Collector's Categorization: descântec de dragoste (charm for love)
Local Designation: di dragosti (for love)
Informant: Catrina Boitan (Ion); F age 70, Illiterate
Translator(s): Sanda Golopentia, Catherine Sama
Reference(s): Golopentia_1998 040, p. 130–133; Vasiliu_1934 p. 16–17
Timing & Setting: morning [V] Saturday (evening) [T]
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Auxiliaries |
Mother of the Lord [V] |
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Adversaries |
Human (villagers, countryfolk) [V] |
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Basil [T] |
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Cultivated positive (fabnişi di grădinî (?)) [T] |
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Plants |
Cultivated positive (vines (green), peonies (dear)) [V] |
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Water/Dew (unstarted water) [T] |
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Substances |
Pure (gold, silver) [V] |
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Honey/Sugar (honey) [V] |
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Water/Dew [V] |
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Esoteric (dirt from footprint) [V] |
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Connected with fire (hearth) [T] |
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Objects |
Positive (bed of gold, staff of gold, ladder of silver) [V] |
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Holy (church, well of Adam) [V] |
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Ambivalent (fence) [V] |
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Animal |
Domestic positive (peacock) [V] |
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Wild positive (cuckoo) [V] |
