scholarly journals Photo Art Project ‘Female Multi-Component Associative Image ‘Fern Blossom’. Part 1

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 286-296
Author(s):  
Iryna Zaspa ◽  
Oleksandr Bezruchko
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Data ◽  
John The Baptist ◽  
Saint John ◽  
The Future ◽  
Magical Power ◽  
Saint John The Baptist

The author’s idea. What the phenomenon of ‘Fern blossom’ is, whereas according to scientific data, the fern does not bloom and does not form inflorescences. Fern flower in the East Slavic mythology has the character of a magical plant that gives a person magical power. With the help of the fern flower, the owner of it could understand the language of animals and trees, see hidden precious treasures under the ground, heal people from various diseases, predict the future and more. It is believed that the fern blossom can be found only on Ivan Kupala night. This holiday is traditional in Ukraine and is named after the Christian Saint John the Baptist, but originates in the distant past from the pagan faith.

Tanz als Krankheit, Tanz als Therapie. Die Formierung eines religiös-medizinischen Konzepts (15. und 16. Jahrhundert)

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-307
Author(s):  
Gregor Rohmann
Keyword(s):  
Middle Ages ◽  
Small Groups ◽  
John The Baptist ◽  
Medical Concept ◽  
Catholic Culture ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
Saint John ◽  
Mass Hysteria ◽  
Saint John The Baptist

Abstract‘Dancing mania’ has often been understood as an expression of purportedly ‘typical medieval’ mass hysteria. Yet evidence suggests that a better interpretation would be to see it as a disease, the idea of which was shaped by patterns tracing back to antique cosmology. During the later Middle Ages, this concept became reality as a form of suffering primarily determined by spiritual forces (e.g. the might of Saint John the Baptist) which typically struck only individuals or small groups in narrowly defined regions. This article closely examines a key shift in the semiotic setting of how this disease was interpreted: During the 15th and early 16th centuries, it became medicalised and desacralized. Evidence of this development can be found in isolated instances of ‘dancing mania’ in towns of the Rhine and Moselle area which at first glance would appear to be of little significance. As a medical concept, ‘dancing mania’ would survive the Reformation, and as a concept of primarily medical understanding it would later be re-integrated into the renewed Catholic culture of the late 16th and 17th centuries.

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