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List of publications on a keyword: «the Other»

  • The Image of Witch in the Documents of the Salem Witch-Trial

    Research Article
    Ethnic Culture Volume 3 No 1
    Author:
    Leionis A. Van Khaaske
    Work direction:
    Ethnography, Anthropology and Folkloristics
    Abstract:
    The article attempts to reconstruct the image of a witch based on the interrogation records of those accused of witchcraft during the Salem trial (Massachusetts, North America, 1692) and related materials. The subject of research is the phenomenon of prosecution on those accused of witchcraft. The source base are the records of the Salem process, transcribed and published in 1977, as well as a number of documentary testimonies of witnesses, speaking from a puritanical viewpoint. The article examines the features of the mythological worldview of traditional society, dictated by the belief in supernatural influence (witchcraft). After analyzing the interrogation records of the first accused during this trial and considering a number of their biographical data, the author comes to the conclusion that the situation demonstrated by this trial is paradoxical: in fact, arbitrary people are subjected to persecution, and the reconstruction of the image of a witch that could underlie such accusations, does not seem possible. The author's conclusions are essential for the study of both the phenomenon of witch-trials and the mentality of traditional society. This article was conducted from an imagological perspective relevant to modern social studies.
    Keywords:
    witch-trial, the image of a witch, fear of the supernatural, the Other, puritan mentality, mythological worldview, spectral evidence, colonial America
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  • Obriad "Provodov dushi" u mordvy Povolzh'ia v seredine XIX - nachale XXI vv.

    Book Chapter
    Culture. Science. Education: Current Issues
    Author:
    Liubov N. Shchankina
    Work direction:
    Глава 1. Культура
    Abstract:
    On the basis of field researches, forwarding data of middle XX century made and collected by V.N. Belitser, stored in the archive of Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology Russian Academy of Science, as well as the analysis of published information made by culture researchers, the rites of the Mordvins associated with funerals and existed in the middle of the XIX – beginning of XXI century are examined. It is revealed that the funeral and memorial rites of the ethnic group are a synthesis of pre-Christian beliefs of the Mordvins with Christian ones. The changes that occurred in the funeral ceremonies of the Mordvins after adoption of Christianity, during the years of Soviet regime and over the past decades are described. As a result of the study, it was found that the funeral rites on the 40th day of the Mordvins, the Mokshas and the Erzi were largely identical; the differences were more regional than ethnic.
    Keywords:
    Volga region, the Mordvins, funeral rites, soul, ancestor worship, sacrifices, funeral food, the other world
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