Table of contents

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Dedication v
3. Table of contents vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. Chapter 1 Introduction 1
6. Chapter 2 Folk songs, Csángós, and religious conceptualization 10
7. Chapter 3 “My angel, my shining star” 24
8. Chapter 4 Sex: The creative power of love 53
9. Chapter 5 Love as an emotion and a relationship 167
10. Chapter 6 Love, Sex, and the Sacred 230
11. References 241
12. Appendix 1. Abbreviations 252
13. Appendix 2. Sources of the analyzed Hungarian folk songs 254
14. Metaphors index 259
15. Metonymies index 264