Peasants, Pilgrims, and Sacred Promises

(Book #11 in the Studia Fennica Folklorista Series)

by Laura Stark

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:9517463669

ISBN13:9789517463669

Release Date:November 2018

Publisher:Suomen Kirjallisuuden Seura

Length:232 Pages

Weight:0.90 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 7.0" x 10.0"

Related Subjects

Europe Fairy Tales Finland Folklore Folklore & Mythology History Mythology Mythology & Folk Tales Politics & Social Sciences Religion Religion & Spirituality Religious History Religious Studies Social Sciences Textbooks

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Peasants, Pilgrims, and Sacred Promises

(Book #11 in the Studia Fennica Folklorista Series)

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