THE “DOUBLET TOMB” OF KING IVAN SHISHMAN IN THE REGION OF SAMOKOV – PROJECTION OF THE MOTIF OF THE “KIDNAPPED FAITH” IN BULGARIAN NATIONAL MYTHOLOGY Cover Image
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„ДУБЛЕТНИЯТ ГРОБ“ НА ЦАР ИВАН ШИШМАН В САМОКОВСКО – ПРОЕКЦИЯ НА МОТИВА ЗА „ПОХИТЕНАТА ВЯРА“ В БЪЛГАРСКАТА НАЦИОНАЛНА МИТОЛОГИЯ
THE “DOUBLET TOMB” OF KING IVAN SHISHMAN IN THE REGION OF SAMOKOV – PROJECTION OF THE MOTIF OF THE “KIDNAPPED FAITH” IN BULGARIAN NATIONAL MYTHOLOGY

Author(s): Vladislava Spasova
Subject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ
Keywords: doublet tombs; Tsar Ivan Shishman; St. Demetrius; Kasăm; St. Elias; national mythology; the kidnapped faith;

Summary/Abstract: The object of this research will be the legend from Samokov, about the tomb of the “last” Bulgarian ruler, Tsar Ivan Shishman, for whom, the regional memory assigns post mortem cohabitation in a sepulcher with the unknown Kasăm Baba. At the local level it “produces” traditions and cults of Christians and Muslims, which activate the myth of “kidnapped faith”.

  • Issue Year: 2021
  • Issue No: 20
  • Page Range: 53-76
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Bulgarian