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[ Ethnographic perspectives of studies of personality of "The wise": 19th - early 21st centuries : XIX - Nachalo XXI v.]
St. Petersburg: Peterburgskoe Vostokovedenie, 2011 304 p. [16 ill.] Serie: Ethnographica Petropolitana Hardcover. 14 x 21 cm ISBN: 9785858034308 Language: Russian
This monograph studies the mythological personality of "The wise" in Russian folklore and fictional works of the 19th - early 21st centuries. The author analyzes both mythological and individual features of ritual "specialists" (ved`ma, koldun, gadalka, znakhar) their status in the society and their functions. Special stress is placed on special psycho-physiological states of "wise people", their emotions during ritual functions. Bibliography. (0.425 kg.). Also available other books in the series Ethnographica Petropolitana: Molodost` v Simvolizme Perekhodnykh Obriadov Vostochnykh Slavian (2000); Sostav Chelovecheskii: Chelovek v Traditsionnykh Somaticheskikh Predstavleniiakh Russkikh (2001); Voennoe Delo Chukchei (2003); Putilov, B.N. Fol`klor i Narodnaia Kul`tura; In Memoriam (2003); Botiakov, Iu. M. Abreki na Kavkaze (2004); Severnyi Kavkaz: Chelovek v Sisteme Sotsiokul`turnykh Sviazei (2004); Bernshtam, T.A. Prikhodskaia Zhizn` Russkoi Derevni (2007); Traditsii Narodov Kavkaza v Meniaiushchemsia Mire (2010).