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The World’s Creations (Miniature)
The World’s Creations (Miniature)

Author(s): Şerban Anghelescu
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Muzeul Ţăranului Român, Editura Martor
Keywords: world creation; Old Testament; orality; oral tradition; bogumilism; God; devil;

Summary/Abstract: Two radically different versions of Genesis, the vetero-testamentary and the oral one, of unknown origin, lived together in the mind of a peasant, without conflicting with each other (I presume). In the Old Testament, God separates light from darkness, waters from water, waters from dry land, all with the help of words. The world is created with difficulty in the myths of the peasants. There is adversity, deception, failure. The first prestigious genesis excludes the gesture. The second one, humble, favours manuality and is food for thought comparing to the first one. It is problematic.

  • Issue Year: 2010
  • Issue No: 15
  • Page Range: 149-149
  • Page Count: 1
  • Language: English