Folklore

Tsimafei Avilin BĚLORUSKÉ POVĚSTI A LEGENDY O SKVRNÁCH NA MĚSÍCI

by Tsimafei Avilin

ČESKÝ LID 98, 2011, 2

1. Předkřesťanské mýty o blížencích a jejich vztah k představám Bělorusů о původu skvrn nа Měsíci 1.1 Motiv bratrovraždy (A751, A751.1, A751.7, A751.9.)10
1.2 Моtiv měsíčního vodonoše (A751.8)
1.3. Skvrna na Měsíci – Pan Twardowski (A751.10)
1.4 Další představy о původu skvrn
a) Na Měsíci žijí lidé (A751.9)
b) Skvrna – tvář Měsíce (A751.9)
c) Skvrna – krev Ábela, krev zabitého bratra (A751.5.)
d) Skvrny na Měsíci – duše lidí a andělé (A751.9)
e) Skvrna – kdosi se tam napřahuje holí (A751.9)
f) Skvrny – tři bratři (A751.9)
g) Skvrna na Měsíci – dívka Luker’ja vyhozena nа Měsíc jelenem (A751.8)
1.5. Současné představy o původu skvrn na Měsíci (A751.9.)
2. Biblické motivy v představách Bělorusů o původu skvrn na Měsíci (A751,
a) Bohorodička, Bůh, duše Аdаmа a Evy (A751.10)
b) Noe a dva synové (A751.10)
c) Pavel a Havel (A751.10)
d) Kristus na kříži (A751.10.1.)
e) Bůh na Měsíci na koni (A751.10)
f) Svatý Jakub na koni zabíjí draka (A751.10.2)
3. Мotiv vzniku skvrn na Měsíci jako výsledek trestu zа práci ve svátek; spojení starých představ s tradičními kalendářními svátky (A751.1.2.)
a) Tři králové (19. ledna, resp. 6. ledna) (A751.1.2.)
b) Bogataja Kut´ja (Nový rok; 1. ledna) (A751.1.2.)
c) Velikonoce (A751.1.2.)
d) svátek (bez konkrétního určení) (A751.1.2.)
e) Stětí (Useknutí hlavy svatého Jana Křtitele; 11. září) (A751.1.2.)

Belorussian legends about Moon spots

Abstrakt: This article is focused on research of interaction and... more Belorussian legends about Moon spots

Abstrakt: This article is focused on research of interaction and interpenetration of
Christian and archaic mythologies and revealing of beliefs’ traits of another folks
in the etiological legends concerning Moon spots. To solve this problem the fol-
lowing issues are considered to systematization and classification of the complex
of etiological legends concerning Moon spots; detection of archaic origins and
Christian elements presented in the Moon spots legends; comparative analysis of
Belorussian Moon spots legends with such legends of other folks to show genesis
and relations of some legends. We used for analysis this sources: ethnographic
material from the 19th and 20th century, digital Polesie archive, “field”-materials
collected by the author and another researchers in 2005–2008. As a result we
show that some Moon spots legends could migrate to Belorussia region from Po-
land, Russia and Lithuania. Also archaic origins in the legends were revealed.

Key words: Belorussian folklore, Slavonic folklore, folk legend, Moon, Moon
spots, fratricide

Meteor Beliefs Project: More Belarussian meteor folklore

by Tsimafei Avilin

Some additional material collected since the author's first article on Belarussian meteor beliefs in 2006 is... more Some additional material collected since the author's first article on Belarussian meteor beliefs in 2006 is presented.

Meteor Beliefs Project Belarussian meteor folk-beliefs

by Tsimafei Avilin

Folk-beliefs from Belarus are given and discussed, concerning the supposed divinatory properties of meteors, often... more Folk-beliefs from Belarus are given and discussed, concerning the supposed divinatory properties of meteors, often relating to birth and death, and the powers thought resident in meteorites.

http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu//full/2006JIMO...34..119A/0000119.000.html

Meteor Beliefs Project: East European meteor folk-beliefs

by Tsimafei Avilin

Some folk-beliefs about meteors and meteorites from various East European countries are discussed, illustrating the... more Some folk-beliefs about meteors and meteorites from various East European countries are discussed, illustrating the range of such matters, further to what has been presented in the Meteor Beliefs Project earlier.

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/full/2007JIMO...35..113A

Astronyms in Belarussian folk beliefs.

by Tsimafei Avilin

This article presents some known Belarussian "astronyms" and related beliefs based on folkloric-ethnographic... more This article presents some known Belarussian "astronyms" and related beliefs based on folkloric-ethnographic sources from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries together with material collected by the author and other researchers in the last decade.



Key words: astronyms stars, folk astronomy, Belarussian folk-beliefs, ethnoastronomy, constellations

Seeking story: Finding the modern day folktale in the daily news

by Brandice Palmer

Don’t Laugh at Kim-Il Sung: Anecdote, Occupational Narrative and Representation in Guy Delisle’s Pyongyang

by Nicholas Hartmann

Published in 'New Directions in Folklore,' 2012

French-Canadian graphic novelist Guy Delisle has made a name for himself with his series of illustrated narratives... more French-Canadian graphic novelist Guy Delisle has made a name for himself with his series of illustrated narratives about life in highly politically-charged nations. The best-known, Pyongyang: A Journey in North Korea, is known for its witty yet sharply critical take on a nation known for its secrecy and belligerence. Delisle’s narrative, while firmly rooted in a tradition of personal graphic narratives, is further bolstered by the use of anecdote and occupational narrative; this essay examines how such forms of verbal art are not only highly present in Delisle’s book, but also bring up important issues surrounding both outsider perspectives of North Korea and North Korea's representation of itself to the world.

