Counterintuitiveness and Ritual Efficacy in Early Modern Karelian Healing: An Application of the Ritual Competence Theory

• Published in: Traditiones
• Main Author: Kohonen, Siria
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2018
• Subjects: Karelia; healing rituals; rituals; sages; counterintuitiveness; ritual competence theory // Karelija; zdravilni obredi; obredi; modreci; protiintuitivnost; teorija ritualne kompetence; archeo; anthro-se; McCauley; karelian
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3986/Traditio2018470305; https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/traditiones/article/view/7188

This article presents an application of Thomas E. Lawson and Robert N. McCauley’s ritual competence theory in order to study two early modern Karelian sages and their rituals, especially their healing rituals. I analyse how this application presents ritual efficacy in archived healing narratives, an...