The Folk Belief „without Shadow”. The Conceptual History of Superstition. Cover Image

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The Folk Belief „without Shadow”. The Conceptual History of Superstition.

Author(s): Dóra Czégényi
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Erdélyi Múzeum-Egyesület
Keywords: folk belief; historical forming of the concept; Hungarian codes and glosses; research of beliefs

Summary/Abstract: The ‚relief, protection’ meaning of the concept of belief had vanished during almost half of a millenium. Meanwhile, due to a semantic contamination in the 18th century, a value judgement was born in the (textual) fi eld of the Hungarian discourse established around the concept, making its effect even today. The study outlines the historical forming of this concept of folkloristics, that of belief through reviewingf 15th and 16th century Hungarian codes and glosses, various printed (literary, political, historical, religious) works and translations published between the 16th and the 21st century, as well as the results of source research in the fi eld of beliefs.

  • Issue Year: LXXIV/2012
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 1-45
  • Page Count: 45
  • Language: Hungarian