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Geosferele în credințele și imaginarul popular. Interdisciplinaritate și universalitate
The Geospheres in the beliefs and folk imaginary. Interdisciplinarity and universality

Author(s): Dorina Onica
Subject(s): Ethnohistory, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Culture and social structure , Sociology of Culture, Identity of Collectives
Published by: ASTRA Museum
Keywords: geosphere; science; popular knowledge; beliefs; mythology; folklore;

Summary/Abstract: The geospheres represent the shells of the Earth, whose existence and activity is ensured by the continuous exchange of energy, information, functionality between spheres. Along the history, the community has interpreted the terrestrial and extraterrestrial structures in concordance with their spiritual, psychological and gnosiological level. The human communities have enriched the world ethnographic heritage with different conceptions and explanations regarding the activity, genesis, rhythmicity and the image of some phenomena or components of the geospheres. Therefore, along with the theories and explanations advanced by scientific disciplines, the popular explanations and knowledges have emerged, confirmed its usefulness and even the veracity. A true folklore, mythical legends, compendiums of observations on the nature have been created, unwritten sometimes, but passed down from generation to generation. This fact confirms their usefulness and continuity until relatively recent times.

  • Issue Year: XXXII/2018
  • Issue No: 32
  • Page Range: 165-188
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Romanian