Water in oral songs of the year cicle
Water is a frequent motif in ritual songs of the year cycle. Its meaning of a boundary is important for forming a notion of the place where ritual actions are performed. On the other hand, its fertile potential corresponds with its function of ritual mean or goal. Within the chronotope, it...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU |
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| Online Access: | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2016/0350-08611602421V.pdf |
| Summary: | Water is a frequent motif in ritual songs of the year cycle. Its meaning of a
boundary is important for forming a notion of the place where ritual actions
are performed. On the other hand, its fertile potential corresponds with its
function of ritual mean or goal. Within the chronotope, it is often connected
with temporal boundaries - morning and night. Ritual songs model water as
being, to whom the participants direct their songs in the ritual, but it is
also the boundary across which inhuman beings enter the human world. It
establishes communication with that unearthly world fulfilling the
communicative function. Different realizations of water motif in oral lyric
show its importance in traditional culture. |
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| ISSN: | 0350-0861 2334-8259 |