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Issues of Theory and Practice
. Tambov: Gramota, 2017. № 7. P. 27-29.
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"CHARON’S OBOL" OF THE TRADITIONAL RUSSIAN WEDDING

Buzin Vladimir Serafimovich
Saint Petersburg University


Abstract. The article is devoted to analyzing one of specific Russian wedding rituals, which has not been previously investigated - bride purchasing. The money was placed into the drink, the "bride seller" drank it and got the money. According to the author, such actions were purposed to give the money as a fare for removal of the bridal couple from one state to the other that was considered as a temporary stay in the other world; this ritual traces its origin to the ancient Greek myth on "Charon’s obol" - fare for transportation of the dead person’s soul to the other world.
Key words and phrases: русская свадьба, выкуп невесты, помещение денег в напиток, фигура "продавца", "обол Харона", Russian wedding, bride purchasing, money placed in drink, "bride seller" personality, "Charon’s obol"
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