Loading...
Publication
The migratory sewing needles
| Name: | Description: | Size: | Format: | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 352.91 KB | Adobe PDF |
Authors
Advisor(s)
Abstract(s)
The aim of this paper is to present the result of the research on the belief that needles can enter the blood stream and go to the heart, provoking death, or that they cross all body, which is related to a certain craftsmanship (seamstress) that is disappearing nowadays.
Description
Trabalho em curso, inicialmente aceite e apresentado no International Congress of the Belief Narratives Network (BNN) - International Society for Folk Narrative Research (ISFNR), Russian Academy of Sciences/ European University, São Petersburgo (Rússia), em 2010. Aceitam-se sugestões e comentários: anogueir@ualg.pt
Keywords
Belief Narrative Migratory Needles Foreign bodies walk to the heart Oral tradition