Romani folklore
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Template:Romani people Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people. The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during the Middle Ages. They migrated widely, particularly to Europe, while other groups stayed and became sedentary. Some legends (often from non-Romani peoples) say that certain Romani have passive psychic powers such as empathy, precognition, retrocognition, or psychometry. For example Wlislocki was known for being a self taught gypseologist, and many of his writings are seen as authentic Romani stories, but the myths published by Wlislocki have no connection to authentic Romani traditions; this causes a misinterpretation about the Romani people as a whole. Other legends include the ability to levitate, travel through astral projection by way of meditation, invoke curses or blessings, conjure or channel spirits, and skill with illusion-casting. The Roma from Slavic countries believe in werewolves.[1] Romani chovihanis often use a variety of herbs and amulets for protection. Garlic is a popular herb used by the Roma.[2]
Romani folktales
- Bald Pate[3]
- "The Captive's Tale and Circumcision"[4]
- "The Creation of the Violin"[5]
- "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"[6]
- "The Yellow Dragon"[7][8]
Motifs in Romani folklore
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- Alakoh/Dundra (lunar and sacred law deity)
- Astrology[9]
- Bababiljos (male love deity)
- Baba Fingo (the Saviour)
- Baro kar ("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")
- Demon
- 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
- Jakhendar[14]
- Kakava (Turkish spring festival)
- Moon worship[15]
- Mullo (vampire)
- Palmistry
- Phallus worship[16]
- Pharaun[17]
- Psychic
- Rat-catcher
- Saintes-Maries-de-la-Mer
- Saint Sarah
- Shaktism
- Sunet bijav ("circumcision ceremony")
- Tarot card reading
- Tasseography
- Trishul ("cross"; see also trishula)
- Undine[18]
- Ursitory
- Vampire[19]
- 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
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- ↑ Baldpate at Gypsy Folk Tales], by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899, at sacred-texts.com
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- ↑ 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
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Further reading
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Folklore collections
- Ficowski, Jerzy; Borski, Lucia Merecka; Mikolaycak, Charles. Sister of the birds, and other Gypsy tales. Nashville: Abingdon, [1976].
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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