Ритуал продажи ребенка (изменение имени) у украинцев и румын Буковины
Journal Title: Codrul Cosminului - Year 2016, Vol 22, Issue 2
Abstract
Based on a factual material, mostly unpublished, the article analyzes two rituals, which were used by Ukrainians and Romanians from the ethnographic territory of Bukovina; these rituals were performed in case of illness or malformations of the new-born child, in the long period that preceded the modern medicine. The "sale of the child" and the change of his/her name as magical actions had to protect the infant from the actions of evil spirits. The practices were accompanied by other magical actions, reflecting the worldview of inhabitant of the traditional society.
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Антоний Мойсей, Лидия Потапова
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