{"product_id":"remnants-of-the-ancient-worldview-among-belarusians-an-ethnographic-essay-adam-bahdanovich","title":"Remnants of the Ancient Worldview among Belarusians: An Ethnographic Essay","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eComing soon: EPUB on sale October 31, 2026; paperback to follow.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first English translation of Adam Bahdanovich’s 1895 classic of Belarusian ethnography.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in Grodno in 1895, this essay was one of the first attempts to describe the folk beliefs of the Belarusian peasantry as a whole. Adam Bahdanovich (1862–1940), ethnographer and father of the poet Maksim Bahdanovich, gathered his material himself in the villages of central Belarus.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe traces the pre-Christian worldview that lived on in the rites and beliefs of his day: the veneration of fire, water, stones and trees; the soul and the cult of the ancestors; house and forest spirits; the sun and the calendar festivals of Kaliady and Kupalle; sorcerers, witches and village healers, with the charms and songs they used.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the Russian in full, with notes and an index.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAlso available\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe original 1895 Russian edition, as a facsimile: \u003ca href=\"\/products\/perezhitki-drevnyago-mirosozertsaniya-u-belorussov-1895-facsimile-adam-bahdanovich\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eПережитки древняго міросозерцанія у Бѣлоруссовъ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eRead it with\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/products\/nobleman-zavalnia-or-belarus-in-fantastical-tales-jan-barszczewski\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eNobleman Zavalnia, or Belarus in Fantastical Tales\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e by Jan Barszczewski. The witches, spirits and enchanted landscapes of Barszczewski’s tales appear here in their living context.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/author\/adam-bahdanovich\"\u003eAdam Bahdanovich\u003c\/a\u003e (Адам Багдановіч)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEditor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Olya Ianovskaia\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOriginal title:\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eПережитки древняго міросозерцанія у Бѣлоруссовъ\u003c\/em\u003e (Grodno, 1895)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormats:\u003c\/strong\u003e EPUB (on sale October 31, 2026); paperback, 5.83 × 8.27 in (A5), 204 pages (coming soon)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (EPUB):\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-0697424-9-0\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN (paperback):\u003c\/strong\u003e 978-1-0697424-3-8\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Grunwald Publishing, Canada\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Adam Bahdanovich","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":67605058552040,"sku":"978-1-0697424-3-8","price":27.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"EPUB","offer_id":67605058584808,"sku":"978-1-0697424-9-0","price":10.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67653866356968,"sku":"REMNANTS-AUDIO","price":19.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/9760\/4840\/files\/remnants-of-the-ancient-worldview_paperback_front_1200w.jpg?v=1790451248","url":"https:\/\/grunwald.ca\/products\/remnants-of-the-ancient-worldview-among-belarusians-an-ethnographic-essay-adam-bahdanovich","provider":"Grunwald Publishing Inc","version":"1.0","type":"link"}