Folk demonology Polesie. Volume 2. Demonologizatsiya dead people

Kollektiv Avtorov

Folk demonology Polesie. Volume 2. Demonologizatsiya dead people
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Book on Demand Ltd.
Published
23 January 2018
Pages
804
ISBN
9785519517157

Folk demonology Polesie. Volume 2. Demonologizatsiya dead people

Kollektiv Avtorov

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The second volume of the People’s demonology Polesie continues four-volume edition of field data on traditional demonology of the Ukrainian and Belarusian Polesie, as well as the adjoining southern Russian regions. The book contains an extensive body of mythological texts written in 80-90th. XX century. Polesskaya ethnolinguistic expedition. The submissions are provided with detailed commentary and scientific references. The second volume of the publication includes texts that contain ideas about the mythologized posthumous manifestations of man (soul, dead, ancestors of the soul), as well as mythological characters, originating from the unclean dead, which include children who die unbaptized, suicide, walking dead and mermaids. The book is written folklorists, ethnographers, cultural studies, anthropology, and all who are interested in Slavic traditional culture.

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