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{{Short description|Folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people}}
'''] (Gypsy) mythology''' is the myth, folklore, religion, traditions, and legends of the ]. The Gypsies, who call themselves Rom or Romany, are a nomadic culture which originated in India during the Middle Ages. They migrated widely, particularly to Europe. Some legends (particularly from non-Roma peoples) say that certain gypsies are said to have passive ] powers such as, ], ], ], or ]. Other legends include the ability to ], travel through ] by way of ], invoke curses or blessings, conjure/channel spirits, and skill with ]-casting.
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'''Romani folklore''' encompasses the ], ], ]s, and ]s of the ]. The Romani were ]ic when they departed ] during the ]. They migrated widely, particularly ], while other groups stayed and became sedentary. Some legends (often from non-Romani peoples) say that certain Romani have passive ] powers such as ], ], ], or ]. For example Wlislocki was known for being a self taught gypseologist, and many of his writings are seen as authentic Romani stories, but the myths published by Wlislocki have no connection to authentic Romani traditions; this causes a misinterpretation about the Romani people as a whole. Other legends include the ability to ], travel through ] by way of ], invoke ]s or ]s, ] or ] ], and skill with ]-casting. The Roma from Slavic countries believe in ].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LusZMgBAJZQC&pg=PA148|title=Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic: Travelers' Stories, Spells, and Healings|first=Raymond|last=Buckland|date=1 May 2010|publisher=Weiser Books|isbn=978-1-60925-165-9 |accessdate=14 December 2023|via=Google Books}}</ref> Romani chovihanis often use a variety of herbs and amulets for protection. ] is a popular herb used by the Roma.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=KpWMDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA79|title=Herbal Magick: A Guide to Herbal Enchantments, Folklore, and Divination|first=Gerina|last=Dunwich|date=1 September 2019|publisher=Weiser Books|isbn=978-1-63341-158-6 |accessdate=14 December 2023|via=Google Books}}</ref>


== Romani folktales ==
'''Origins'''
* Bald Pate<ref> at Gypsy Folk Tales], by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899, at sacred-texts.com</ref>
The Romani originated in India. According to mythology, the country was going through a social restructuring and adopting the strict social hierarchy system of castes. Various groups were not included in these newly formed castes for political and religious reasons, and left at the bottom of the caste system. Three groups made up the majority of the casteless: Thieves, musicians/actors (RL fact time, historically performing arts have had a negative social conotation... take a look at eastern theatre's history, for example...), and magicians whose magic was deemed 'heretical' by the local religion. With life in their once native land now unbearable, these casteless people grouped together forming bands which migrated originally to the west. Over many many years, their language and culture developed into something entirely foreign from their roots, and they were truly gypsies, or the Romani as they call themselves.
* "The Captive's Tale and Circumcision"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.academia.edu/24953614 | title="The Captive's Tale" and Circumcision | last1=Childers | first1=William P. }}</ref>
* "]"<ref> at Gypsy Folk Tales, by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899, at sacred-texts.com</ref>
* "Fedor and the Fairy"
* The Foam Maiden
* "]"
* "]"
* "]"
* "]"
* "The Red King and the Witch"<ref> at Gypsy Folk Tales, by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899, at sacred-texts.com</ref>
* "The Yellow Dragon"<ref>, Fairrosa Cyber Library for Children</ref><ref>''The Gypsy Fiddle: and Other Tales Told by the Gypsies'' - by John Hampden, World Publishing Company: New York, 1969</ref>


