Birds of ill omen in Slavic beliefs
This paper deals with birds of ill omen and beliefs related to their cries and calls. According to the presence of the ill omen attribute, these birds are sorted into three groups. The paper describes various divination types according to the calls of so-called unclean birds, as well as var...
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doaj-21433c807dc04923882710a000eac2b62021-01-02T08:11:13ZengInstitute of Ethnography, SASA, BelgradeGlasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU0350-08612015-01-0163119321110.2298/GEI1501193A0350-08611501193ABirds of ill omen in Slavic beliefsAksić Nina V.0Etnografski institut SANU, BeogradThis paper deals with birds of ill omen and beliefs related to their cries and calls. According to the presence of the ill omen attribute, these birds are sorted into three groups. The paper describes various divination types according to the calls of so-called unclean birds, as well as various prophecies, i.e. their ominous „weight“, on the basis of numerous examples from the Slavic cultural sphere, with additional, more recent examples from the Serbian space. The final remarks are related to four segments: the type of the listed birds’ bad omen (death, disease / year of famine, fire, bad weather); prophecy of evil or merely information, i.e. warning about a possible bad event; the manner of the bird’s prophecy or report of misfortune (a call, a manner of flight etc.); existence of undesirable actions related to certain birds (actions that could result in negative consequences for the person who performs them). [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br. 47016: Interdisciplinarno istraživanje kulturnog i jezičkog nasleđa Srbije i izrada multimedijalnog internet portala „Pojmovnik srpske kulture]http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2015/0350-08611501193A.pdfSlavic cultural spheremythologybirds of ill omenbirdcalls/criesdivination |
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Birds of ill omen in Slavic beliefs |
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Birds of ill omen in Slavic beliefs |
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Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade |
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Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU |
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This paper deals with birds of ill omen and beliefs related to their cries
and calls. According to the presence of the ill omen attribute, these birds
are sorted into three groups. The paper describes various divination types
according to the calls of so-called unclean birds, as well as various
prophecies, i.e. their ominous „weight“, on the basis of numerous examples
from the Slavic cultural sphere, with additional, more recent examples from
the Serbian space. The final remarks are related to four segments: the type
of the listed birds’ bad omen (death, disease / year of famine, fire, bad
weather); prophecy of evil or merely information, i.e. warning about a
possible bad event; the manner of the bird’s prophecy or report of misfortune
(a call, a manner of flight etc.); existence of undesirable actions related
to certain birds (actions that could result in negative consequences for the
person who performs them). [Projekat Ministarstva nauke Republike Srbije, br.
47016: Interdisciplinarno istraživanje kulturnog i jezičkog nasleđa Srbije i
izrada multimedijalnog internet portala „Pojmovnik srpske kulture] |
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Slavic cultural sphere mythology birds of ill omen birdcalls/cries divination |
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http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2015/0350-08611501193A.pdf |
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