Crimean legends

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Crimean legends are a unique collection of texts that deserves deep research, but has not been studied properly.

Description

The interest for Crimean legends started at the end of the 19th century.[1] The legends were published with a purpose of attraction of the tourists of Crimea.[2] Field works and publications of Crimean folklore were basically done by non-professional folklorists. Therefore, it often happens that principles of classification of collected material are not known, and national origins of legends are not differentiated either.[3] There are many nationalities living in Crimea; thus, there are Crimean Tatar,[4] Greek,[5] Armenian,[6] Crimean Karaites,[7] Ukrainian, Russian and Soviet Union books of Crimean legends.[8] Most legends were collected in their original language, and later were translated into Russian. The nature of legend texts was influenced by translators/collectors’ professions and their cultural environment.[9]

The most scientific approach for collecting legends was shown in the 1920s and 1930s, when scientific expeditions were supported by Communist party, which had just come to power and started to support cultural development of national minorities.[10] However, after Stalin’s repressions and deportation of many ethnic groups from Crimea, folklore became a subject for editing according to ideological demands of that time.[11] It made Soviet folklore a specific phenomenon, which is worthy of separate research.[12]

When the Soviet Union collapsed, Crimean legends became a commercial product, and their publications did not have a scientific approach.[13] Thus, publishers mixed legends from different periods of time and cultures, did not make references to real sources and did not give any commentary on the legends. However, national societies started to publish books of their legends very actively.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Kondaraki, V. (1883). Legendi Krima, Moscow: Tipografiya Checherina.
  2. ↑ Marx, N. (1914). Legendi Krima, Moscow: Skoropechatnya A.A. Levenson; Marx, N. (1917). Legendi Krima, Odessa: Odesskie novosti.
  3. ↑ Zherdieva, A. (2012). Principles of publishing of Crimean legends. Kultura narodov prichernomorya, № 220, 148-156.
  4. ↑ Birzgal, Jan. (1937). Qrьm tatar masallar ve legendalar. Simferopol: Qrım ASSR;Marx, N. (1914). Legendi Krima, Moscow: Skoropechatnya A.A.Levenson.
  5. ↑ Kondaraki, V. (1883).Legendi Krima, Moscow:Tipografiya Checherina.
  6. ↑ Fayzi, M. (1999). Legendi, predaniya i skazki Krima, Simferopol: KGMU.
  7. ↑ Polkanov, V. (1995). Legendi i predaniya karaev (krimskih karaimov-turkov), Simferopol.
  8. ↑ Vul, R., Shlyaposhnikov, S. (1959). Krimskie legendi,Simferopol: Krimizdat.
  9. ↑ Zherdieva, A. (2013).Crimean legends as phenomenon of world culture, Saarbrücken: LAP LAMBERTAcademic Publishing
  10. ↑ Birzgal, Jan. (1937). Qrьm tatar masallar ve legendalar. Simferopol: Qrım ASSR.
  11. ↑ Temnenko, G. (2002). “Crimean legend and some characteristics of modern cultural consciousness.” Etnografiya Krima XIX – XX vekov i sovremennie etnokulturnie processi.
  12. ↑ Zherdieva, A. (2010). “Models of mythologization of cultural consciousness in the coordinates of the Soviet ideology (by way of example, the ten postwar collection of Crimean legends).” Almanah Tradicionnaya kultura, № 2, 110-127.
  13. ↑ Barskaya, Tatyana. (1999). Legendi i predaniya Krima. Yalta: Krimpress.

Further reading

  • Жердева А. М. Крымские легенды как феномен мировой культуры. Саарбрю́ккен: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2013. 268 с. ISBN 978-3-659-37814-0. ISBN 3659378143.
  • Темненко Г. М. Крымские легенды и некоторые черты современного культурного сознания. Материалы и исследования // Этнография Крыма XIX – XX вв. и современные этнокультурные процессы. 2002. – С. 120–126.
  • Легенды, предания и сказки Крыма. Симферополь: Симферопольский издательский центр КГМУ, 1999. 195 с.
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