Magiczne funkcje słowa w przekazach ustnych z Lubelszczyzny – aspekt pozytywny

Abstract

The aim of this article is to give an anthropological description of verbal magic. The magical utterances are present in the following areas of traditional culture: folk medicine, family and annual rituals.  They  focus  on  a  formula  which,  in  the  opinion  of  people  expressing  them, have  some magical  powers  which  cause  positive  effects  in  the  real  world.  The  empirical material,  which constitutes  the  basis  for  the  description,  derives  from  the   questionnaire interviews  with inhabitants  of  the  rural  communities  of  Lublin  voivodeship.  The  author focuses on the elements that must be satisfied that the words gained causative power. These elements are situational context (which includes time and place of activity, sender, recipient, symbolic attributes), repeating, fidelity playback, optional confidentiality. The aim of this article is to give an anthropological description of verbal magic. The magical utterances are present in the following areas of traditional culture: folk medicine, family and annual rituals.  They  focus  on  a  formula  which,  in  the  opinion  of  people  expressing  them, have  some magical  powers  which  cause  positive  effects  in  the  real  world.  The  empirical material,  which constitutes  the  basis  for  the  description,  derives  from  the   questionnaire interviews  with inhabitants  of  the  rural  communities  of  Lublin  voivodeship.  The  author focuses on the elements that must be satisfied that the words gained causative power. These elements are situational context (which includes time and place of activity, sender, recipient, symbolic attributes), repeating, fidelity playback, optional confidentiality.