Folklore vol. 80

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2020/03 ISSN 1406-0949

Birthlore and childhood Guest editors: Irina Sedakova & Nina Vlaskina

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Birthlore and Childhood in Archaic and Modern European Cultures: An Introduction	7
Irina Sedakova, Nina Vlaskina
Rituals of Social Legitimization in the Lithuanian Childbirth Customs System: Traditions and Innovations	11
Rasa Paukštytė-Šaknienė doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.paukstyte_sakniene
The Structure and Genesis of One Type of Magic Spell Against Children’s Insomnia among Slavic Peoples	35
Tatiana Agapkina, Andrei Toporkov doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.agapkina_toporkov
Unlived Life: The Death and Funeral of a Child in Slavic Traditional Culture	47
Irina Sedakova doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.sedakova
Child in the Natal Narratives of Modern Ukrainian Mothers: Folkloric Symbols and Frequent Motifs	69
Oksana Labashchuk, Halyna Derkach, Tetiana Reshetukha doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.ukraine
“How I Gave Birth” (and Why I Am Writing about It): Women’s Narratives of First Childbirth Experiences from Internet Publications	97
Natalia Gramatchikova doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.gramatchikova
The Birth of a Child as Experienced and Narrated in the 1990s Finland	125
Lena Marander-Eklund doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.marander_eklund
The Rite of Male Circumcision among the Muslim Population in the Western Balkans	151
Alexander Novik doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.novik
A Local Midwife or a Doctor? Two Systems of Knowledge in Birthing Practices of Russian Old Believers	169
Natalia Dushakova doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.dushakova
Taking Hold of the Future: Active Childbirth Practices and Beliefs in Romania (in the Home Country and in Migration)	191
Adina Hulubaş doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.hulubas
“Coming into the World: From Spirits to the Spirit”. The First Childhood Museum in Romania	215
Anamaria Iuga doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.iuga
Review Essay
Jews in the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, and the Russian Federation	231
Anastasia Kharlamova, Alexander Novik doi:10.7592/FEJF2020.80.kharlamova_novik
News in brief
Joint Estonian-Belarusian Webinar “Mission Possible V: Adaptations, Transformations, and Fundamental Aspects of Vernacular Culture”. - Anastasiya Fiadotava [247]	News
Book review
Slavic Arboretum in the Light of Ethnolinguistics. - Irina Sedakova [251]	Books