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Prehistoric roots of Romanian and southeast European traditions / by Adrian Poruciuc ; illustrations by Aneta Corciova ; edited by Joan Marler, Miriam Robbins Dexter.

Title: Prehistoric roots of Romanian and southeast European traditions / by Adrian Poruciuc ; illustrations by Aneta Corciova ; edited by Joan Marler, Miriam Robbins Dexter.
Author: Poruciuc, Adrian
Publication: Sebastopol : Institute of Archaeomythology, 2010.

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Description

xiv, 173 p. : ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

"Romanian linguist and archaeomythologist Adrian Poruciuc investigates ancient motifs contained in traditional Romanian songs - The colinde - By means of linguistic, folkloric, and archaeological evidence. Many of the colinde are ritual songs containing mythic elements surviving from antiquity. Similar motifs are also found in the broader region of Southeast Europe"--Provided by publisher.

Subject

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 148-155) and index.

Processing Action (note)

committed to retain

Contents

The Romanian dolf sea-monster in Connection with a Greek Lexical Family and with Early Signs of Eurasian Religion -- The Sea and the Sea Flood Motif in Romanian Folklore -- The Shape of Sacredness from Prehistoric Temples to Neo-Byzantine Churches -- Demeter as Earth Mother and Dionysos as Earth's Bridegroom -- Thracian Lions and Romanian Lion-Carols -- Orpheus: Name and Function -- Folk-Orphic Survivals and Christianized Variants

ISBN

9780981524924 (v. 1)
9780981524931 (v. 2)

LCCN

^^2010015988

OCLC

607656996
SCSB-12142391

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library