Kognitívne aspekty koexistencie kresťanských a poverových predstáv na príklade vysvetlenia negatívnych udalostí v slovenských poverových rozprávaniach
Cognitive Aspects of Coexistence of Christian and Folk Beliefs: Interpretations of Misfortune in Slovak Rural Folk Tales

Summary/Abstract: The article aims to explore the possibility of coexistence of two sets of beliefs - Christian beliefs and folk beliefs - on the individual level. The author examines folk stories, containing supernatural non-Christian concepts and expressing attitudes of informants. Since the paper focuses on mental attitudes of persons towards certain cultural representations, the author has chosen theoretical background of cognitive anthropology, dealing with relations between human mind and culture. The theories of anthropologists Dan Sperber and Pascal Boyer, which are particularly useful for tackling problems concerning supernatural concepts, are presented in relation to Slovak supernatural folk tales.

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