Aspects of Studying the Verbal Level of Cattle-Breeding Rituals
Aspects of Studying the Verbal Level of Cattle-Breeding Rituals
Author(s): Liudmila LobanovaSubject(s): Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
Keywords: incantations; Komi cattle-breeding tradition; lamentations; sorcery;
Summary/Abstract: This article contains an analysis of a verbal component of cattle-breeding rituals. In terms of their genre, incantatory texts are divided into five different categories: sorcery, ritual dialogues, incantations, lamentations, and prayers, out of which the most widespread is sorcery. As a result of a structural-semantic analysis of sorcery, two types of texts have been singled out. Sorcery with a closed structure consists of two parts, and its parts can be related as opposition or comparison. Sorcery with an open structure is divided with respect to its recipients: animals, saints, and the domovoi.
Journal: Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 76
- Page Range: 57-82
- Page Count: 26
- Language: English
