Open AccessPagan characters in the Anglo-Saxon and Slavic texts of spell
Author(s) -
O. I. Prosyannikova,
Kseniya V. Skorik
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
rhema. rema
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2500-2953
DOI - 10.31862/2500-2953-2019-1-36-47
Subject(s) - slavic languages , spell , folklore , christianization , syncretism (linguistics) , history , ethnic group , literature , representation (politics) , art , ancient history , linguistics , classics , anthropology , sociology , philosophy , archaeology , christianity , politics , political science , law
The article examines the question of pagan evidences in the texts of Anglo-Saxon and Slavic spells. Spell as a genre of magical folklore has its own peculiarities, due to the syncretism of the pagan mind-set as a reflection of ancient people's perception of the ancient world by an ancient person that caused the emergence of spells in the culture of various ethnic groups. In the course of the development of this genre, the changes in the representation of the characters took place under the influence of Christianization, that was reflected in the texts of the spells.