The subject of this thesis is breeding of Icelandic horses and their use in Czech Republic. It describes the history of the breed, its appearance and distinguishing features, as well as its breeding purpose and use. One section of the thesis is dedicated to the description of the Icelandic horses gaits, which include, along others, tölt and skeid. The thesis is focused on the current status of this breed in Czech Republic. Described are farms in our country where this horse is being bred. A further section of the paper consists of survey questionnaire and its subsequent data analysis, an evaluation of the current situation and a summary of the present and schema of the future of breeding of Icelandic horses in Czech Republic. The thesis also includes possible recommendations for breeding these horses.

This work presents an interpretation of icelandic narrative about the Seal Skin with regard to the Old Norse symbolic frame, so the possible paralel motifs and motivic "cores" could arise, even in spite of the temporal period between the origin of our primary text and the origin of Old Norse myths and sagas. The approach of this work is based in structural theories and tools used by Claude Lévi-Strauss, where these tools help us identify the basic narrative units called mythemes: primarily they include characters, objects and settings. The basic principle of founding these mythemes in different genres and cultural contexts is the method of amplification, which is used in psychological and clinical practice of Carl Gustav Jung. The aim of this work is to grasp and comprehend the narrative and its meaning and connect the Old North mythical tradition with modern folklore of Iceland. The result is in-depth analysis of the symbolical net, in which the narrative and its mythemes are embedded. Furthemore this analysis displays the contribution and benefits of the particular interpretation levels and its usefulness for future research. Key words: seal skin, seal woman, seal, icelandic folklore, Old Norse myths