Open AccessModern Greek Divinations by Dream: Fortune-telling in the Name and Appearance of the Future Spouse
Author(s) -
Oksana Tchoekha
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
kafedra vizantijskoj i novogrečeskoj filologii
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2658-7157
DOI - 10.29003/m1728.2658-7157.2020_7/51-69
Subject(s) - rite , magic (telescope) , dream , spouse , art , history , literature , sociology , philosophy , psychology , anthropology , theology , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience
The present paper refers to the overview of Modern Greek most common divinatory practices intended to bring on a prophetic dream about the future spouse (St. Theodores kollyvo rites, salted-bread rite, “fastening the Fate” rite) along with the texts of the magic formulas and charms casted in the process of the former divinatory rites. Modern divinatory practices appear to have a tendency towards convergence, the texts of incantations follow the same trend and get interchangeable.