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Peasants, pilgrims, and sacred promises : ritual and the supernatural in Orthodox Karelian folk religion / Laura Stark.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Stark, Laura, author.
- Series:
- Studia Fennica. Folkloristica ; 11.
- Open Access e-Books
- Knowledge Unlatched
- Studia Fennica Folkloristica ; 11
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Orthodox Eastern Church--Karelia (Russia).
- Orthodox Eastern Church.
- Rites and ceremonies--Russia (Federation)--Karelia.
- Rites and ceremonies.
- Karelia (Russia)--Religious life and customs.
- Karelia (Russia).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (229 pages) : illustrations, 1 map.
- Place of Publication:
- Helsinki : Finnish Literature Society / SKS, [2002]
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- Lying on the border between eastern and western Christendom, Orthodox Karelia preserved its unique religious culture into the 19th and 20th centuries, when it was described and recorded by Finnish and Karelian folklore collectors. This colorful array of ritulas and beliefs involving nature spirits, saints, the dead, and pilgrimage to monasteries represented a unigue fusion of official Church ritual and doctrine and pre-Christian ethnic folk belief. This book undertakes a fascinating exploration into many aspects of Orthodox Karelian ritual life: beliefs in supernatural forces, folk models of illness, body concepts, divination, holy icons, the role of the ritual specialist and healer, the divide between nature and culture, images of forest, the cult of the dead, and the popular image of monasteries and holy hermits. It will appeal to anyone interested in popular religion, the cognitive study of religion, ritual studies, medical anthropology, and the folk traditions and symbolism of the Balto-Finnic peoples.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- CC BY-NC-ND
- Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on October 02, 2020.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 9789517465786
- 9789522227669
- OCLC:
- 982244960
- Publisher Number:
- 10.21435/sff.11
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