(Folk) Belief through the History of Folklore Studies: Conceptualisation and Terminology

Authors

  • Mirjam Mencej Univerza v Ljubljani, Filozofska fakulteta, Oddelek za etnologijo in kulturno antropologijo, Aškerčeva 2, 1000 Ljubljana

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2017460103

Keywords:

verovanje, verjetje, vraža, povedka, folklora, terminologija // belief, superstition, legend, folklore, terminology

Abstract

Članek obravnava terminologijo in različne konceptualizacije verovanja, kakor se kažejo v zgodovini evropske in ameriške folkloristike. Predstavlja pregled konceptualizacij verovanja: od verovanja kot posamične entitete (motiva) in obenem posebnega folklornega žanra; verovanja kot kognitivne realnosti, ki se izraža v različnih žanrih folklore; do verovanja kot procesa, dejanja. Na koncu obravnava še terminologijo v sodobni slovenski folkloristiki.

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The paper discusses the terminology and the conceptualisations of belief in the history of European and American folkloristics. It examines the conceptualisation of beliefs as entities and folklore genre; as a cognitive reality, underlying various folklore genres; and a process, an act of believing. Finally, it reviews terminology in contemporary Slovenian folklore studies on belief and proposes the terminology in the Slovenian language.

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12.06.2017

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Mencej, M. (2017). (Folk) Belief through the History of Folklore Studies: Conceptualisation and Terminology. Traditiones, 46(1-2), 55–68. https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2017460103

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Izbrane razprave iz folkloristike / Selected Essays in Folklore Studies - Uredila / Edited by Monika Kropej Telban