== Motifs in Romani folklore ==

{{see also|Motif (folkloristics)}}
Roma myth topics include the following:
* Bababiljos (male love deity)
<references/>* ]
* Baba Fingo (the Saviour)
* Baldpate
* ''Baro kar'' ("big human penis"; see also '']'')
* Beng
* ]
* Butyakengo
* Beng (the Devil)
* ]
* ]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ćirković |first1=Svetlana |title=Bibi and Bibijako Djive in Serbia |publisher=Project Education of Roma children in Europe |url=https://www.academia.edu/42176038 |accessdate=17 March 2020}}</ref>
* ]
* ''Bona'' ("baptism")
* ]
* ''Biboldo'' ("unbaptized")
* ]
* ]
* Gitto Bach
* ]
* ]
* ] * ]
* ''Chindo'' ("circumcised")
* Moshto
* ] * ] (God)
* Devleski Day (Mother Goddess)
* ]
* '']'' (half-vampire)
* ]
* Dispater (god of death)
* ]
* ]
* Suyolak
* ] * ]
* ]<ref>{{cite book | last=Bane | first=T. | title=Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology | publisher=McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers| year=2013 | isbn=978-1-4766-1242-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nSuXAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA199 |location=Jefferson, NC; London| page=199}}</ref>
* ]
* ]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://occult-world.com/gypsies/|title=Gypsies – OCCULT WORLD|accessdate=14 December 2023}}</ref>
* ]
* ]
* Gana (Queen of Witches)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OTdwCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT192|title=Dictionary of Gypsy Life and Lore|first=Harry E.|last=Wedeck|date=8 September 2015|publisher=Open Road Media|isbn=978-1-5040-2274-3 |accessdate=14 December 2023|via=Google Books}}</ref>
* ]
* ]
* I Gudli Saybiya (female guardian angel)
* Gypsycraft (Romani ] or ])
* '']'' (amulet)
* ]
* ]
* ]
* ]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://rm.coe.int/factsheets-on-romani-culture-2-3-the-evil-eye-jakhendar/1680aac373|title=The evil eye - Jakhendar}}</ref>
* '']'' (Turkish spring festival)
* ]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca|page=151}}</ref>
* '']'' (])
* ] * ]
* ]<ref>{{cite book|url= https://books.google.com/books?id=nDdcVt9-jnMC&pg=PA151|title= The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca|page=151|year=2010|author=
* Urmen
Rosemary Guiley|publisher= Infobase|isbn= 9781438126845}}</ref>
* ]
* Pharaun<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5soL2qxSBDgC&dq=gypsies+animal+worship+donkeys&pg=PA141|title=The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters|isbn=978-1-4381-3001-9 |last1=Guiley |first1=Rosemary |date=2004 |publisher=Infobase }}</ref>
* ]
* ]
* Spirit Invocation
* ] * ]
* ]
* ]
* ] * ]
* ]
* ''Sunet bijav'' ("circumcision ceremony")
* ]
* ]
* ''Trishul'' ("cross"; see also '']'')
* ]
* ]
* ]s


==Also See== ==See also==
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
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===Folklore collections===
* Ficowski, Jerzy; Borski, Lucia Merecka; Mikolaycak, Charles. ''Sister of the birds, and other Gypsy tales''. Nashville: Abingdon, .
* {{cite journal |last=Florea |first=Virgiliu |title=Moses Gaster și colecția sa de povești populare ale țiganilor din România |trans-title=Moses Gaster and His Collection of Romanian Gypsies' Folk Tales |url=https://biblioteca-digitala.ro/?volum=5100-anuarul-muzeului-etnografic-al-moldovei--xviii-2019 |journal=Anuarul Muzeului Etnografic al Moldovei |trans-journal=The Yearly Review of the Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia |volume=18 |date=2018 |pages=305–324 |issn=1583-6819 |language=ro}}
* {{cite journal |last1=Pavelčík |first1=Nina |first2=Jiří |last2=Pavelčík |title=Myths of the Czech Gypsies |journal=Asian Folklore Studies |volume=60 |issue=1 |date=2001 |pages=21–30 |doi=10.2307/1178696|jstor=1178696 }}. Accessed August 25, 2021.
* {{cite book |title=Gypsy folk tales |last=Tong |first=Diane |date=1989 |location=San Diego |publisher=Harcourt Brace Jovanovich}}
* {{cite book |last=Yates |first=Dora Esther |title=A Book of Gypsy folk-tales |location=London |publisher=Phoenix House |date=1948}}
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==External links==
*'''' by Francis Hindes Groome , at Sacred Texts.com
*'''' by Charles Godfrey Leland , at Sacred Texts.com
*https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/rost.2023.12 by Yaroslav Vassilkov , at Liverpool University

