INFORMATION ON FOLK MEDICINE IN MATERIALS OF FOLKLORE FOUNDATION OF INSTITUTE FOR KOMI LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND HISTORY (SCIENTIFIC CENTER OF THE URAL DEPARTMENT OF RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES)

DOI: http://doi.org/10.33876/2224-9680/2020-1-19/10

Authors

  • Savelyeva G.S. Institute for Komi Language, Literature and History (Scientific Center of the Ural Department of Russian Academy of Sciences)

Keywords:

folklore, traditional culture, Komi-Zyryans, archive, healing, folk means for healing, charms and spells, beliefs on diseases

Abstract

The article reviews the materials on folk medicine collected during the folklorist and ethnographic expeditions in Komi Republic. These information was recorded in the recent decades and reflect folk beliefs on diseases, preventive measure, and healing methods. Cited is recorded information coming from healing traditions holders, in particular a local bone setter woman.

Citation link: Savel’eva G. S. (2020). Svedenija po narodnoj medicine v materialah fol’klornogo fonda Instituta jazyka, literatury i istorii Komi NC UrO RAN (k. XX – n. XXI vv.) [Information on Folk Medicine in Materials of Folklore Foundation of Institute for Komi Language, Literature and History (Scientific Center of the Ural Department of Russian Academy of Sciences)]. Medicinskaja antropologija i biojetika [Medical Anthtropology and Bioethics], 1(19).

Author Biography

  • Savelyeva G.S., Institute for Komi Language, Literature and History (Scientific Center of the Ural Department of Russian Academy of Sciences)
    • Cand. Philol. Sc., is a Senior Research Fellow of the Folklore Department at the Institute for Komi Language, Literature and History (Scientific Center of the Ural Department of Russian Academy of Sciences)
    • https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1211-3283

Downloads

Published

2021-03-22

Issue

2020 — № 1 (19)

Section

SCIENCE / Materials