| Titre | Le départ des morts. Quelques exemples roumains et balkaniques | |
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| Auteur | Paul Henri Stahl | |
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Revue | Etudes rurales |
| Numéro | no 105-106, 1987 Retour des morts | |
| Rubrique / Thématique | Études et recherches |
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| Page | 215-241 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Departure of the Dead. A few Rumanian and Balkan Examples
After death the human soul makes a 40 day's journey on earth. It is supposed to go back home every night where a "house" and some food are prepared inside or near the house in which it used to live. If flies like a bird, sometimes looks like one, resting on stones or in its "house" which is always made of wool or fabrics. This earthly trip demonstrates the close relationship which exists between the human soul and its family which is enhanced by its rejoining dead relatives when it leaves for good. Like living beings, it remains constantly a part of the same social group. Every ritual, including forms of burial, display of tombs in cemeteries and oral literature underlines the fact that the soul deeply belongs to its neighbourhood and its family. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rural_0014-2182_1987_num_105_1_3191 |
