Is gnetke a sleep paralysis? The un usual between folkloristic and medical classifications
Shagi / Steps 2020 Olga Khristoforova 1 citation
(,
2 papers in the library · 2 citations · publishing 2010-2020
Shagi / Steps 2020 Olga Khristoforova 1 citation
(,
FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic East European and Eurasian Folklore Association October 25, 2010 Olga Khristoforova 1 citation
The article is based on the data collected in the period from 1999 to 2005 during the author’s field work among the Old-Believers of the Urals and Udmurtia (Verkhokam’e historical region). The author examines beliefs in spirit possession which have existed in this region since at least the beginning of XVIII century. Local synonymous terms for spirit possession are ikota and poshibka. In the...