The Structure and Function of Funeral Rituals and Customs in Ukraine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19541684 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Natalia Havryl'iuk (Institute of Ethnomusicology, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-31 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | FOLKLORICA - Journal of the Slavic East European and Eurasian Folklore Association (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1920-0234 • E-ISSN: 1920-0242 |
| Publisher | The University of Kansas (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.17161/folklorica.v8i2.3738 |
| OpenAlex | W1999642477 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Traditional funeral rituals and customs in Ukraine reflect a complex system of religious and magic beliefs. Psychological considerations play an important role, as does the desire to behave in a proper and moral fashion. Thus, Ukrainian funerals exhibit a combination of efforts on behalf of the deceased and actions intended to relieve the emotional and psychological tension of the living. Symbolic acts, such as the need to honor a deceased family or community member, are combined with very practical behaviors, those based on considerations of hygiene. In essence, in funerals we see ancient, pre-Christian beliefs in the interrelatedness of the living and the dead, beliefs that the connection between this world and the world beyond the grave is real and permanent, and that ancestors must be honored and remembered into eternity. Folk beliefs of ancient origin have, of course, now been combined with the Christian outlook on life after death and a layer of Orthodox Christianity superimposed on the folk stratum
Ancient history · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Genealogy · Geography · Political science · Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies · History · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Soviet and Russian History
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |