Виноградова
(Москва)
ПРИМЕЧАНИЯ
L. N. Vinogradova
Uneasy people in the village community: on people having paranormal
abilities. Part 1: Unwilling wreckers, posessed, foreigners
The article attempts to define the general typology of East Slavic mythical
creatures inside the group of “people who know” (that is, people with
paranormal abilities); to describe their hierarchical structure depending on
the grade of “demonicity”; to concentrate on the issue of their social status in
the village community and the fellow villagers’ attitudes.
Keywords: Slavic mythology, ethnography, folk demonology, classification of
folklore characters, system of characters, wizards, healers, witches.