Recent forms of Mother Mary`s cult illustrated by the pilgrimages to Tuchow and Levoča Cover Image

Súčasné prejavy mariánskeho kultu na príklade pútí do Tuchowa a Levoče (poľsko-slovenské paralely)
Recent forms of Mother Mary`s cult illustrated by the pilgrimages to Tuchow and Levoča

Author(s): Natalia Gancarz
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Ústav etnológie a sociálnej antropológie Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: cult of Mother Mary; pilgrimage; communitas; sanctuary; Tuchów; Levoča; Holy Mary; Catholic Church;

Summary/Abstract: The article is dealing with the phenomenon of pilgrimage based on comparative approach. In spite of differences between pilgrimage customs in Slovakia and Poland, caused e.g. by dissimilar history of both countries, we can also find parallels, resulting from the uniform teachings of the Church, but also from similar mechanisms of pilgrimage processes – irrespective of cultures and nations. In spite of differences between pilgrimage customs in Slovakia and Poland, caused e.g. by dissimilar history of both countries, we can also find parallels, resulting from the uniform teachings of the Church, but also from similar mechanisms of pilgrimage processes – irrespective of cultures and nations.

  • Issue Year: 55/2007
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 159-181
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Slovak