Russian Ethnologist Discusses the Role of the Spindle in Folklore

Submitted by Milica on Tue, 2003-07-08 20:56
Svetlana Zhulnickova, who works for the Russian open air museum Karelia, has spent many years researching traditional Russian practices and how they affect folklore. In 1999, she gave a lecture on the use of the spindle in world folklore. The spindle plays a prominent role in fairy tales such as Sleeping Beauty or Rumpelstiltskin. There are even more instances of the tool in Russian folklore. In 1999, Karelian ethnologist Svetlana Zhulnickova gave a lecture at B