“Once Upon a Time There Was a Saint …”: Re-evaluating Folklore in Anglo-Latin Hagiography

by Hilary Powell

Folklore, 121: 2 (2010), 171-89.

This article examines methods for identifying folklore in hagiography. Using hagiographical materials from... more This article examines methods for identifying folklore in hagiography. Using hagiographical materials from eleventh-century and twelfth-century England, it critiques the current trend of equating folklore motifs with oral transmission and argues in favour of a “performer-centred” understanding of folklore and hagiographical composition.

Anmeldelse: Død som straff i middelalderen

by Audun Kjus

Sukk, rettskriving blir aldri min sterkeste side. Men anmeldelsen går vel i pluss til tross for skjønnhetsflekker. Sukk, rettskriving blir aldri min sterkeste side. Men anmeldelsen går vel i pluss til tross for skjønnhetsflekker.

Some Belief, Practice and Prospect of Folk healers of Sikkim

by Ashok Kumar Panda

lepcha, bhutia and nepalis, three ehtnic gropus of Sikkim are practicing traditional medicines have a strongbelief of... more lepcha, bhutia and nepalis, three ehtnic gropus of Sikkim are practicing traditional medicines have a strongbelief of different supernatural forces and deities. The study is an attem to focus the belief, practice and prospect of folk healrs of Sikkim.

Tradition Without End

by Francisco Vaz da Silva

In A Companion to Folklore, ed. Regina F. Bendix and Galit Hasan-Rokem, pp. 40–54. Chichester, UK: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

This discussion follows the etymological clue, and envisions tradition as a dynamic process of transmission. This... more This discussion follows the etymological clue, and envisions tradition as a dynamic process of transmission. This entails laying out three major ideas. First, the popular view of tradition as a static, past state of things is arguably a fable. Second, when examining the dynamics of traditional processes it is advisable to consider the matter of symbolic equivalences. Third, traditions are arguably shaped by the interplay between individually-generated variations and community-enacted selection mechanisms. Overall, this essay examines some things narrative scholars have to say on tradition, and it submits that tradition pervades some of the things scholars have to say.

Materiali per lo studio del dialetto tagiko di Uro-teppa

by Daniele Guizzo

Hip Hop Parody as Veiled Critique

by Chris Taylor

*draft*

Historiography of Picts, Vikings, Scots, and Fairies and Its Influence on Shetland’s Twenty-First Century Economic Development

by Adam Grydehoj

A thesis presented for the degree of PhD in Ethnology and Folklore at the University of Aberdeen, 2009.

Making use of knowledge from a wide range of disciplines, this thesis analyses the interactions of culture and... more Making use of knowledge from a wide range of disciplines, this thesis analyses the interactions of culture and economy, particularly regarding the influence of nineteenth-century historiography, on Shetland’s present-day economic development.

Shetland’s local identity concept is strongly influenced by this North Sea archipelago’s Norse history. This is in part the result of the islands’ late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century national romantic literature, which was inspired by Continental and mainland British trends in anthropology and philology. The theories of fairy origins proposed in the 1890s by the Edinburgh anthropologist David MacRitchie exerted a great influence on Shetland writers. His theories – since shown to be incorrect – led to the historiographic dehumanisation of the islands’ pre-Norse population and permitted the complete valorisation of the Vikings, most notably in the work of the Shetland author Jessie Saxby. Since the 1930s, a variation of MacRitchie’s theory has been repeated in nearly every local book concerning Shetland folk belief.

These conceptions of history continue to inform the sense of local identity felt by many Shetlanders. This has come into conflict with the local government’s efforts at place brand, tourism, heritage, and economic development, all of which tie into a broader struggle between fostering Shetland’s national awareness and expanding Shetland’s jurisdictional capacity. Particular attention is paid to how history is used variously by the community to express exclusivity and by the local government to promote inclusivity.

'We FBA Now': Community Building and the Furry Basketball Association

by Sean Ahern

This paper was first presented at the Ray Browne Conference on Popular Culture. This is a draft of a longer paper that I am working on for a compilation from the Ray Browne Conference on Popular Culture held at Bowling Green State University from March 30 to April 1.

Playing for the" Center:"" Marginal Modernism" in Sh. An-sky's" Der Dybuk" and Zora Neale Hurston's _Polk County_

by Rachel Jablon

Elijah and Elisha: On Two Prophets That Never Met, or How to Produce a Saint

by Amir Eitan

Folklore in Theory and Practice: The Implications of Gramsci's Theory of Spontaneous Philosophy

by Kyle J. Anderson

submitted for the graduate program in the Department of History at Cornell University

This essay argues against traditional readings of Gramsci, which interpret his attitude towards folklore as entirely... more This essay argues against traditional readings of Gramsci, which interpret his attitude towards folklore as entirely dismissive, by situating his comments on folklore in the broader context of his theoretical and practical project. Examples from Modern Egyptian history will be employed as case studies to test a general theory of the relevance of engagement with folklore for scholars and activists.

Call For Papers: Folklore and Literature Journal Special Issue: Cyber Culture

by Z.Nilüfer Nahya

« La balançoire et l’escarpolette. Oscillations folkloriques, linguistiques et littéraires entre Grèce ancienne et Occident médiéval »

by Alessandro Pozza

dans : Emese EGEDI-KOVACS (éd.), Folklore et littérature dans le récit médiéval – Actes du Colloque, ELTE – Budapest, 2011, pp. 197-212