Herbaceous Characters in the Popular Beliefs of the Peoples of Dagestan
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12844019 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ruslan Ibragimovich Seferbekov (0000-0002-0901-8499, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-50 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Iran and the Caucasus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1573-384X • E-ISSN: 1609-8498 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/1573384x-20140104 |
| OpenAlex | W2027641707 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The paper discusses some mythological characters―demons, masqueraders, zoo- and anthropomorphic dolls―found in the popular beliefs of the peoples of Dagestan and manifested in children’s games, calendar holidays, and in the rainmaking rituals. The characteristic feature of these figures is that they are depicted in folk imagination as having herbal nature
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Asian studies · Biology · Central asia · China · Ethnology · Geography · Herbaceous plant · Literature · Mythology · Sociology · Classics · Cultural, Linguistic, Economic Studies · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · Gender Studies · History · Linguistics and Cultural Studies · Ecology
| Citations per year | 0.11 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2017 - 2017 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |