Romani folklore
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Romani folklore encompasses the
conjure or channel spirits, and skill with illusion-casting. The belief in vampires originated from the Roma.[1] The Roma from Slavic countries believe in werewolves.[2] Romani chovihanis often use a variety of herbs and amulets for protection. Garlic is a popular herb used by the Roma.[3]
Romani folktales
- Bald Pate[4]
- "The Captive's Tale and Circumcision"[5]
- "The Creation of the Violin"[6]
- "Fedor and the Fairy"
- The Foam Maiden
- "Jack and His Golden Snuff-Box"
- "The King of England and his Three Sons"
- "The Little Bull-Calf"
- "Mossycoat"
- "The Red King and the Witch"[7]
- "The Yellow Dragon"[8][9]
Motifs in Romani folklore
- Bababiljos (male love deity)
- Baba Fingo (the Saviour)
- Baro kari ("big human penis"; see also lingam)
- Bear worship
- Beng (the Devil)
- Bibi (Romani cult)[10]
- Bona ("baptism")
- Biboldo ("unbaptized")
- Crystal ball
- Crystal gazing
- Curse
- Chindo ("circumcised")
- Devla (God)
- Devleski Day (Mother Goddess)
- Dhampir (half-vampire)
- Dispater (god of death)
- Divination
- Dragon
- Fairy[11]
- Fire worship[12]
- Fortune-telling
- Gana (Queen of Witches)[13]
- Gemstone
- George's Day in Spring
- I Gudli Saybiya (female guardian angel)
- Gypsycraft (Romani magic or witchcraft)
- Hamsa (amulet)
- Horse worship
- Household deity
- Incantation
- Kakava (Turkish spring festival)
- Moon worship[14]
- Mullo (vampire)
- Palmistry
- Phallus worship[15]
- Pharaun[16]
- Psychic
- Rat-catcher
- Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
- Saint Sarah
- Shaktism
- Sunet bijav ("circumcision ceremony")
- Tarot card reading
- Tasseography
- Trushul ("cross"; see also trishula)
- Ursitory
- Vampire pumpkins and watermelons
- Werewolves
See also
- Gypsy Lore Society
- The Red King and the Witch: Gypsy Folk and Fairy Tales
- Romani society and culture
References
- ISBN 978-1-57859-350-7.
- ISBN 978-1-60925-165-9. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via Google Books.
- ISBN 978-1-63341-158-6. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ Baldpate at Gypsy Folk Tales], by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899, at sacred-texts.com
- ^ Childers, William P. ""The Captive's Tale" and Circumcision".
- ^ The Creation of the Violin at Gypsy Folk Tales, by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899, at sacred-texts.com
- ^ The Red King and the Witch at Gypsy Folk Tales, by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899, at sacred-texts.com
- ^ The Yellow Dragon, Fairrosa Cyber Library for Children
- ^ The Gypsy Fiddle: and Other Tales Told by the Gypsies - by John Hampden, World Publishing Company: New York, 1969
- ^ Ćirković, Svetlana. Bibi and Bibijako Djive in Serbia. Project Education of Roma children in Europe. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
- ISBN 978-1-4766-1242-3.
- ^ "Gypsies – OCCULT WORLD". Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-5040-2274-3. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via Google Books.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca. p. 151.
- ISBN 9781438126845.
- ISBN 978-1-4381-3001-9.
Further reading
Folklore collections
- Ficowski, Jerzy; Borski, Lucia Merecka; Mikolaycak, Charles. Sister of the birds, and other Gypsy tales. Nashville: Abingdon, [1976].
- Florea, Virgiliu (2018). "Moses Gaster și colecția sa de povești populare ale țiganilor din România" [Moses Gaster and His Collection of Romanian Gypsies' Folk Tales]. Anuarul Muzeului Etnografic al Moldovei [The Yearly Review of the Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia] (in Romanian). 18: 305–324. ISSN 1583-6819.
- Pavelčík, Nina; Pavelčík, Jiří (2001). "Myths of the Czech Gypsies". Asian Folklore Studies. 60 (1): 21–30. JSTOR 1178696.. Accessed August 25, 2021.
- Tong, Diane (1989). Gypsy folk tales. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
- Yates, Dora Esther (1948). A Book of Gypsy folk-tales. London: Phoenix House.
External links
- Gypsy Folk Tales by Francis Hindes Groome [1899], at Sacred Texts.com
- Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling by Charles Godfrey Leland [1891], at Sacred Texts.com