AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON MAGIC AND MAGICAL RITUALS AS AN ELEMENT OF THE WORLDVIEW AND SOCIAL PRACTICES OF THE MODERN POPULATION OF TRANSCARPATHIA
Scientific Herald of Uzhhorod University. Series: History April 15, 2026 Pavlo Leno
The article is devoted to modern magical practices and demonological beliefs of the population of Transcarpathia. The text has the character of an autobiographical ethnographic essay. In this study, the author acts as an “involved observer”. Based on his own observations and field materials collected over the past few decades, he gives examples of the existence of magical practices and rituals,...