The Symbolic of Bread on Special Occasions
The Symbolic of Bread on Special Occasions
Author(s): Manda SviracSubject(s): Gender Studies, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology
Published by: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Filozofski fakultet
Keywords: symbolic of bread; life customs; gift; birth; marriage; death; johnnycake; oblije;
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the research and study of bread, rolls and cakes in Croatian customs, based on written sources from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. The author studies their symbolic when they are given as gifts, in the context of birth, marriage and burial customs. The outcome of this study is the discovery of the belief of the Croats in the present and future life whose keeper is, in the first place, a woman.
Journal: Studia ethnologica Croatica
- Issue Year: 1991
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 173-179
- Page Count: 7
- Language: English