Romanian Folklore and its Archaic Heritage : A cultural and Linguistic Comparative Study

This book presents rich information on Romanian mythology and folklore, previously under-explored in Western scholarship, placing the source material within its historical context and drawing comparisons with European and Indo-European culture and mythological tradition. The author presents a detail...

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1. autor: Chelariu, Ana Radu, 1946-
Format: Livre numérique
Język:Anglais
Wydane: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2023.
Cham : Springer Nature
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Edition sous un autre format:• Romanian folklore and its archaic heritage, a cultural and linguistic comparative study, Ana R. Chelariu, 2023, Cham, Switzerland, Palgrave Macmillan, 1 volume (XXI-427 pages), 978-3-031-04050-4
• Romanian Folklore and its Archaic Heritage, Texte imprimé, 9783031040535
Spis treści:
  • Part I
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Brief Overview of Recent Theories on the Indo-European Homeland
  • Chapter 3: Cucuteni-Tripolye: the Indo-European Homeland?
  • Chapter 4: Some Recent Genetic and Archaeological Conclusions
  • Chapter 5: Daco-Romanian Language - an Indo-European Branch
  • Part II
  • Chapter 6: The Development of Comparative Method
  • Chapter 7: The Concept of Myth
  • Chapter 8: Myth Between Symbol and Metaphor
  • Chapter 9: Myth and Fairy Tales
  • Chapter 10: Mythic time versus fairy tale time
  • Part III
  • Chapter 11: Traits of Indo-European Mythic Motifs in Romanian Folk Stories: Man s Creation
  • Chapter 12: Cosmogony: Fârtat and Nefârtat, the Romanian Twins among the Indo-European Divine Twins
  • Chapter 13: God Dumnezeu and the Creation of Earth, Sky, Mountains in Romanian Beliefs
  • Chapter 14: The Romanian Goddess Ileana Simziana: The Sun and the Moon marriage
  • Chapter 15: The Sun and a Mortal Girl Marriage: the Romanian Song of Cicoarea The Chicory
  • Chapter 16: The Deer Hunt Motif in the Romanian Wedding Ceremony
  • Chapter 17: Romanian Feminine Spirits: iele, rusalii, ®soimane
  • Chapter 18: The Romanian Păcală among the Indo-European Tricksters
  • Chapter 19: The Hero Slaying the Dragon Myth and the Romanian Song Iovan Iorgovan
  • Chapter 20: Youth Rivalry Fights: From Nart Sagas to the Romanian Song Miori—ta
  • Chapter 21: Metamorphoses in Myth and Fairy Tales
  • Chapter 22: Metamorphoses in Youth Initiation Rites
  • Chapter 23: The Romanian folk story The Enchanted Pig, the Beauty and the Beast motif
  • Chapter 24: Indo-European Social Structures and Youth Initiation Rites in Romanian folk customs
  • Chapter 25: Father Christmas - Romanian Mo—s Crăciun - a Solar Myth
  • Chapter 26: Conclusions
  • Chapter 27: The Daco-Romanian Cultural Vocabulary.