Mara, plow the planes – poetry, magic, ritual
Lyric folk poetry, which is based on archaic worldviews, often bases its origins on ritual and magic. Among the lyrics which “copy” and “comment on” the beliefs in certain properties of plants, one poem recorded by Vuk Karadžić has special significance. The poem tells of how a man, knowing about the...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Belgrade
2016-03-01
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| Series: | Etnoantropološki Problemi |
| Online Access: | http://eap-iea.org/index.php/eap/article/view/486 |