БЪЛГАРСКАТА ФОЛКЛОРНА РЕЛИГИОЗНОСТ: ЛОКАЛНИ МОДЕЛИ И/ИЛИ УНИВЕРСАЛНО ЗНАНИЕ (Eдин фразеологизъм от град Самоков и Самоковската котловина)
BULGARIAN FOLK RELIGIOSITY: LOCAL MODELS AND UNIVERSAL KNOWLEDGE (An Expression from the town of Samokov and Samokov Valley)
Author(s): Konstantin RangochevSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Language and Literature Studies, Cultural history, Psychology, Customs / Folklore, Applied Linguistics, Sociology, Ethnohistory, Local History / Microhistory, Oral history, Social history, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Literature
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ
Keywords: Popular religiosity; Orthodox Christianity; church feasts; folk idioms; anthropology of Christian temple; anthropology of Christian church;
Summary/Abstract: The paper discusses the following expression used in the region of Samokov: “The arm of the Church is Virgin Mary/ St. George or another saint” that means that this church is dedicated to Virgin Mary/ St. George, etc. and its local feast is at the respective date. The author looks for the sources of such expressions and puts forward the hypothesis that they stem from the anthropological view of the Orthodox Christians living in this region towards the church and church temples: they are perceived as and designated with the human body members: Christ is the head of the church, while its arms are the saints.
Journal: Годишник на Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика »Онгъл«
- Issue Year: 2022
- Issue No: 21
- Page Range: 59-69
- Page Count: 11
- Language: Bulgarian
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