Mediating The Otherworld In Polish Folklore

Author : Ewa Maslowska
Publisher : Polish Studies ¿ Transdisciplinary Perspectives
ISBN 13 : 9783631795125
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mediating the Otherworld in Polish Folklore written by Ewa Maslowska and published by Polish Studies ¿ Transdisciplinary Perspectives. This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book focuses on the interpretation of linguistic strategies of interaction between the sacred (the metaphysical world) and the profane (the physical world) in Polish folklore. An analysis of linguistic and ritual behaviour in the context of the origin myth reveals the use of symbolism common to many cultures of the world.

Author : Anna Brzozowska-Krajka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Polish Traditional Folklore written by Anna Brzozowska-Krajka and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume on Polish and Slavic scholarship on folk segmentation and the symbolism of time applies cross-disciplinary methodologies - from religious studies, anthropology, psychology, philosophy and cultural studies - to several oral and written folktales. The detailed analysis of Polish and Slavic folklore concentrates primarily on magico-religious behaviours as they are practiced and analyzed in everyday life.

Author : Diane Goldstein
Publisher : University Press of Colorado
ISBN 13 : 0874216818
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Haunting Experiences written by Diane Goldstein and published by University Press of Colorado. This book was released on 2007-09-15 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ghosts and other supernatural phenomena are widely represented throughout modern culture. They can be found in any number of entertainment, commercial, and other contexts, but popular media or commodified representations of ghosts can be quite different from the beliefs people hold about them, based on tradition or direct experience. Personal belief and cultural tradition on the one hand, and popular and commercial representation on the other, nevertheless continually feed each other. They frequently share space in how people think about the supernatural. In Haunting Experiences, three well-known folklorists seek to broaden the discussion of ghost lore by examining it from a variety of angles in various modern contexts. Diane E. Goldstein, Sylvia Ann Grider, and Jeannie Banks Thomas take ghosts seriously, as they draw on contemporary scholarship that emphasizes both the basis of belief in experience (rather than mere fantasy) and the usefulness of ghost stories. They look closely at the narrative role of such lore in matters such as socialization and gender. And they unravel the complex mix of mass media, commodification, and popular culture that today puts old spirits into new contexts.

Author : Beata Walęciuk-Dejneka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9788365765215
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Folk Image of Woman written by Beata Walęciuk-Dejneka and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vladimir I︠A︡kovlevich Propp
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9781452902210
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theory and History of Folklore written by Vladimir I︠A︡kovlevich Propp and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vesa-Pekka Herva
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429783507
Total Pages : 316 pages
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Download or read book Northern Archaeology and Cosmology written by Vesa-Pekka Herva and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In its analysis of the archaeologies and histories of the northern fringe of Europe, this book provides a focus on animistic–shamanistic cosmologies and the associated human–environment relations from the Neolithic to modern times. The North has fascinated Europeans throughout history, as an enchanted world of natural and supernatural marvels: a land of light and dark, of northern lights and the midnight sun, of witches and magic and of riches ranging from amber to oil. Northern lands conflate fantasies and realities. Rich archaeological, historical, ethnographic and folkloric materials combine in this book with cutting-edge theoretical perspectives drawn from relational ontologies and epistemologies, producing a fresh approach to the prehistory and history of a region that is pivotal to understanding Europe-wide processes, such as Neolithization and modernization. This book examines the mythical and actual northern worlds, with northern relational modes of perceiving and engaging with the world on the one hand and the ‘place’ of the North in European culture on the other. This book is an indispensable read for scholars of archaeology, anthropology, cultural studies and folklore in northern Europe, as well as researchers interested in how the North is intertwined with developments in the broader European and Eurasian world. It provides a deep-time understanding of globally topical issues and conflicting interests, as expressed by debates and controversies around Arctic resources, nature preservation and indigenous rights.

Author : Michael Ripinsky-Naxon
Publisher : SUNY Press
ISBN 13 : 9780791413869
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nature of Shamanism written by Michael Ripinsky-Naxon and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1993-05-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ripinsky-Naxon explores the core and essence of shamanism by looking at its ritual, mythology, symbolism, and the dynamics of its cultural process. In dealing with the basic elements of shamanism, the author discusses the shamanistic experience and enlightenment, the inner personal crisis, and the many aspects entailed in the role of the shaman.

Author : Frog
Publisher : Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
ISBN 13 : 9522227633
Total Pages : 487 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mythic Discourses written by Frog and published by Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. This book was released on 2012-12-31 with total page 487 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mythic discourses in the present day show how vernacular heritage continues to function and be valuable through emergent interpretations and revaluations. At the same time, continuities in mythic images, motifs, myths and genres reveal the longue durée of mythologies and their transformations. The eighteen articles of Mythic Discourses address the many facets of myth in Uralic cultures, from the Finnish and Karelian world-creation to Nenets shamans, offering multidisciplinary perspectives from twenty eastern and western scholars. The mythologies of Uralic peoples differ so considerably that mythology is approached here in a broad sense, including myths proper, religious beliefs and associated rituals. Traditions are addressed individually, typologically, and in historical perspective. The range and breadth of the articles, presenting diverse living mythologies, their histories and relationships to traditions of other cultures such as Germanic and Slavic, all come together to offer a far richer and more developed perspective on Uralic traditions than any one article could do alone.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
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Download or read book Acta Ethnographica Hungarica written by and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Bronislaw Malinowski
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1473393124
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Magic, Science and Religion and Other Essays written by Bronislaw Malinowski and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains three prolific essays by the world renown polish anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. First published in 1926, Magic, Science and Religion provides its readers with a seminal collection of texts exploring the concepts of magic, religion, science, rite and myth, detailing how they interlink to offer exciting and informative insights into the Trobrianders of New Guinea. A must-have for any students of anthropology and collectors of Malinowski’s work, we are republishing this classic work with a new introductory biography of the author.