Fertility cult research
Journal: Paradigm of knowlege (Vol.17, No. 6)Publication Date: 2016-11-03
Authors : Kukharenko O. O.;
Page : 103-114
Keywords : fertility cult; solar cult; mythology; animistic worldview; pre-Christian beliefs.;
Abstract
Works on research of a known from the Stone Age fertility cult by the representatives of ethnology, folklore studies, anthropology, ethnography, culture studies are being considered. Due to grouping and structuring the sources, it was concluded that sacralised elements of the fertility cult are still being studied from three main perspectives: through the prism of folk art, so-called folk; through the study of family and calendar rites, mythological worldview of the ancestors ? ethnographic perspective; when considering the pre-Christian religion, the functions of certain deities and supernatural beings ? theological.
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