essay
Russian rituals, customs, and beliefs associated with the midwife (1850-1930)
Russian traditional culture: religion, gender, and customary law • Armonk, N.y. • Published In 1992 • Pages: 122-145
By: Listova, T. A..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This historical study examines some of the customs, rituals, and beliefs reflecting the status and role of midwifes in Russian peasant communities. The elderly women who served as midwives enjoyed enormous respect, regarded as kind and benevolent individuals who were sought out not only for delivering babies but also, as needed, for advice and assistance in postnatal care and child feeding. Additionally, midwives had a religious role, praying for the health and protection of children under their care.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Gift giving
- Ethics
- Avoidance and taboo
- Childbirth
- Postnatal care
- Ceremonial during infancy and childhood
- Gender roles and issues
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Historian
- 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2019
- 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
- 1850-1930
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Russia
- NotesAdditional notes
- T. A. Listova
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 92004775
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ethnology--Russia (Federation)
- Folklore--Russia (Federation)
- Russians--Intellectual life
- Russians--Folklore
- Russia (Federation)--Social life and customs