The travelogue of the Bavarian Johann Schiltberger and the instances of Armenian Folklore contained therein
Abstract
The study is dedicated to the traditions that hold key value in the travelogue of the German traveler Johann Schiltberger and that directly relate to Saint Gregory the Illuminator, who played a major role in the dissemination of Christianity in Armenia. As in Armenian literature – beginning in the fifth century and continuing throughout its development – the figure of Saint Gregory, the Illuminator in Schiltberger’s travelogue is also inseparable from the history of the adoption of Christianity in Armenia and is presented as an integral part of the travelogue.
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This work was financially supported by the Science Committee of RA (Research project № 23-2PHD-6B002).
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelseiten
- I Articles
- My father’s baptism (ATU 1962) and other lies in a topsy-turvy land (ATU 1875–1999)
- The Old Woman as Seeker-Hero: An Intertextual Reading of a Pontic Greek Variant of ATU 460B
- We Who Speak with the Dead: Galician Folk Belief and Cinematic Reimaginings in Diana Toucedo’s Trinta lumes (Thirty Souls, 2018)
- Die Hand aus dem Grab
- Roberto De Simones Aschenkatze
- Fabulously (in)dependent women
- The Meddah and Political Dissent: A Look at Subversive Storytelling in the Ottoman Empire
- The travelogue of the Bavarian Johann Schiltberger and the instances of Armenian Folklore contained therein
- II Reports, News, Announcements
- Nachruf – Wilhelm Solms (1937–2024)
- Nachruf – Siegfried Neumann (1934–2025)
- Nachruf – Sabine Wienker-Piepho (1946–2025)
- The International Scientific Register of Tales of the World
- III Reviews
- Reviews