Hiccup: Mythological personage in local tradition

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Khristoforova, O.B

Ikota: Mifologicheskii Personazh v Lokal`noi Traditsii

[ Hiccup: Mythological personage in local tradition]

Moscow: RGGU, 2013
310 p
Serie: Traditsiia - tekst - fol`klor. Tipologiia i semiotika
pbk. 13 x 20 cm
ISBN: 9785728114871
Language: Russian

This monograph studies the phenomenon of the hiccup, the belief that a person is taken over by the evil one, still exists among Old Believers - Bezpopovtsy. This branch of Old Believers lives on the upper Kama River. The author analyzes the genesis, semantics and pragmatics of this mythology, its social and cultural functions. (0.335 kg.)

Subjects

» Humanities » Folklore, Folk Art, and Folklore Studies

» History: General Works and Philosophy of History » History of Religion

» Religion and Theology » Old Believers, Dukhobors, Molokans

» Religion and Theology » Other Faiths (Not Russian Orthodox) » Paganism

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