On the Future of American Folklore Studies: A Response

1991 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 75 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elliott Oring
1987 ◽  
Vol 74 (2) ◽  
pp. 490
Author(s):  
L. D. Wyld ◽  
Simon J. Bronner

1988 ◽  
Vol 101 (399) ◽  
pp. 76
Author(s):  
Carole H. Carpenter ◽  
Simon J. Bronner ◽  
Deborah Kodish

1988 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 66
Author(s):  
Becky Vorpagel ◽  
Simon J. Bronner

2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 40-49
Author(s):  
Otilia Daniela Alexin

Abstract Birth is perceived as a threshold, a milestone, and is best described as passing from one stage to another and from one status to another. This article aims to present the customs regarding the birth of a child, as they were preserved in the Banat folk mentality: the origin of the midwife and her role as mediator, the belief in the unfailing destiny foreseen by the book of fate, the rite of the first bath having a huge importance for the future of the child and a series of magic and religious acts meant to ward off the Evil forces that intend to harm the child and to restore the balance.


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