ELIJAH WILL GO AWAY AND TAKE THE SUN WITH HIM: FOLK NAMES AND SEMANTICS OF SAINT ELIJAH’S DAY IN THE ARKHANGELSK DIALECTS
Panina Zhanna Aleksandrovna
M. V. Lomonosov Moscow State University
Abstract. The article by the material of the Arkhangelsk dialects comprehensively examines one of the main folk holidays - Saint Elijah’s Day: from the viewpoint of semantics and structure the author analyzes the versions of its name, describes the related festal events, provides the ethnographic information on the holiday (signs, customs, rituals, prescriptions) which allows presenting Saint Elijah’s Day in full detail and identifying its place in the annual cycle of holidays.
Key words and phrases: Ильин день, праздники, традиционная народная культура, архангельские говоры, народный календарь, Saint Elijah’s Day, holidays, traditional folk culture, Arkhangelsk dialects, folk calendar
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References:
Arkhangel'skii oblastnoi slovar'. M., 1980. Vyp. 1. 670 c.
Русский
