| Title |
Vaidilučių terapinė veikla ir šios veiklos refleksijos XIX-XXI a. liaudies medicinoje (II dalis) |
| Translation of Title |
Ther apeutic activities of priests-vaidiluciai and reflections of these activities in 19th to 21st-century folk medicine (part II). |
| Authors |
Balsevičiūtė, Rita |
| DOI |
10.15181/rh.v28i0.2402 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Res Humanitariae.. Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla. 2021, [Nr.] 29, p. 149-169.. ISSN 1822-7708. eISSN 2538-922X |
| Keywords [eng] |
Baltic mythology ; folk medicine ; therapeutic activity ; vaidiluciai ; beliefs ; incantations |
| Abstract [eng] |
According to 15th to 18th-century written sources, priests-vaidiluciai, successors to the servants of the cult of the pre-Christian religion, performed various duties, including therapeutic activities. Descriptions in sources indicate that the nature of the therapeutic assistance they provided varied according to the magic activity they performed. The healing activities of vaidiluciai have not been systematically studied. This article extends the analysis of data on the therapeutic activities of different groups of vaidiluciai in 15th to 18th-century written folk sources, and identifies the reflection of these activities in 15th to 18th-century folk medicine based on archive records and healing faith records. The research helps to trace the meaning and origin of some therapeutic methods of folk medicine, and the possible development of traditions. |
| Published |
Klaipėda : Klaipėdos universiteto leidykla |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
Lithuanian |
| Publication date |
2021 |
