An Ancient Bulgarian Ritual and the Magic Power of Words

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Published: Jan 1, 2012
DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/pss.2012.3.5
Keywords:
ritual, familiar, alien, symbolic, funeral, sinner, righteous, belief, words, magic

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Мария Китанова

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The ritual „Gramada” is a typical tradition of the  Bulgarian ethnic territories that appeared between the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century. It represents a symbolic way of „escorting” (a sort of symbolic funeral) of a dead man, who committed an act unacceptable for the community, upon the world of the dead. The „Gramada” ceremony is observed as piling up some stones on a sacral place so  they can form (create) a barrier between the  sinner  and  the  righteous.  During  the ritual,  symbolic  words  and  acts are  performed  as a verbal and nonverbal act of magic. It reveals thebelief of the traditional Bulgarian people in the magical power of words.

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Китанова, М. (2012). An Ancient Bulgarian Ritual and the Magic Power of Words. Poznańskie Studia Slawistyczne, (3), 89–96. https://doi.org/10.14746/pss.2012.3.5
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No. 3 (2012): Zaklęcie, zamówienie, zażegnanie. Magiczna moc słów w folklorze słowiańskim
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Zaklęcie, zamówienie, zażegnanie. Magiczna moc słów w folklorze słowiańskim

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