“Happy is the one who has a lot of hair, unhappy is the one who has a lot of nails”. The role of hair and nails in human destiny in the beliefs of the peoples of the Caucasus
https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2022-1-55-71
Abstract
The article considers traditional ideas of the peoples of the Caucasus about what rituals and ceremonies had to be observed during the first shaving of the “uterine” hair and the first cutting of the baby’s nails in order for him to become a worthy person, as well as ideas about the magical meaning of hair, first of all female.
About the Author
L. T. Solovyeva
Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Lyubov T. Solovyeva, Cand. of Sci. (History)
32 а, Leninskiy Av., Moscow, 119991
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Solovyeva L.T. “Happy is the one who has a lot of hair, unhappy is the one who has a lot of nails”. The role of hair and nails in human destiny in the beliefs of the peoples of the Caucasus. Studia Religiosa Rossica: Russian Journal of Religion. 2022;(1):55-71. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.28995/2658-4158-2022-1-55-71
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