Magiczne funkcje słowa w przekazach ustnych z Lubelszczyzny – aspekt pozytywny
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2012
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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Verbal Magic in the Oral History from Lubelszczyzna Region – a Positive Aspect
Abstract
The aim of this article is to give an anthropological description of verbal magic. The magical
utterances are present in the following areas of traditional culture: folk medicine, family and
annual rituals. They focus on a formula which, in the opinion of people expressing them,
have some magical powers which cause positive effects in the real world. The empirical
material, which constitutes the basis for the description, derives from the questionnaire
interviews with inhabitants of the rural communities of Lublin voivodeship. The author
focuses on the elements that must be satisfied that the words gained causative power. These
elements are situational context (which includes time and place of activity, sender, recipient,
symbolic attributes), repeating, fidelity playback, optional confidentiality.
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Verbal magic, Verbal formulas, Folklore in the Lublin region, Folk medicine, Numerology
Citation
Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2012, nr 3, s.201–213
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978-83-232-2473-0