ABSTRACT
In this section we shall discuss the relationships between rituals and folklore texts. We have shown that the syntagmatic structure of ritual arises or may arise apart from direct reliance on a folkloric plot, as a realization of communicative relationships of varying dimension." Does this mean that the folkloric plot arises as a direct reflection of the ritual plot? The answer to this question will largely allow solution of a whole range of other problems confronting the ethnographer wishing to use folklore as a historical source, and the folklorist studying the principles of folklore plot formation.
