‘She Read Me a Prayer and I Read It Back to Her’: Gagauz Women, Miraculous Literacy and the Dreaming of Charms

This paper explores the polyvalent and gendered nature of the relationship between the practices of reading and charming and the Mother of God in the dream narratives of Gagauz women in the Republic of Moldova. The most widespread healing text used by this Orthodox Christian minority, The Dream of t...

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Main Author: Kapaló, James 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2014]
In: Religion & gender
Year: 2014, Volume: 4, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-20
Further subjects:B Gagauz
B charming
B Healing
B Moldova
B Literacy
B Dreams
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