Year 5, no. 8
Anthropology
Delia-Anamaria RCHIAN
La magia della parola e le piante magiche, miracolose
Abstract
The present paper is an attempt to highlight the magical force of the spoken word, as well as the role of the
magical, miraculous plants within Romanian traditional community situated in the north-west side of Romania
(Maramure), aspects which are seen in relation to the anthropology of the ages, to the existential steps (childhood,
puberty, youth, maturity, old age). The magical plants, which acquire anthropomorphous features, are interconnected with
some special categories. For instance, the chicory and the sun-flower appear within childrens games (childhood), the
basil, the vervain, the belladonna and Our Ladys bedstraw can be found in loves games (puberty and youth).
Keywords: the anthropology of the ages, the magical plants, childrens games, loves games, charms.
Motto: La magia non solo nata dal desiderio, n solo una sua ritualizzazione a fini
manipolatori, ma si pone nella tradizione teurgica come ascesi morale e conoscitiva, che abbraccia il
cosmo intero e che porta a compimento la stessa essenza umana. (Paolo Lombardi, 1997: 103)
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT: This paper was made within The Knowledge Based Society Project supported
by the Sectoral Operational Programme Human Resources Development (SOP HRD), financed from the European
Social Fund and by the Romanian Government under the contract number 2007-2013, POSDRU/89/1.5/S/56815.
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