Костянтин Рахно

доктор історичних наук, старший дослідник, провідний науковий співробітник, Національний музей-заповідник українського гончарства в Опішному, c-ще Опішне, Україна.

ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0973-3919

E-mail: krakhno@ukr.net

Keywords:

beliefs, roof, customs and rites of the children's cycle, ritual behavior, roof space, ritual symbolism.

Abstract

The article deals with the use of the roof space in the rites of the children's cycle, which are one of the structural components of the traditional household culture of the ethnic group. Almost all the peoples of the world had a complex and peculiar set of customs and rites related to the birth and upbringing of children. The purpose of this article is to consider the role and functions of the roof of the house in the routine and rituals of the children’s cycle. The methodological basis of the research is the comparative-historical methodological toolkit. As a result of the general conservatism of the family and domestic sphere, the ancient attitude to the roof as a sacred part of the house that protects its inhabitants, a special space where communication with powerful supernatural forces takes place, was observed in the rites of the children's cycle, as a result of which some of the most archaic rules of behavior were preserved. Various ethnographic materials related to the perception of the roof in traditional culture became the sources for writing the article.

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