TY - JOUR AU - Tygai, М. PY - 2019/12/29 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Burial motives in the studies of Rev. M. Zubrytskyi JF - Zaporizhzhia Historical Review JA - ZHR VL - 1 IS - 53 SE - Historiography. Ethnology DO - UR - https://istznu.org/index.php/journal/article/view/136 SP - 247-253 AB - This article deals with the issue of the burial motives in the Boykos ethnographic groups, which were analysed on the basis of the Reverend M.Zubrytskyi scientific work. It highlights the stages of the burial process and the way its set customs and traditions are observed; in particular, the way its unalienable elements and attributes are used. The first stage is preburial – it is caused by people’s beliefs and superstitions, dreams which may be omens of the future death; the second stage is the burial itself, which is connected with the death itself and the funeral of the deceased; the third stage is after-burial, which is characterised by observing certain prohibitions and warnings. The article defines the way local Boykos people imagined and perceived death, heaven and hell. It also provides the system of restrictions and prohibitions for people, which are to be followed after death of a close relative. The scientist noted down interesting observations concerning lamenting, its customary appliance and meaning. The main conclusion of the article is proving the existence of archaic elements of the burial motives among the population of the Starosambir and Turkiv regions. ER -