Format:
XIII, 429 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Karten
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24 cm
Edition:
First edition
ISBN:
9780393348507
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9780393065367
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Introduction: Dancing as LifePart One. Dancing the Year : The Ritual Cycle of Fertility -- Swan Maidens, Mermaids, and Tree Spirits -- Marking Time -- To Bring the Spring -- Dancing Up a Storm -- Crazy Week; Rusalia Week -- Flowers with Powers -- Midsummer Rusalii -- Friday, St. Friday -- The Twelve Days of Christmas -- Part Two. Bride for Fertility : The Frog Princes -- The Cosmic Arrow -- Bride Testing -- Trial by Dance -- The Magic Sleeve Dance -- Second Skins -- The Hut on Chicken Legs -- Koshchey the Deathless -- Part Three. Dancing Back through Time -- Medieval Traces -- Roman Show Biz -- Dancing with the Greeks -- Back to the Bronze Age -- Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture -- Part Four. Gotta Dance! -- Keeping Together in Time -- Dancing the Time Warp -- Epilogue: Dancing Divinity -- Appendix: Bracelets from Kiev with Ritual Motifs.
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Introduction: Dancing as Life -- Part One. Dancing the Year : The Ritual Cycle of Fertility -- Swan Maidens, Mermaids, and Tree Spirits -- Marking Time -- To Bring the Spring -- Dancing Up a Storm -- Crazy Week; Rusalia Week -- Flowers with Powers -- Midsummer Rusalii -- Friday, St. Friday -- The Twelve Days of Christmas -- Part Two. Bride for Fertility : The Frog Princes -- The Cosmic Arrow -- Bride Testing -- Trial by Dance -- The Magic Sleeve Dance -- Second Skins -- The Hut on Chicken Legs -- Koshchey the Deathless -- Part Three. Dancing Back through Time -- Medieval Traces -- Roman Show Biz -- Dancing with the Greeks -- Back to the Bronze Age -- Dancing at the Dawn of Agriculture -- Part Four. Gotta Dance! -- Keeping Together in Time -- Dancing the Time Warp -- Epilogue: Dancing Divinity -- Appendix: Bracelets from Kiev with Ritual Motifs.
Language:
English
Subjects:
Ethnology
Keywords:
Osteuropa
;
Tanz
;
Entstehung
;
Balkan
;
Tanz
;
Entstehung
;
Europa
;
Tanz
;
Fertilität
;
Europa
;
Volkstanz
;
Ethnoarchäologie
;
Osteuropa
;
Tanz
;
Entstehung
;
Balkan
;
Europa
;
Fertilität
;
Volkstanz
;
Ethnoarchäologie
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