ON THE ADAPTATION OF CHRISTIANITY TO EUROPE FROM THE VIEWPOINT OF FESTIVAL, FOLKLORE AND ICON

Research Project

Project/Area Number	13610032
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Religious studies
Research Institution	Waseda University
Principal Investigator	TAJIMA Teruhisa Waseda University, School of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Professor, 文学部, 教授 (50139474)
Project Period (FY)	2001 – 2003
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help	¥2,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000) Fiscal Year 2003: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 2002: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000) Fiscal Year 2001: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Keywords	study of religious folklore / ecclesiastical calendar / adaptation of Christianity to Europe / German folklore / Christian theology / icon 'baptism of Christ' / 宗教哲学 / 宗教現象学 / 宗教儀礼研究 / キリスト教図像学 / 聖者崇拝 / マリア研究 / ゲルマン古習俗 / マリア崇拝 / ワイン祭 / 宗教民族学 / キリスト教教会歴 / 謝肉祭
Research Abstract	The purpose of this research was to clarify how Germanic folkways remain today in European countries, especially in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, where people have been totally Christianized. By some field investigations in these areas, we surveyed folkways showing old Germanic features, and analyzed them theologically and iconologically. The objects these investigations in fiscal year 2001-2003 areas follows. Fiscal 2001 : Fastnacht (carnival) in Elzach, Freiburg and Offenburg, Germany. Fiscal 2002 : Fruhlings fest (Spring festival), Maifest (May festival) and Georgsritt (Saint Georg's Riding) in Haslach, Nurtigen and Ochsenhausen. Weinfest (wine festival) in Rhein, Mosel, Germany. Fiscal 2003 : Inscriptions on the walls of old houses in Celle und Goslar, Germany. The market on the Nativity of Vergin Mary in Ordenburg, Germany. Folkways in Salzburg, Alpbach, Lech und St.Anton, Austria. Some archievements of these investigations are open to the public on the website "The Database of Religion and Folklore" (the representative : Teruhisa Tajima). In addition, with analysis of the icon 'Baptism of Christ', we succeeded to show an example of the process of the Christianity's adaptation to Europe.