Astronyms in Belarussian folk beliefs
Volume 10 (2008): Astronomy and Cosmology in Folk Traditions and Cultural Heritage, pp. 29–34
Pub. online: 20 December 2008
Type: Article
Open Access
Open Access
Received
1 November 2007
1 November 2007
Revised
30 May 2008
30 May 2008
Published
20 December 2008
20 December 2008
Abstract
This article presents some known Belarussian “astronyms” and related beliefs based on folkloric-ethnographic sources from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries together with material collected by the author and other researchers in the last decade.