The dead in vernacular magic practices among Bosniaks

Mencej, Mirjana (avtor)

Based on fieldwork research among the Bosniak (Muslim) population in rural areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, this article starts with the technique of summoning the dead, aimed at obtaining information about missing goods. It argues that the practice of summoning the dead, like practices aimed at magically harming others, is based on the same moral rules that govern everyday relations between the living and the dead. While these rules are generally followed and observed in everyday life, they can also be deliberately inverted to one’s own advantage or to the disadvantage of others. Ultimately, I argue that the dead prove to be moral agents who act when moral norms are violated.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: the dead, agency, morality, summoning the dead, necromancy, magic, soil, Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FF - Filozofska fakulteta
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Datum objave: 14.05.2024
• Leto izida: 2024
• Št. strani: Str. 1-14
• Številčenje: Vol. 15, No. 5
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-160042
• UDK: 393(497.6)
• ISSN pri članku: 2077-1444
• DOI: 10.3390/rel15050605
• COBISS.SI-ID: 195493123
• Datum objave v RUL: 09.08.2024

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Religions
• Skrajšan naslov: Religions
• Založnik: MDPI AG
• ISSN: 2077-1444
• COBISS.SI-ID: 520261657

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: mrtvi, etika, klicanje mrtvih, nekromantija, verovanje, magija, prst, Bosna in Hercegovina

Projekti

• Financer: EC - European Commission
• Številka projekta: 101095729
• Naslov: The roles of the agency of the dead in the lives of individuals in contemporary society
• Akronim: DEAGENCY