Naslov
The Proto-Slavic Pre-Christian Ritual Scenario of a Međimurje Wedding as an Imitation of the Divine Wedding

Autori
Vince-Pallua, Jelka

Izvornik
Cosmos - The Journal of the Traditional Cosmology Society (0269-8773) 33-36 (2022); 63-85

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
mythology, Proto-Slavic mythology, mushroom, Slavs, Croatia, Međimurje, Baba, wedding, divine wedding, representational form

Sažetak
Fruitfulness and fertility are widely represented symbolically in wedding traditions. The objective of this paper is to examine a folk Međimurje wedding comedy “Baba2 Went Mushroom Picking, ” in a completely new research context, as a document of an a-graphic culture, a source and path to the reconstruction of the fragments of former religious systems, specifically, vestiges of a Proto-Slavic ritual scenario on the basis of which the Međimurje wedding could be connected with the divine wedding as a paradigmatic model for all weddings. The paper also raises the crucial question of whether this performative form also provides insight into pre-Christian wedding traditions and the ritual wedding scenario as a repetition of the sacred divine wedding.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Filologija, Etnologija i antropologija, Religijske znanosti (interdisciplinarno polje)

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