PAREMIA

PAREMIA is a clan notion of folklore aphoristic minor prose (proverbs, idioms, riddles, etc.) The first meaning is to read the parables from the Holy Scriptures spoken in Church. The book with parables were called pareymiks. P. is a proverb with a wide meaning in folklore science. There are derivative terms formed from P. term: paremiology (study of proverbs) and paremiography (a study about collection and systematization of proverbs).

F.A. Nadrshina