Votivi svete Foške i zdravlje
The Votive Offerings of Saint Fosca and Health
Author(s): Željko DugacContributor(s): Ana Kremenić (Translator)
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion, Customs / Folklore, Cultural Anthropology / Ethnology, Health and medicine and law
Published by: Sveučilište u Zagrebu, Filozofski fakultet
Keywords: votive offerings; customs; St. Fosca; Batvač; Istria; health; prayers and thanks;
Summary/Abstract: The paper deals with the votive offerings brought by Istrians to the church of St. Fosca near the village of Batvači (Vodnjan). They were brought in connection to certain diseases or as a gratitude for recovery. Certain parts of clothes and implement used in everyday work, or implement which caused injury, were given as the votive offerings. Such parts of clothing represented particular parts of body and its illnesses.
Journal: Studia ethnologica Croatica
- Issue Year: 1999
- Issue No: 10/11
- Page Range: 63-74
- Page Count: 12
- Language: Croatian