Russian folk belief
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Russian folk belief
M.E. Sharpe, 1992, c1989
- : pbk
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Bibliography: p. 235-244
Includes indexes
"First paperback printing 1992"--T.p. verso
Description and Table of Contents
Description
A scholarly work that aims to be both broad enough in scope to satisfy upper-division undergraduates studying folk belief and narrative and detailed enough to meet the needs of graduate students in the field. Each of the seven chapters in Part 1 focuses on one aspect of Russian folk belief, such as the pagan background, Christian personages, devils and various other logical categories of the topic. The author's thesis - that Russian folk belief represents a "double faith" whereby Slavic pagan beliefs are overlaid with popular Christianity - is persuasive and has analogies in other cultures. The folk narratives constituting Part 2 are translated and include a wide range of tales, from the briefly anecdotal to the more fully developed narrative, covering the various folk personages and motifs explored in Part 1.
Table of Contents
- Part 1 Folk Beliefs about the Supernatural
- Chapter 1 The Pagan Background
- Chapter 2 Christian Personages
- Chapter 3 The Devil
- Chapter 4 Spirits of the House and Farmstead
- Chapter 5 Spirits of the Forest, Waters, and Fields
- Chapter 6 Russian Sorcery
- Chapter 7 "Spoiling" and Healing
- Part 2 Folk Narratives about the Supernatural
- Chapter 8 Legends, Fabulates, and Memorates
- Chapter 9 Creation Legends
- Chapter 10 Biblical Personages and Saints
- Chapter 11 Devils
- Chapter 12 The Domovoi and Other Domestic Spirits
- Chapter 13 Nature Spirits
- Chapter 14 Sorcerers and Witches
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