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==External Links==
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*Encyclopedia Mythica
*''Gypsy Folk Tales''
*''Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling'' by Charles Godfrey Leland

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Romani folklore encompasses the folktales, myths, oral traditions, and legends of the Romani people. The Romani were nomadic when they departed India during the Middle Ages. They migrated widely, particularly to Europe, while other groups stayed and became sedentary. Some legends (often from non-Romani peoples) say that certain Romani have passive psychic powers such as empathy, precognition, retrocognition, or psychometry. For example Wlislocki was known for being a self taught gypseologist, and many of his writings are seen as authentic Romani stories, but the myths published by Wlislocki have no connection to authentic Romani traditions; this causes a misinterpretation about the Romani people as a whole. Other legends include the ability to levitate, travel through astral projection by way of meditation, invoke curses or blessings, conjure or channel spirits, and skill with illusion-casting. The Roma from Slavic countries believe in werewolves. Romani chovihanis often use a variety of herbs and amulets for protection. Garlic is a popular herb used by the Roma.

Romani folktales

Motifs in Romani folklore

See also: Motif (folkloristics)

See also

References

  1. Buckland, Raymond (1 May 2010). Buckland's Book of Gypsy Magic: Travelers' Stories, Spells, and Healings. Weiser Books. ISBN 978-1-60925-165-9. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via Google Books.
  2. Dunwich, Gerina (1 September 2019). Herbal Magick: A Guide to Herbal Enchantments, Folklore, and Divination. Weiser Books. ISBN 978-1-63341-158-6. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via Google Books.
  3. Baldpate at Gypsy Folk Tales], by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899, at sacred-texts.com
  4. Childers, William P. ""The Captive's Tale" and Circumcision".
  5. The Creation of the Violin at Gypsy Folk Tales, by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899, at sacred-texts.com
  6. The Red King and the Witch at Gypsy Folk Tales, by Francis Hindes Groome, 1899, at sacred-texts.com
  7. The Yellow Dragon, Fairrosa Cyber Library for Children
  8. The Gypsy Fiddle: and Other Tales Told by the Gypsies - by John Hampden, World Publishing Company: New York, 1969
  9. Ćirković, Svetlana. Bibi and Bibijako Djive in Serbia. Project Education of Roma children in Europe. Retrieved 17 March 2020.
  10. Bane, T. (2013). Encyclopedia of Fairies in World Folklore and Mythology. Jefferson, NC; London: McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. p. 199. ISBN 978-1-4766-1242-3.
  11. "Gypsies – OCCULT WORLD". Retrieved 14 December 2023.
  12. Wedeck, Harry E. (8 September 2015). Dictionary of Gypsy Life and Lore. Open Road Media. ISBN 978-1-5040-2274-3. Retrieved 14 December 2023 – via Google Books.
  13. "The evil eye - Jakhendar".
  14. The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca. p. 151.
  15. Rosemary Guiley (2010). The Encyclopedia of Witches, Witchcraft and Wicca. Infobase. p. 151. ISBN 9781438126845.
  16. Guiley, Rosemary (2004). The Encyclopedia of Vampires, Werewolves, and Other Monsters. Infobase. ISBN 978-1-4381-3001-9.

Further reading

Folklore collections

  • Ficowski, Jerzy; Borski, Lucia Merecka; Mikolaycak, Charles. Sister of the birds, and other Gypsy tales. Nashville: Abingdon, .
  • Florea, Virgiliu (2018). "Moses Gaster și colecția sa de povești populare ale țiganilor din România" [Moses Gaster and His Collection of Romanian Gypsies' Folk Tales]. Anuarul Muzeului Etnografic al Moldovei [The Yearly Review of the Ethnographic Museum of Moldavia] (in Romanian). 18: 305–324. ISSN 1583-6819.
  • Pavelčík, Nina; Pavelčík, Jiří (2001). "Myths of the Czech Gypsies". Asian Folklore Studies. 60 (1): 21–30. doi:10.2307/1178696. JSTOR 1178696.. Accessed August 25, 2021.
  • Tong, Diane (1989). Gypsy folk tales. San Diego: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.
  • Yates, Dora Esther (1948). A Book of Gypsy folk-tales. London: Phoenix House.

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