Folklore: Electronic Journal of Folklore 80

Birthlore and childhood

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Guest Editors

Irina Sedakova & Nina Vlaskina

March 2020

ISSN 1406-0949

Birthlore and Childhood in Archaic and Modern European Cultures: An Introduction

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Irina Sedakova

Nina Vlaskina

Rituals of Social Legitimization in the Lithuanian Childbirth Customs System: Traditions and Innovations

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Rasa Paukštytė-Šaknienė

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.paukstyte_sakniene

The Structure and Genesis of One Type of Magic Spell Against Children’s Insomnia among Slavic Peoples

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Tatiana Agapkina

Andrei Toporkov

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.agapkina_toporkov

Unlived Life: The Death and Funeral of a Child in Slavic Traditional Culture

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Irina Sedakova

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.sedakova

Child in the Natal Narratives of Modern Ukrainian Mothers: Folkloric Symbols and Frequent Motifs

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Oksana Labashchuk

Halyna Derkach

Tetiana Reshetukha

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.ukraine

“How I Gave Birth” (and Why I Am Writing about It): Women’s Narratives of First Childbirth Experiences from Internet Publications

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Natalia Gramatchikova

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.gramatchikova

The Birth of a Child as Experienced and Narrated in the 1990s Finland

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Lena Marander-Eklund

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.marander_eklund

The Rite of Male Circumcision among the Muslim Population in the Western Balkans

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Alexander Novik

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.novik

A Local Midwife or a Doctor? Two Systems of Knowledge in Birthing Practices of Russian Old Believers

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Natalia Dushakova

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.dushakova

Taking Hold of the Future: Active Childbirth Practices and Beliefs in Romania (in the Home Country and in Migration)

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Adina Hulubaş

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.hulubas

“Coming into the World: From Spirits to the Spirit”. The First Childhood Museum in Romania

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Anamaria Iuga

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.iuga

Jews in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation

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Anastasia Kharlamova

Alexander Novik

DOI: 10.7592/FEJF2020.80.kharlamova_novik

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