Motif
communal rites of passage
communal_rites_of_passage
A motif of the Initiation and Transformative Ordeal family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
1 occurrences
1 traditions
slavic
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Russian Fairy Tales: A Choice Collection of Muscovite Folk-lore LI. THE HASTY WORD 370 / RUSSIAN FOLK-TALES. / CHAPTER I. / INTRODUCTORY.; lines 632-716 confidence: medium
Villagers go to a white-walled, green-domed church; girls sing in summer choral dances; winter social gatherings occur; weddings and funeral parties are also described.
The passage mentions the performance of a peasant wedding and following a funeral party as recurring village scenes visible in the tales.
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