(Free) Folklore Of Central And Eastern Europe

Tuesday 12 30 2 00 room 306 department of ethnology faculty of arts celetna 20 prague 1 the course provides an introduction to phenomena of popular culture and folklore of central.

Folklore of central and eastern europe. Many of the famous creatures that dominate eastern europe s folklore linger from a time before christian missionaries arrived. Popular culture and folklore in contemporary central and eastern europe phdr. Europe is the second smallest continent on earth. German scandinavian studies and slavic studies. The european folktales on this page are sorted based on the ethnolinguistic similarities of the peoples of europe. Mo we 11 00 11 50 with discussion section van hise hall 594 professor thomas dubois 3 credits this brand new class is taught by prof. Aeternae analopos antalope antholops aptaleon aptolos pantolops.

Thomas dubois covering folklore from all three of our programs. Chatloup erroneously the antelope was known to the greeks as analopos and variations thereof derived from the coptic pantolops according to bochart and to the romans as calopus pretty foot. This beautiful map shows the geographical spread of european languages. The vila are eastern europe s nymphs or mountain fairies. Eastern europe and slavic countries. Folklore of central eastern and northern europe. Tours in central and eastern europe polish folklore.

Some versions of folklore actually claim that the vila live up in the clouds. European folklore or western folklore refers to the folklore of the western world especially when discussed comparatively the history of christendom during the european middle ages and the early modern period has resulted in a number of traditions that are shared in many european ethnic and regional cultures. Take a look at the 10 creepiest creatures from eastern european folklore. These mysterious creatures are believed to have power over the wind. The birthplace of western culture europe is a land with tremendous cultural and ethnic diversity. However they are almost always spotted in the wilderness in all versions of folklore. Jachamur jachmur jamur yamur bochart.

Erin collopy the chair of the department of classical modern languages literatures explains some of the supernatural beings found in slavic folklore. Bannik is perhaps the most recognizable of all of eastern europe s folk creatures. The treatise was written by giraud de barri gerald of wales toward the end of the 12th century around 1188. Posts about middle eastern folklore written by abookofcreatures. This concerns notably common traditions based on christian mythology i e. They are found living in hills and mountains.