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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan
2023, 2023
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2023 |
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| Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- 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 GoddessIleana 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, șoimane
- 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 Mioriţa
- 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 Moş Crăciun - a Solar Myth
- Chapter 26: Conclusions
- Chapter 27: The Daco-Romanian Cultural Vocabulary