CALENDRIC FEAST BANS AND THE PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATING THEM IN THE BULGARIAN TRADITIONAL CULTURE .
The paper offers an interdisciplinary ethnolinguistic and semiotic analysis of the Bulgarian calendric prohibitions and the consequences of violating them. Special attention is paid to linguistic data – the chrononyms which characterize these days as ambivalent, both blessed and malevolent, days whi...
| Publicado en: | Folklore (14060957) Vol. 87; pp. 15 - 37 |
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Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore
2022
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=hlh&AN=161145984&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: hlh uiTerm: 161145984 longDbName: Humanities International Complete uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 14060957 1COT jtl: Folklore (14060957) issn: 14060957 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: 2022 vid: 87 pid: 24401 pub: Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore artinfo: ui: 161145984 10.7592/FEJF2022.87.sedakova ppf: 15 ppct: 22 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 2.6MB tig: atl: CALENDRIC FEAST BANS AND THE PUNISHMENT FOR VIOLATING THEM IN THE BULGARIAN TRADITIONAL CULTURE . aug: au: Sedakova, Irina affil: Sc.D., Head of the Department of Typology and Comparative Linguistics Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia. su: Fasts & feasts Folklore Rites & ceremonies Culture Punishment Field research Semiotics Archival materials sug: subj: Fasts & feasts Folklore Rites & ceremonies Culture Punishment Field research Semiotics Archival materials keyword: Bulgarian folklore cult of saints ethnolinguistics prescriptions punishment ritual year semiotics sins ab: The paper offers an interdisciplinary ethnolinguistic and semiotic analysis of the Bulgarian calendric prohibitions and the consequences of violating them. Special attention is paid to linguistic data – the chrononyms which characterize these days as ambivalent, both blessed and malevolent, days which must be observed as work-free and free from other types of activity. Folk etymology of some terms for holidays reveals how language constructs the calendric order and offers an insight into the ritual restrictions of some feasts. The list of bans in an ethnographic context is scrutinized according to which holidays are “dangerous”, who is the subject of the bans, and what punishment will follow for breaking the rules. Holidays for which non-observance is most seriously punished are Christian calendric feasts which often have many pre-Christian elements and occasionally reflect the cult of animals. Many restrictions affect women only, especially those who are pregnant and mothers, as they concern female biological and social functions. Folklore parallels to the theme of the article are investigated and a poetic means of depicting the punishment for the sins is shown. A reverse development of the motif of ‘sin and punishment’ is represented in the songs about Saint Nedelia, who does not punish the sinners but suffers herself because people work on ‘her days’, Sundays. Some of the bans and recommendations relevant for calendric rituals are still evident in Bulgarian society, confirming the continuation of certain features of the archaic worldview. The paper is based on field research data collected by the author during the last three decades and on published and archival materials. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: Y custom: Copyright of Folklore (14060957) is the property of Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites without the copyright holder's express written permission. Additionally, content may not be used with any artificial intelligence tools or machine learning technologies. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. item: Folklore (14060957) holder: Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore dt: @attributes: year: 2022 holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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