title: Emotions as an object of interpretation in the Slavic prophetic dream narratives
metadata.name: dc.contributor.author
metadata.value: Lazareva, Anna A.
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metadata.name: dc.date.accessioned
metadata.value: 2017-08-21T10:44:16Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.available
metadata.value: 2017-08-21T10:44:16Z
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metadata.name: dc.date.issued
metadata.value: 2016-12
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.other
metadata.value: 10.21638/11701/spbu19.2016.203
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metadata.name: dc.identifier.uri
metadata.value: http://hdl.handle.net/11701/7105
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metadata.name: dc.description.abstract
metadata.value: The article is devoted to the folk tradition of dream interpretation in the eastern Slavic culture.
  Emotions, appearing during dreaming, are one of the objects of interpretation, for example «happiness in
  dream means misfortune», or «be crying in the dream predicts happiness». Such researchers, as N. I. Tolstoy,
  S. Niebzegowska and others, who studied oral dream book, paid no particular attention to the interpretation of
  emotions, because their main interest was about symbolic of visual images of dreams. Drawing on fieldwork
  conducted in the Poltava region, the author examines traditional patterns of interpretation emotional-laden
  dreams. These narratives can be divided into two groups: 1) the dream tales in which feelings meant opposite:
  «happiness in dream means misfortune», «be crying in the dream predicts happiness», 2) the narratives in
  which emotions were interpreted literally (unpleasant feelings meant unpleasant events in life, for example —
  the sense of shame in a dream predicted dishonor). Comparing these two groups we can make a conclusion,
  that the first case is not exclusively about emotion themselves: in the first place were interpreted the actions
  aimed at the expression of emotions (laugh, crying, dancing and so on). The dreams, which were interpreted
  literally, had been related to the notion of disturbing dreams. The dreams causing unpleasant emotions
  (anxiety, perplexity, fear, dissatisfaction, aversion) were interpreted by the respondents as a «bad dreams»,
  even though the dream plot predicted something favorable according to the oral dream book and opinions of
  other interlocutors (during the group interview). The negative emotions experienced in the dream influence on its interpretation, because a dreamer tends to pay attention on the «negative» images (from the traditional
  point of view) and ignore «auspicious» signs.
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.language.iso
metadata.value: ru
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.publisher
metadata.value: St Petersburg State University
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.relation.ispartofseries
metadata.value: Studia Slavica et Balcanica Petropolitana;Issue 2
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metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: Eastern Slavs
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: folk culture
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: symbolism of dreams
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: oral dream book
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: personal signs
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: recurring dreams
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.subject
metadata.value: emotions
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.title
metadata.value: Emotions as an object of interpretation in the Slavic prophetic dream narratives
metadata.lang: en_GB
metadata.name: dc.type
metadata.value: Article
metadata.lang: en_GB
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