Edin star bylgarski obred i magičeskata sila na dumite
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2012
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Wydawnictwo Naukowe UAM
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An Ancient Bulgarian Ritual and the Magic Power of Words
Abstract
The ritual „Gramada” is a typical tradition of the Bulgarian ethnic territories that appeared
between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. It represents a symbolic
way of „escorting” (a sort of symbolic funeral) of a dead man, who committed an act unacceptable
for the community, upon the world of the dead. The „Gramada” ceremony is observed
as piling up some stones on a sacral place so they can form (create) a barrier between
the sinner and the righteous. During the ritual, symbolic words and acts are performed as
a verbal and nonverbal act of magic. It reveals the belief of the traditional Bulgarian people
in the magical power of words.
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ritual, familiar, alien, symbolic, funeral, sinner, righteous, belief, words, magic
Citation
Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, 2012, nr 3, s. 89–96.
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978-83-232-2473-0