Naasmise motiiviga rituaalid tšuvaššide nekrutiks saatmise kombestikus

• Authors: Petrov Igor

Title variants

EN

Magic rituals with the motif of return in recruit rites of Chuvashs

• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

Though recruit rites have been formed since the beginning of the XVIII century after the introduction of a recruit duty, seeing off soldiers was strongly approved in family ceremonies of the people of Russia. In the thoroughness of ceremonial forms and representations, ceremonies of seeing off soldiers make considerable concessions to wedding and funeral rituals. However, thus they find a close connection with them and represent a rather developed ceremonial complex. Now many of the traditional customs of seeing off soldiers are not actively used; however, the ceremonial of recruit complex continues to occur, though in a truncated view. Also many magic beliefs and the ritual actions concerning recruit rites retain relevance. Among them scientific interest is represented by rituals with the motif of the return of the soldier from military service. In the real work on the example of Chuvashs of the Ural-Volga region the author considers various ritual actions the purpose of which was ensuring the safe return home of the soldier. Cases in point chronologically belong to the middle of XIX – the beginning of the XX century when these representations still actively occurred and retained their importance. The article is written on the basis of literary and archival sources and field materials of the author.

Keywords

EN

ethnology; national ceremonialism; seeing of recruits; magic rituals and representations; Chuvashs

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2025
• Volume: 92
• Pages: 89-104

Contributors

author

Petrov Igor

• Department of Ethnography of the R. G. Kuzeev Institute for Ethnological Studies of Ufa Federal Research Centre of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ulitsa Prospekt Oktyabrya, 71, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, 450054 Russian Federation