Töprengések – a magyar honfoglalásról és a magyar folklórról
On the Hungarian Conquest and its Folklore

Summary/Abstract: Trying to paint a picture of the Conquering Hungarians and their folklore has been an occupation of many generations of scholars. Recent results enable us to return to this topic, stressing some methodological presuppositions. It is important to draw the conclu-sion from the previous studies, and to establish a logical terminology in describing the phenomena (e.g. “ősvallás” ’ancient religion’). A very important notion is conveyed by the “hierarchy of genres”, which reflects the systematic inter- relation between different gen-res of the extant folkloric material. Another important topic is the time sequence lived by different generations, before, during and after the land-taking. The period around 896 A.D. was a very dynamic and transitory one. There are many important words (Isten, ördög, hit, imád, bűn, ünnep, írás, betű, könyv etc.) which can be dated back before 896 A.D. Also, the first terri-torial demarcation of Hungarian folklore was finalized only centuries later.

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