Miracle-working plants: Slavic parallels
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ethnolinguistics
South Slavs
East Slavs
West Slavs
traditional beliefs
supernatural fairy tales (bylichkas)
magic herbs
chthonic kingdom.
Abstract
This article presents an ethnolinguistic study. The magic properties of certain herbs – as seen in the cultural traditions of South, East, and West Slavs – are described in a comparative aspect. The author also examines different herbs that exhibit similar features. It is concluded that the magic properties of herbs are determined by their connection to the chthonic kingdom and the other world in folk consciousness.