Laura Jiga Iliescu
Biographic Data
| ID | 1253508 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura Jiga Iliescu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura Jiga |
| FAMILY NAME | Iliescu |
| SIGNATURE | ILIESCU L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Romanian Academy |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6688-6543 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
The Tale Of God As A Prayer, A Charm, A Fairy Tale
The goal of this article is to epistemologically discuss the couple “folk prayer” and “charm” in the specific case of the narrative incantations whose main protagonist is a holy figure. In this regard, I have chosen a certain structure known among Romanians as “The Tale of God”, “The Mother of God prayer” or “The Mother of God charm”, which agglutinates episodes from Virgin Mary cycle of apocrypha legends together with images that depict scenes o…
Fiction, Historicization, and the Folkloric Autochtonization of a Literary Character
As one of the most dynamic contemporary phenomenon, cultural and environmental tourism is shaped at the articulation of space, narratives and heritage, all joined in indigenous brands. The article focuses on a case of folklorization of a novel feminine character, namely Vitoria Lipan, famous in Romanian national literature. Settled in a real topography, the novel is augmented by oral narratives, artifacts and toponyms, which lead to Vitoria Lipan…
On Being Available. Conversations with Silvia Călin
This interview focuses on the act of dancing as a corporeal experience that connects body and mind as part of an indestructible unit deployed in specific spatial and temporal arenas. In this respect, traditional folk dances and dancers share with modern performers and dance performances a corpus of sensorial and cognitive tools for bodily exploration. The dialogue is between Silvia Călin, a contemporary dancer and choreographer, and Laura Jiga Il…
Scuffling with the Wild Animal. Recorded Documents with Shepherds from the Carpathians
Whether harmonious or tense over time, the ways in which encounters with wild animals are narrated reflect perspectives on nature and human interaction with it. In this regard, the article reveals documents recorded by the author during fieldworks conducted among Carpathian shepherds
Taboo Violation and Charming Initiation, as Expressed by Some Romanian Legends and Incantations Addressed to the Fairies
Within the context of charmings, as it has been recorded among Romanians, the article aims to disclose the meaning of the theme of fairies’ taboo violation as a precondition necesary to gain sacred knowledge. In this regard, various certain incantations addressed to the fairies are examined, along with legends and third person accounts that underline the role played by these supernatural entities as numinous agents for initiation to the `secret` …
Oneiric Authentication of a Miraculous Shrine. Case Study from a Dobruja Monastery, Romania
An interesting phenomenon of incubation ritual was attested in open air in southwest Dobruja at the very beginning of the 20th century, at a healing stone cross that, two decades later, was enclosed by an Orthodox Christian monastery. The article focuses on the narrative strategy that asserts Christian authority over the site. The strategy includes a corpus of legends that associate the origin of the cross with the local martyrdom past, its mirac…
The Handwritten Recipe Notebook as a Place of Memory
A handwritten recipe notebook is not a mere domestic collection of recipes, but a material support for an immaterial tradition that combines culinary knowledge with commensality practices. These are formalized texts (a title, a list of ingredients, and directions) activated through the oral performance of a formalized setting (the food preparation process), which combines sequences of gestures instead of (or together with) words, or/and through a…
St. Elijah and the Fairies. Understanding a Charm Through Legends1
The images, characters, and events featured in a charm enter into mutual, organic relations with other images, characters, and events that are not explicitly included in the given text but contribute implicitly to the overall significance of the charm. The aim of the current article is to reveal the unspoken components of St. Elijah narrative file embedded in the deep horizon of beliefs and knowledge implied by a given charm. Following the charm …
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St. Elijah and the Fairies. Understanding a Charm Through Legends1
The images, characters, and events featured in a charm enter into mutual, organic relations with other images, characters, and events that are not explicitly included in the given text but contribute implicitly to the overall significance of the charm. The aim of the current article is to reveal the unspoken components of St. Elijah narrative file embedded in the deep horizon of beliefs and knowledge implied by a given charm. Following the charm …
The Handwritten Recipe Notebook as a Place of Memory
A handwritten recipe notebook is not a mere domestic collection of recipes, but a material support for an immaterial tradition that combines culinary knowledge with commensality practices. These are formalized texts (a title, a list of ingredients, and directions) activated through the oral performance of a formalized setting (the food preparation process), which combines sequences of gestures instead of (or together with) words, or/and through a…
Taboo Violation and Charming Initiation, as Expressed by Some Romanian Legends and Incantations Addressed to the Fairies
Within the context of charmings, as it has been recorded among Romanians, the article aims to disclose the meaning of the theme of fairies’ taboo violation as a precondition necesary to gain sacred knowledge. In this regard, various certain incantations addressed to the fairies are examined, along with legends and third person accounts that underline the role played by these supernatural entities as numinous agents for initiation to the `secret` …
Oneiric Authentication of a Miraculous Shrine. Case Study from a Dobruja Monastery, Romania
An interesting phenomenon of incubation ritual was attested in open air in southwest Dobruja at the very beginning of the 20th century, at a healing stone cross that, two decades later, was enclosed by an Orthodox Christian monastery. The article focuses on the narrative strategy that asserts Christian authority over the site. The strategy includes a corpus of legends that associate the origin of the cross with the local martyrdom past, its mirac…
Scuffling with the Wild Animal. Recorded Documents with Shepherds from the Carpathians
Whether harmonious or tense over time, the ways in which encounters with wild animals are narrated reflect perspectives on nature and human interaction with it. In this regard, the article reveals documents recorded by the author during fieldworks conducted among Carpathian shepherds
The Tale Of God As A Prayer, A Charm, A Fairy Tale
The goal of this article is to epistemologically discuss the couple “folk prayer” and “charm” in the specific case of the narrative incantations whose main protagonist is a holy figure. In this regard, I have chosen a certain structure known among Romanians as “The Tale of God”, “The Mother of God prayer” or “The Mother of God charm”, which agglutinates episodes from Virgin Mary cycle of apocrypha legends together with images that depict scenes o…
Fiction, Historicization, and the Folkloric Autochtonization of a Literary Character
As one of the most dynamic contemporary phenomenon, cultural and environmental tourism is shaped at the articulation of space, narratives and heritage, all joined in indigenous brands. The article focuses on a case of folklorization of a novel feminine character, namely Vitoria Lipan, famous in Romanian national literature. Settled in a real topography, the novel is augmented by oral narratives, artifacts and toponyms, which lead to Vitoria Lipan…
On Being Available. Conversations with Silvia Călin
This interview focuses on the act of dancing as a corporeal experience that connects body and mind as part of an indestructible unit deployed in specific spatial and temporal arenas. In this respect, traditional folk dances and dancers share with modern performers and dance performances a corpus of sensorial and cognitive tools for bodily exploration. The dialogue is between Silvia Călin, a contemporary dancer and choreographer, and Laura Jiga Il…
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