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Богородичните растения и свързаните с тях легенди в славянската традиционна култура
Our Lady’s herbs and legends about them in Slavonic traditional culture

Author(s): Valeria Kolossova
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Асоциация за антропология, етнология и фолклористика ОНГЬЛ

Summary/Abstract: The article analyses refl ections of the Biblical code in the plant code of traditional Slavonic culture. There exist: 1) the language level (using Our Lady’s name in phytonyms); 2) the folklore level (aetiological stories about the genesis of plants with her help); and 3) the level of ritual (using plants according to their imagined properties).