Prehistoric roots of Romanian and southeast European traditions
By: by Adrian Poruciuc ; illustrations by Aneta Corciova ; edited by Joan Marler, Miriam Robbins Dexter
Contributors: Corciova, Aneta; Marler, Joan, 1947-; Dexter, Miriam Robbins, 1943-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Institute of Archaeomythology
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sebastopol
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780981524924; 9780981524931
Description: "Romanian linguist and archaeomythologist Adrian Poruciuc investigates ancient motifs contained in traditional Romanian songs - The colinde - By means of linguistic, folkloric, and archaeological evidence. Many of the colinde are ritual songs containing mythic elements surviving from antiquity. Similar motifs are also found in the broader region of Southeast Europe"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Romanian dolf sea-monster in Connection with a Greek Lexical Family and with Early Signs of Eurasian Religion; title: The Sea and the Sea Flood Motif in Romanian Folklore; title: The Shape of Sacredness from Prehistoric Temples to Neo-Byzantine Churches; title: Demeter as Earth Mother and Dionysos as Earth's Bridegroom; title: Thracian Lions and Romanian Lion-Carols; title: Orpheus: Name and Function; title: Folk-Orphic Survivals and Christianized Variants