Development of the Study of Religion in Latvia in 20th Century

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Development of the Study of Religion in Latvia in 20th Century
Original language description
Historically, the basis for the study of religion in Latvia was prepared by pre-academic investigations on Latvian religious traditions already in XVII century. A century later, as Riga became one of important publishing centres of scholarly literature in the German Kulturraum, more and more materials on religions, including on Brahmanism and Zoroastrianism were published here. However, it was the extensive pooling of original materials on Latvian folklore that offered a possibility to study Latvian mythology systematically. The most reliable sources are the folksong texts in which archaic motifs, images, concepts and data on rituals are preserved due to the rhythm, rigid rules of composition and traditional poetic way of expression. Another distinctive strand in Latvian religious research focuses on religious ideas of Latvian and Russian writers, for example, the new religion constructed by the famous Latvian poet Rainis was studied by Alberts Freijs, Arvids Ziedonis and Haralds Bieza
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Project
<a href="/en/project/GAP401%2F10%2F0311" target="_blank" >GAP401/10/0311: Development of the Study of Religions in Central and Eastern Europe in the 20th Century</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year
2015
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

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