Az urszita rontáshiedelem a Gyimesekben
“Urszita”-Type Hexing in Gyimes

Summary/Abstract: In the present study the author analyzes how the urszita-type of hexing can be placed among the other superstitious beliefs in Gyimesfelsőlok (Lunca de Sus), which are the antecedents of this kind of hex and how, and in what form it can be found in other places. The study tries to find the answer to the question why people belonging to that community explain the different problems with this hex. One of the author’s informants stated that this kind of hex is the most dangerous of all. The author tries to find out whether this is a general opinion or not and investigates who the fortune-tellers are among the members of community and who are the persons connected with the phenomenon of urszita-hexing. The aim of the study is also to observe if in most of the cases these fortune-tellers are or aren’t part of this community.

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