinė idėja; Tautosaka; Zenonas Ivinskis; Folklore; History; History of cultura; Lithuanians; Nation's historical idea; The nation; Zenonas Ivinskis.
ENIn 2007, D. Sauka’s study "Letuvių tautosaka" [Lithuanian Folklore] was published, which ends with considerations on how folklore could contribute to studies of history. It is claimed that folklore can help understand how much in different historical periods there could bo mature cultural, national consciousness. In great detail, taking into account the historical research by Norman Davies, Stephen Rowell, it is considered how the other idea of the historical Lithuanian nation formed from the Middle Ages to the early 20th c. - the restoration of the Lithuanian State. This publication presents an earlier, as of yet unpublished, version of the text, found among D. Sauka’s manuscripts, which reveals the genesis of this idea, interesting auto-commentary of his own research is inserted. [From the publication]