Abstract
Spells from the western territories are an organic part of the folk magic compendium of Belarus, which are included in the general ethnic piggy bank with the main and frequent plots, motifs and images, but at the level of priorities and development of individual elements they make up a slightly different and at the same time complete picture. There are a lot of formulas, images, and motifs that continue the Polish spell tradition and then „dissipate”, point-by-point fixed in places of compact residence of the Catholic population. At the same time, several motifs and even complexes associated with individual functional spell groups fall out of the border zone. The Polish folk magic tradition has become a kind of conductor of Western European influences for Belarusian ones, while direct borrowings from Polish texts are rare. In general, comparative studies give grounds to express the idea of the existence of a common Western Belarusian-Polish plot and motif spell space.
Highlights
Spells from the western territories are an organic part of the folk magic compendium of Belarus, which are included in the general ethnic piggy bank with the main and frequent plots, U motifs and images, but at the level of priorities and development of individual elements they make up a slightly different and at the same time complete picture
There are a lot of formulas, images, and motifs that continue the Polish spell tradition and „dissipate”, point-by-point fixed in places of compact residence of the Catholic population
Several motifs and even complexes associated with individual functional spell groups fall out of the border zone
Summary
Spells from the western territories are an organic part of the folk magic compendium of Belarus, which are included in the general ethnic piggy bank with the main and frequent plots,. Але менавіта для польскай тэрыторыі ўласціва асаблівая распрацаванасць народных малітвачак, стылем і вобразнасцю блізкіх як да замоў, так да малітваў і нават да духоўных вершаў. Даволі неаднародная дыялектная палітра беларускіх замоў суседнічае з польскай, дзе наяўны на сёння матэрыял гэтаксама сведчыць аб шэрагу разыходжанняў між тэкстамі з розных этнаграфічных зонаў, якія, у сваю чаргу, сталі чуйнымі да ўплываў з суседніх тэрыторый.
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