Elements of Magical-Healing Practices among Rusyns Cover Image

Prvky magicko-liečebných praktík u Rusínov
Elements of Magical-Healing Practices among Rusyns

Author(s): Katarína Nádaská
Subject(s): Language studies, Cultural history, Customs / Folklore, Social history, Eastern Slavic Languages, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Health and medicine and law, Socio-Economic Research
Published by: Prešovská univerzita v Prešove, Centrum jazykov a kultúr národnostných menšín, Ústav rusínskeho jazyka a kultúry
Keywords: Magical-power healing techniques; Evil eye; Evil eye removal; Black magic;

Summary/Abstract: According to ethnological research at the beginning of the 21st century, relics of magical-power healing processes, using traditional techniques, persist in the studied Rusyn regions of North-Eastern Slovakia. The use of magic has been used in the community with the aim of bringing one back to their health, removing the effects of the so-called ‘evil eye’, etc.

  • Issue Year: 2019
  • Issue No: 11
  • Page Range: 88-103
  • Page Count: 16
  • Language: Slovak
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