NIGHTINGALES, FALCONS, MOUNTAIN PARTRIGES: BIRDS IN MACEDONIAN FOLK SONGS
NIGHTINGALES, FALCONS, MOUNTAIN PARTRIGES: BIRDS IN MACEDONIAN FOLK SONGS
Author(s): Masha Belyavski-FrankSubject(s): Anthropology, Social Sciences, Customs / Folklore
Published by: Институт за фолклор "Марко Цепенков" - Скопје
Keywords: Macedonian folk songs; birds in folk songs; messenger; time telling; transformation
Summary/Abstract: Multiple roles of birds in Macedonian folk songs are discussed. They include nightingales, falcons, mountain partridges and doves, each having symbolic roles, especially in love songs and ritual wedding songs. The transformation of young men into falcons, and young women into mountain partridges, is particularly important in wedding songs.
Journal: Македонски фолклор
- Issue Year: LIV/2023
- Issue No: 83
- Page Range: 263-273
- Page Count: 11
- Language: English