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Religions, 2021 Linguistic taboos (euphemisms, omissions, and other) are an essential part of Slavic verbal and written culture. In this article, we analyze cryptography as a form of tabooing in the magical texts of the grassroots manuscript tradition of the 17th and ...
Aleksandra B. Ippolitova
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Christian Saints in Russian Incantations
Religions, 2021 This article discusses the Christian saints who are most often mentioned in Russian incantations: Sts. George, Nicholas, Florus and Laurus, Kossma and Damian, Zosima and Savvaty of Solovki, as well as the semi-apocryphal saints Sisinius and Solomonia ...
Aleksey Yudin
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A Comparative Study of the Structure of Pre-Islamic Iranian Textual Symbols and the Incantation Symbols of the Islamic Period [PDF]
هنر اسلامی, 2021 Ancient written material consists of symbols and signs that have evolved from pictorial cyphers to alphabetic letters. Calligraphy in Iran is an imperative symbol of civilization since ancient times and a number of these written signs have continued in ...
Hossein Abeddoust
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Loomade ja inimeste suhteid tähistavad loitsud – adresseerimine, eufemismid, düsfemismid [PDF]
Mäetagused, 2022 The use of euphemisms is a characteristic of everyday language use today. However, substitute names and euphemisms were widely used in incantations, where euphemisms were tightly interwoven with taboos.
Mare Kõiva
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Sikhyrsy Sorcerers and Witchcraft in Bashkir Mythology
Oriental Studies, 2021 Introduction. The article deals with the mythologized characters of the Bashkir mythology ― sikhyrsy (сихырсы, sorcerers). Its aim is to identify and to interpret the characters and their names, as well as other related vocabulary. Data and methods.
Firdaus G. Khisamitdinova
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Loitsude edasiandmise ja esitamise iseärasused idaslaavlastel [PDF]
MäetagusedThe article discusses the peculiarities of passing on incantations by East Slavic sages (znahar’), emphasising the tradition of passing on incantations from one generation to another, inside and outside the family, tendencies of free magic knowledge ...
Tatiana A. Agapkina
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Dämonen als „Krankheitserreger“ in den sumerisch-akkadischen Beschwörungen des Muššu᾿u-Handbuches
Historia.scribere, 2019 This paper discusses the ancient Mesopotamian phenomenon of demons as „pathogens“, taking for example the so-called Muššu᾿u manual, which contains Sumerian as well as Akkadian incantations.
Manuela Perl
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THE CODE OF THE INCANTATION IN KATERYNA KALYTKO’S COLLECTION PEOPLE WITH VERBS [PDF]
Вісник університету ім. А. Нобеля. Серія Філологічні наукиOver the last decade, a significant vector of Ukrainian literature was the reception of the traumatic stress caused by the Russian-Ukrainian war. The works of Kateryna Kalytko, representing intensive metamodern explorations in contemporary poetry ...
Svitlana O. Kocherga
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Sovremennye Issledovaniâ Socialʹnyh Problem, 2015 Современная медицина признает, что длительные психоэмоциональные расстройства почти всегда ведут к изменениям соматических функций организма, поэтому их следует рассматривать со всей серьезностью и вниманием. Русское население Башкирии давно сформировало
Farida Gabdulchaevna Galieva +1 more
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L’agentivité métaphorique dans les incantations des Yucuna d’Amazonie colombienne
Bulletin de l'Institut Français d'Études Andines, 2016 Yucuna incantations are mumbled in a low voice and without an audience, as are those of the Desana described by Dominique Buchillet to question Lévi-Strauss’s explanation of symbolic efficiency.
Laurent Fontaine
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