"Mrtnická bába" - dvě léčitelské osobnosti západních Čech

• Authors: Dana Motyčková , Kateřina Sedlická

Title variants

EN

"The Old Woman from Mrtnice” - two important folk healers from West Bohemia

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The name “Old Woman from Mrtnice" (village of Mrtník, District of Plzeň-North) covers Anna Brejchalová (1833-1918) and her daughter-in-law Marie Brejchalová-Pašková (1882-1977), née Frundlová, two significant persons in the field of folk healing in western Bohemia in the 19th and 20th century. They realigned fractured bones, dislocated joints, and newborn infants´ hip joints. The authors reconstruct their healing practice based on period literature and respondents´ recollections.

Keywords

EN

folk healing; Anna Brejchalová (1833-1918); Marie Brejchalová-Pašková (1882-1977; Mrtník (District of Plzeň-North); treatment of fractures and joints; 19th - 20th century; memory narration

Discipline

• ETHNOLOGY: ETHNOLOGY

• Publisher: Czech Ethnological Society
• Journal: Národopisný věstník
• Year: 2019
• Volume: 36_(78)
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 77-90
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Dana Motyčková

• Česká národopisná společnost, z. s., Národní třída 3, 117 20 Praha 1, Czech Republic

author

Kateřina Sedlická

• Česká národopisná společnost, z. s., Národní třída 3, 117 20 Praha 1, Czech Republic