Sleep paralysis: at intersection of biology and folklore by Polina B. Povetkina

“…The author examines the concept of “sleep paralysis” from the point of view of biology and folk culture. The key components of this concept, highlighted by various authors, touches on the main problems related to this concept, including the relationship between biological and cultural in the context of sleep paralysis, are presented. …”
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ETYMOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF LASTOCHKA (SWALLOW) LEXEME AS A CASE STUDY OF SLAVIC LEXICOGRAPHIC SOURCES by Malykhina, T.M., Pravednikov, S.P., Kuzmina, A.V., Starodubtseva, E.A., Larina, L.I., Pisareva, L.E.

“…This article examines the etymology of lastochka (swallow) lexeme as a case study of the Slavic lexicographic sources, exemplifies meanings of lastochka lexeme embodied in the folk culture heritage. The authors identify etymological grounds for combining and converging different names of animals and birds in Russian dialects.…”
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Rahvatantsuharrastusega seotud kultuuri- ja suurpeod väljaspool Eestit by Angela Arraste, Iivi Zajedova, Eha Rüütel

“…Even after the destruction of World War II, the people of Estonia, both geographically and living abroad remained a coherent whole, ensuring the continuity of the Estonian folk culture. Many dimensions and representations of the folk tradition are evidenced in the majorfestivals conducted in both Estonia and abroad.…”
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Czechoslovak Republic and the formation of ethnographic science during the “First Republic” (1918-1938): Part II by Válka Miroslav

“…Between the world wars, Czechoslovak ethnographers paid attention to Slovakia and to Carpathian Ruthenia, where forms of traditional folk culture still actively lived on. Ethnography in the interwar Czechoslovakia can be considered to be an important part of evolving European ethnology. …”
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“The Eavesdropped Voice of a Risible Dream”: Neo-Primitivism in Grigory Musatov’s Oil Painting of the 1920s by Dar'ja Alekseevna Kostina

“…The features of Musatov’s individual way of revision and interpretation of folk culture and urban folklore (icon-painting, folk painting, popular print, provincial portrait photography) are examined referring to a number of the artist’s paintings. …”
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e Confession of an Enchantress: Memorial and Ethnocultural Valences of the World of the Real Intertwined With at of the Magical Imaginary by Valentin ARAPU

“…The memorial sources provide relevant information about the lives and personalities of the characters mentioned, while also shedding light on controversial issues concerning the role of the Enchantresses in folk culture and medicine. The memorial confession of Iuliana Popa – the young student who knows how to charm – contains important data about the personality of some of the Enchantresses from the village of Slobozia, Gârceni commune, Vaslui county. …”
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Sea Deity Beliefs of the Kuroshio Oceanic Cultural Sphere: Maritime Traditions and Cultural Interaction Among Jeju Island, Zhoushan Archipelago, and the Ryukyu Islands by Nam-Chun Heo, Hyun-jeung Lee

“…This study analyzes sea the deity myths of Jeju Island (Korea), the Zhoushan Archipelago (China), and the Ryukyu Islands and Kyushu Region (Japan). The folk culture permeating this region is a common creation produced by long-term interactions among the islands via the Kuroshio Current, starting with primordial sea imagery. …”
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Virumaa talurahva aineline kultuur 19. sajandil ja 20. sajandi alguses by Edgar Saar

“…Virumaa is part of northern Estonian folk culture area, which is characterised by the northern Estonian type of barn-dwelling, forked plough, women’s skirts with vertical stripes, midriff blouses, and pot-shaped caps. …”
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Visual Metaphor and Image Interpretation of “Guan-Yin-Ma-Lian” by Beibei Zhang, Anlu Liu, Xiaping Shu

“…As one of the plane images of Mazu, “Guan-yin-ma-lian” is not only a very important religious art in folk culture, but also an important link closely connecting Mazu belief circles at home and abroad. …”
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Narodnye obyčai v dni prazdnikov Presvjatoj Bogorodicy<br>Ljudske šege ob praznikih Matere Božje</br> by Erzsébet Kaman

