Folklore as a people’s art was formedfor centuries and reflected the views of the world and relations with him. There are two main types of it. The first, ceremonial, is associated with specific events: a wedding, the arrival of spring, a sowing season, and so on. This includes a reference, which we will discuss in this article. The second type, non-ritual, more characterizes the sphere of communication. It includes fairy tales, epic, sayings, etc.
What is a snap? Definition
The belief of people in the animate nature has generatedthe need to contact her. Researchers of the Eastern Slavic folklore, explaining in their works what a call is, the definition of this concept is as follows. This is a kind of pagan recitative spells of well-being, goodness, health, as well as harvest. They were passed from older to younger. An adult thus taught the child to learn about the world, to appreciate and take care of its beauty.
What are zaklichki intended for?
Pagan religion characteristic ofEastern Slavic peoples, provided for a system of certain relations between people and nature. It was believed that the gods and goddesses of the sun, thunder, spring, winter and other seasons influenced the weather and the harvest. The well-being of families directly depended on them, which meant that they developed a certain form of agreement with them, which initially included various magical rites. The villagers asked to take a drought, shed moisture on the ground, help to rise and grow strong seedlings, and much more, associated with hard daily work. In exchange, they promised gifts - homemade food, fruits and vegetables, invited to visit.
Snack as a small genre of folklore
Short and simultaneous effectsdistinguished riddles and rhymes, as well as proverbs and sentences. All these are small genres of folklore, which also include spells. Ritual songs are conventionally divided into several types, depending on the season (mainly spring and summer), as well as on the phenomena of nature. Therefore, when explaining what a spell is, its definition as a personalized treatment should be viewed from several sides. It always has something that is expected to take a series of successive events: a month, for example, should illuminate the road, fog, on the contrary, should not obscure it.
Call up is also a request for helpaddressed to plants, animals and insects: mouse, ladybug, bee, bird cherry, cranberry and others. Hence, imperative forms of verbs, negative or positive: not lei, not gray, blossom, grow and the like. The melody of their pronunciation can be different: smooth and melodious, rhythmic and perky.
Russian folk calls
The earth feeds people like the mother of children.This is ancient wisdom. According to her, in the villages of the south and west of Russia, where well-being depended on the harvest, the springworms (otherwise called spring calls) usually called for assistance to the holy patrons. In the villages of Polesie, along with other dance songs, the girls asked the birds (larks) to bring warmth on the wings, imitating their trills during the performance. The need for such rituals was confirmed by the fact that the callings, the popular vocations were allowed even during the fast.
It's amazing that this folklore genrepractically not recorded in the oldest written sources, but, transmitted orally, he retained both traditional phrases, general content, and even the original melodiousness with little or no change. The very name, the definition of it as a pure and bright intercourse of people with inseparable from his life natural phenomena is a phenomenon that should be studied more deeply to preserve the heritage of our ancestors.