Russian Folk Belief

Ivanits, Linda J.

M.E. Sharpe（1992/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 272 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780873328890
• DDC分類 398.0947

基本説明

New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 1989. This widely work will be welcomed by instructors in anthoropology, folklore, and peasant studies courses.

Full 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.

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;