“…They tried to discover the structure of the folk culture and did not pay much attention to the nature of the celebrations practiced among the people. …”
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IN SEARCH OF FOLKLORE IMPERATIVE: IVAN A. IL’YIN AND PHILOSOPHICAL THOUGHT OF THE RUSSIAN IMMIGRATION CIRCLE by Alex L. Nalepin

“…Its aim is philosophical reflection of the Russian folk culture considering it as living tradition that largely determines the development of Russian civilization and the meanings of national mentality. …”
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NATURAL ENVIRONMENT PERCEPTION IN TURKISH PROVERBS AND ITS’ IMPORTANCE IN TERMS OF ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION by Murat KEÇE, Ufuk KARAKUŞ

“…In this study, it has been analyzed that the perception of the natural environment and the importance of environmental education over the Turks in Turkish proverbs which is one of the important building blocks of folk culture. In the introduction, after a theoretical knowledge base about the natural environment and human interaction have been established, information is given about the basic concepts of the study such as Turkish culture-proverbial relationships and importance of proverbs in terms of environmental education. …”
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TYPES OF HANDMADE DOLLS IN TURKEY by Melda Özdemir

“…The ornaments that complement the clothing such as dolls, ethnic dolls, different national dresses, necklaces, ear, wrists and necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings attached to fingers carry all traces of folk culture and art. These dolls, which are produced with different materials under different names in different regions of our country, take their names according to the material they are making and they reflect the characteristics of the area in terms of production and clothes. …”
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Finnish thematic atlases: an examination of their content and methodology by Pentti Yli-Jokipii

“…A detailed study is made of Finnish thematic atlases, principally the four existing editions of the Atlas of Finland, those of 1899, 1910, 1925 and 1960, and, for comparison, the Atlas of Social Statistics of the Rural Communes in Finland (1901), Atlas of Finnish History (1959), Atlas of the Archipelago of Southwestern Finland (1960) and Atlas of Finnish Folk Culture (1976). Each illustration, i.e. diagram or thematic map, in these works is reduced to its essential components and an analysis is made of the resulting variables: volume, topics, cartographic design, scale, areas described, areal units, points in time described and cartographic methods. …”
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On the Appetite Trail by Grażyna Ewa Karpińska

“…In the past, this area, which bordered regions whose characteristic features indicated their distinct regional identities (the Łęczyca Land and the Łowicz Principality from the north, the Rawa Land from the east, the Opoczno and Piotrków Lands from the south, and Łódź from the west), was devoid of definite features typical to folk culture. Currently it is still an area which, due to the absence of a consistent and enduring cultural foundation to refer to, cannot be described in the categories of an ethnographic or geographic region. …”
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Barrel Organ and Organ- Grinder in Russian Fiction of the 1840s by Svetlana P. Sorokina

“…To study this phenomenon of folk culture, the author turns to fictional texts: Dead Souls by N.V. …”
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The Situation of the Indigenous Polish Population, Ukrainians and Lemkos in the Voivodship of Zielona Góra in 1956–1960 Against the Background of the Nationality Policy of the Auth... by Arkadiusz Słabig

“…The development of folk culture was supported and the struggle of indigenous Poles against long-term Germanisation was publicised. …”
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The textuality of diagonal ornamentation: Historical transformations of signification from the Baltic perspective by Vytautas Tumėnas

“…Therefore, reconstructions and interpretations of the semantic field of patterns’ signification may be based on the mythopoetic context of folk culture.…”
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Applied Research on the Design of Signage and Wayfinding System of Historic Blocks from the Perspective of Urban Culture by Ma Xiaoqing, Li Min, Wang Jicong, Wang Jia

“…Finally, from the perspective of urban culture, this paper puts forward a suggestion that the design of signage and wayfinding system of historical blocks shall take the characteristics of local buildings, regional styles and folk culture elements as the introduction points.…”
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On the Appetite Trail by Grażyna Ewa Karpińska

“…In the past, this area, which bordered regions whose characteristic features indicated their distinct regional identities (the Łęczyca Land and the Łowicz Principality from the north, the Rawa Land from the east, the Opoczno and Piotrków Lands from the south, and Łódź from the west), was devoid of definite features typical to folk culture. Currently it is still an area which, due to the absence of a consistent and enduring cultural foundation to refer to, cannot be described in the categories of an ethnographic or geographic region. …”
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