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<p>The article initially covers the historical information regarding two biblical saints „Saint Bartholomew“ and „John the Baptist“ and their birthdays. In vernacular documents from 1900 to 1980 inclusively, the Transylvanian-Saxon names „Bartholomew“ and „John“ were related to the respective saint. The vernacular documents show that their birthdays were playing a role in seasonal determination for peasant work as well as being used in descriptive country sayings, in idioms and in traditional customs. The case examples are taken from <italic>the Transylvanian-Saxon Dictionary</italic>, the <italic>North Transylvanian Dictionary</italic>, as well as relevant <italic>specialist</italic> and <italic>vernacular literature</italic>.</p>
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The article initially covers the historical information regarding two biblical saints „Saint Bartholomew“ and „John the Baptist“ and their birthdays. In vernacular documents from 1900 to 1980 inclusively, the Transylvanian-Saxon names „Bartholomew“ and „John“ were related to the respective saint. The vernacular documents show that their birthdays were playing a role in seasonal determination for peasant work as well as being used in descriptive country sayings, in idioms and in traditional customs. The case examples are taken from the Transylvanian-Saxon Dictionary, the North Transylvanian Dictionary, as well as relevant specialist and vernacular literature.

Zu den Heiligennamen „Bartholomäus“ und „Johannes“ im Siebenbürgisch-Sächsischen, die auf biblische Heilige und deren Geburtstage zurückgehen

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The article initially covers the historical information regarding two biblical saints „Saint Bartholomew“ and „John the Baptist“ and their birthdays. In...

Zu den Heiligennamen „Bartholomäus“ und „Johannes“ im Siebenbürgisch-Sächsischen, die auf biblische Heilige und deren Geburtstage zurückgehen

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 193 - 208

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2021-0011

Keywords
biblical, saint, names of saints, birthday, Transylvanian-Saxon, peasant work, seasonal determination, country sayings, idioms, traditional customs

© 2021 Sigrid Haldenwang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Zu den Heiligennamen „Bartholomäus“ und „Johannes“ im Siebenbürgisch-Sächsischen, die auf biblische Heilige und deren Geburtstage zurückgehen

Published Online: Dec 30, 2021

Page range: 193 - 208

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gb-2021-0011

Keywordsbiblical, saint, names of saints, birthday, Transylvanian-Saxon, peasant work, seasonal determination, country sayings, idioms, traditional customs

© 2021 Sigrid Haldenwang, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

Keywords
biblical, saint, names of saints, birthday, Transylvanian-Saxon, peasant work, seasonal determination, country sayings, idioms, traditional customs