- PII
- S0869-54150000616-0-1
- DOI
- 10.7868/S50000616-0-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Volume/ Edition
- Volume / Issue №2
- Pages
- 28-42
- Abstract
- The article draws attention to the fact that folk notions of corners in traditional houses go back to earliest beliefs related to idol-like corner poles propping up the roof and to sacrifices made at these poles during the foundation stone laying ceremonies. A quintessential expression of such beliefs may be seen in the example of the red (usually eastern) corner. Perceived within myth-and-ritual practices as the principal and primary corner, it was eventually appropriated as such by the Christian tradition. The author argues that the Christian tradition affirmed the priority of this corner by means of new symbols but was unable to eradicate the older imagery (pagan by origin) of verbal and decorative art that was associated with it.
- Keywords
- Date of publication
- 01.04.2009
- Year of publication
- 2009
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- 0
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- 773
RAS History & PhilologyЭтнографическое обозрение Ethno review
- ISSN (Print) 0869-5415
- ISSN (Online) 3034-6274
THE RED CORNER: ON THE ORIGINS AND SEMANTICS OF THE SACRED LOCUS (BASED ON NORTHERN RUSSIAN MATERIALS)
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