Сакралното пространство и неговите топоси (Оброчищата и връзката им с територията върху която са изградени)
The Sacred Space and Its Toposes (The Votive Places and Their Connection to the Territory on Which They are Built Upon)
Author(s): Miglena PetkovaSubject(s): History, Anthropology, Social Sciences, Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Geography, Regional studies, Human Geography, Historical Geography, Ethnohistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Великотърновски университет „Св. св. Кирил и Методий”
Keywords: toposes; sacred space; votive places; rituals; identity
Summary/Abstract: The traditional folklore sacred spaces are known as votive places. In the present study, I am tracing the connection between the type, the ritual conveyed at the votive place and the sacredness of the territory on which they were built. I am also giving answer to the question, how natural landmarks connected to the miraculousness of the saints are turned into markers of the sacred space, and an object of veneration from the participants in the rites, whose over-all function is to preserve the collective memory.
Journal: Епохи
- Issue Year: XXII/2014
- Issue No: 2
- Page Range: 112-123
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Bulgarian