Plant Knowledge and Plant Use of Three Generations of a Family from Lunca de Jos in the Light of Knowledge Transfer Cover Image

Egy gyimesközéploki család három generációjának növényismerete és növényhasználata a tudásátadás tükrében
Plant Knowledge and Plant Use of Three Generations of a Family from Lunca de Jos in the Light of Knowledge Transfer

Author(s): Mária Irén André
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: Gyimes Valley; Gyimesközéplok (Lunca de Jos); herb knowledge; knowledge transfer; ethnobotany;

Summary/Abstract: The study presents a slice of the traditional herb knowledge through three generations of a family from Lunca de Jos that practices folk medicine. The paper discusses in details the folk knowledge about plants passed down from generation to generation, as well as the external knowledge that influences and shapes it.

  • Issue Year: LXXXIV/2022
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 120-130
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Hungarian
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