The Carol about the Pagan Rite of Sacrifice of a Goat and Its Interpretation in Russian Scholarship of the 19th to 20th Centuries

In publications of Russian folklore, along with authentic texts there are a number of literary stylizations based on folklore. The article traces the history of one such pseudo-folkloric text—a carol which was first published by Ivan Petrovich Sakharov (1807 to 1863) in 1837. It has been established...

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Main Author: Toporkov, Andrey (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: MDPI 2021
In: Religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 12, Issue: 5
Further subjects:B a hoax
B literary pastiche
B the sacrifice of a goat
B Folklore
B a fake
B Christmas carols
B Ivan Petrovich Sakharov
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