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The article is devoted to the study of the symbolic status of the sacred lakes in the traditional picture of the world of the rural population of the Belarusian-Russian (Pskov-Vitebsk) borderlands. The analysis of folklore materials shows that sacred lakes often relate to the folk motif “the temple which fell through the ground”. The lake sacralization may result from unusual (medical or hazardous)...
Artykuł został poświęcony analizie źródeł kultu na pograniczu witebsko-smoleńskim. Badania terenowe i analiza materiału etnograficznego pozwala stwierdzić, że zarówno w przeszłości, jak i obecnie źródła kultu pełnią funkcję centrum rytualnego, w którym ma miejsce komunikacja człowieka z Bogiem w celu odwrócenia złego losu, wydarzeń czy chorób. Cechą charakterystyczną miejscowej tradycji jest częstotliwość...
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