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Bachekhani in Folk literature [PDF]
مجله مطالعات ایرانی, 2023 The term "Bachekhani" has two uses in folklore, firstly in Maktabkhaneh literature and secondly in Ta'zieh or Shabiye Khani. Bachekhani, in Maktabkhane terms, is related to the collection of lithographic and illustrated books that were written for ...
Moslem Nadalizadeh, hasan zolfagari
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Oral Tradition, 1998 Four interrelated qualities distinguish Jewish folk literature: (a) historical depth, (b) continuous interdependence between orality and literacy, (c) national dispersion, and (d) linguistic diversity. In spite of these diverging factors, the folklore of most Jewish communities clearly shares a number of features.
Dan Ben-Amos
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Looduslikud pühapaigad kui jutupaigad Rambynase mäe näitel [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2022 This article presents different cases of Rambynas Hill in south-western Lithuania. The first one discusses Rambynas Hill as a pagan sacred site. Sporadic mentions in written historical sources do not paint a clear picture of the place and of how it was ...
Andrius Kaniava
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“Beyt” in Kurdish Folk Literature
پژوهشنامه ادبیات کردی, 2015 “Beyt” has a special place among different topics of Kurdish folk literature and researchers have always concentrated on this field. It is a narrative poem with epic and lyrical content in which narration has a more prominent role than in similar texts ...
Hosein Mikailee
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Kohalikud tavad ja pühaduse poliitika Trakai järvestiku piirkonnas [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2022 The lakeland of Trakai is a historically, culturally, and ecologically meaningful place in Lithuania, an important realm of memory and symbol of national identity.
Lina Leparskienė
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The Importance of Arabic Sources in Compiling the History of Iranian Folk Literature after Islam (with an emphasis on proverbs, sayings, and anecdotes in the works of Ibn al-Muqaffa’) [PDF]
تاریخ ادبیات, 2023 According to the experts in the field of history of literature, enough attention has not been paid to the history of Iranian folk literature so far. Among the reasons for this problem could be the obstacles in compiling the history of folk literature ...
Mahsa Jalali, Omid Zakerikish
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Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2022 The article considers changes in drinking rituals and how they are reflected in folklore. Belarusian and Lithuanian songs sharing several similarities are selected for a more detailed discussion.
Vita Ivanauskaitė-Šeibutienė
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A Comparative Exploration of Desirable Femininity in Folk Literature of Iran and Europe: A Case Study on the Transformation of Matrimony in Two Legends of Shāhmār and Beauty and the Beast [PDF]
زن در فرهنگ و هنر, 2022 Urban legends and fairytales use symbols and archetypes to bring forth, and describe, individual and collective actions and reactions in a society. Using an approach of both descriptive and comparative nature, the present article uses narrative analysis ...
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Cogent Social Sciences, 2022 An attempt has been made to understand the reproductive behaviour of the Gond (146), Birhor (151) and Kawar (78) tribes of Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. The study focuses on the role of socioeconomic and cultural factors responsible for the variation and ...
Bharathi Karri, Gladis S Mathew
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Историческая этнология, 2021 Reminiscences and a bait of the war years recorded in 1948 during a folklore ex-pedition which was organized by scholars of the Institute of Language, Literature and History Hamid Yarmi and Khalida Gatina, are offered to readers’ attention.
Ilsiyar G. Zakirova
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