Пережитки древняго міросозерцанія у Бѣлоруссовъ (1895 Facsimile)
Пережитки древняго міросозерцанія у Бѣлоруссовъ (1895 Facsimile)
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A facsimile of the first edition (Hrodna, 1895) of a classic of Belarusian ethnography.
Adam Bogdanovich (1862–1940), ethnographer, folklorist and father of the poet Maksim Bahdanovich, gathered his material himself in the villages of central Belarus. He shows how the pre-Christian worldview lived on in rites, charms, beliefs and folk healing: the veneration of fire, stones, water and trees; the soul and the ancestors; household spirits; the sun cult and the calendar festivals of Kaliady and Kupalle; sorcerers and witches.
In Russian, in pre-1918 spelling, with charms and songs recorded in Belarusian. This edition reproduces the 1895 Hrodna printing page for page, exactly as its first readers saw it.
Three editions of one classic
- 1895 facsimile (this book): a page-for-page reproduction of the original printing, in paperback.
- Restored edition: the same 1895 text, newly typeset for easy reading, in paperback and as an EPUB.
- English translation: Remnants of the Ancient Worldview among Belarusians, the first complete translation, in paperback and as an EPUB.
Факсімільнае выданне класічнай працы беларускай этнаграфіі (Гродна, 1895). Адам Багдановіч (1862–1940) — этнограф, фалькларыст, бацька паэта Максіма Багдановіча — сам збіраў матэрыял у вёсках цэнтральнай Беларусі. Ён паказвае, як у абрадах, замовах, павер’ях і народным лячэнні жылі перажыткі дахрысціянскага светапогляду: ўшанаванне агню, камянёў, вады і дрэваў, вераванні пра душу і продкаў, хатнія духі, культ сонца і каляндарныя святы — Каляды і Купалле, — чараўнікі і ведзьмы. Тэкст — па-руску, у дарэвалюцыйным правапісе; замовы і песні запісаныя па-беларуску.
- Author: А. Е. Богдановичъ / Adam Bahdanovich
- Original publication: Гродна: Губернская Типографія, 1895
- Language: Russian (pre-1918 spelling); charms and songs in Belarusian
- Format: Paperback, facsimile edition, 5.83 × 8.27 in (A5), 196 pages, cream paper
- ISBN: 978-1-0697424-4-5
- Publisher: Grunwald Publishing, Canada
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