book chapter
Russian folklore
The MacMillan Company • New York • Published In 1950 • Pages: viii, 760
By: Sokolov, I︠U︡. M. (I︠U︡riĭ Matveevich), Smith, Catherine Ruth.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of Russian folklore (literature and the texts of songs). It is organized according to genre: ceremonial poetry, wedding chants, funeral laments, laments for recruits or departing soldiers, divinations and charms, proverbs and riddles, epic poems (byliny), historical songs, religious verses, tales, folk drama, lyric songs, folk rhymes (chastushkas), and folklore of the factory and the mill.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Music
- Drama
- Literature
- Cult of the dead
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Russians
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Europe
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Europe
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Folklorist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Karl Reisman ; 1955
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- not applicable
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 860-1917
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- European Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- By Y. M. Sokolov; translated by Catherine Ruth Smith [under the Russian Translation Project of the American Council of Learned Societies]
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 50007834
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Folklore--Russia (Federation)