Author: Vaseva, Valentina
Title: Ritumut na zhivota. Reproduktivni i vegetativni tzikli v bulgarskata traditziia
Description: Sofia, Izd. Marin Drinov, 2006. orig. wrappers. 23x16cm, 307 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Bulgarian text. Includes a 2-page English summary: "The Rhythm of Life: Reproductive & Vegetative Cycles in Bulgarian Traditional Rituals". "The study is a first attempt in the Bulgarian ethnology to establish the presence of synchrony in the occurrence of the reproductive processes in part of the living nature and its reflection in the traditional culture of the Bulgarians" - from Summary. Contents [translated to English]: Nature as a Myth; Conceiving and Pregnancy. Autumn-Winter Time Cycle: Marital Seasons. Conceiving of the First Child; The Fertilization of the Cattle in The Animal Cycle of Life; Autumn Sowing-time; Winter Rituals Connected with Pregnancy of People and Animals; Winter's Culinary Code; The Birth and Breastfeeding. Spring-Summer Time Cycle: The Bird's Reproduction during the Spring; Birth and Breastfeeding; The Birth in the Human Society;The Domestic Animal's Feeding in The Animal Cycle of Life; The Children's Breastfeeding: The Animal Code of the Birth's Rituals; Bottle of the Young Domestic Animals with Different Food; Rituals Related to the First Separation of the Child from the Mother: The Animal Code; The Weanling Animals in The Animal Cycle of Life; Weaning in the Human Society; Milking of the Herds in the Animal Cycle of Life; The Shearing of the Sheep in The Animal Cycle of Life; Children's Ritual Haircut; Animal Maturation in The Animal Cycle of Life; Spring Sowing -Time. Conclusion. Includes bibliographical references (p. 286-297).

Keywords: Bulgaria, Bulgarian Ethnology, Ethnography, Cultural, Anthropology, Sociology Social, Ritual Rituals Myth, Balkan Balkans, Folklore Folk