Cyrillic Healing Handbooks from the 18th Century (An Ethnolinguistic Analysis of Names of Illnesses) Cover Image

Cyrilské liečiteľské príručky z 18. storočia (etnolingvistická analýza pomenovaní chorôb)
Cyrillic Healing Handbooks from the 18th Century (An Ethnolinguistic Analysis of Names of Illnesses)

Author(s): Katarína Žeňuchová
Subject(s): Lexis, Semantics, Historical Linguistics, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Health and medicine and law, 18th Century
Published by: Slavistický ústav Jána Stanislava Slovenskej akadémie vied
Keywords: Ethnolinguistics; folk terminology; Cyrillic manuscript healing handbooks; spiritual culture; names of illnesses;

Summary/Abstract: Cyrillic healing manuscripts from the 18th century include recipes and instructions for treatment of human diseases and farming procedures in the field and crop growing procedures as well as healing guides for diseases and treatment of domestic animals, especially cattle, horses, sheep, and pigs. In the paper we focus on terminological motivation and its symbolism and information on cultural code by comparative research of folk terminology and issues related to research of language picture of the world presented in Slavic spiritual culture.

  • Issue Year: 53/2018
  • Issue No: 03+04
  • Page Range: 64-74
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Slovak