Russian Peasant Beliefs and Practices Concerning Death and the Supernatural Collected in Novosokol'niki Region,Pskov Province,Russia, 1995. Part II: Death in Natural Circumstances |
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| Authors: | Elizabeth A Warner |
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| Institution: | 1. English Seminar , University of Cologne , W. Germany;2. Merlinwood, 12 Manfield Road, Scone, Perth , PH2 6SA;3. Ulster Folk and Transport Museum , Holywood, C. Down;4. Bretton Hall College of Higher Education , West Bretton, Wakefield |
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| Abstract: | This article, based on fieldwork but drawing on other contemporary and historical material, examines some aspects of the present state of mortuary ritual and associated beliefs among a mixed population of official Russian Orthodox and the religious group known as Old Believers, about whose funerary practices little has been written. The ritual emerges as a complex balance of Christian and pagan elements, a clinging to archaic tradition combined with modern pragmatism and accommodation to changing socio-economic conditions. |
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