This book (‘Type Index of Slovenian Folktales – Animal Tales and Fables’) is the first of the comprehensive body of systematization of Slovenian folktales along the lines of the latest, revised ...edition of the Types of International Folk Tales by Hans-Jörg Uther (2004). It includes Slovenian animal tales and fables that have been listed among the first 299 numbers of the international classification system. It contains archaic, internationally comparable material which was previously difficult to access and is now published for the first time in a comprehensive and systematic form. With the transfer of the latest scientific results to the Slovenian research sphere~additional studies and comments~and the application of the international classification system for the classification of material it greatly facilitates further development of the discipline while simultaneously including the Slovenian narrative tradition in a broader international context. Since each folktale type includes examples of folktales the book will also attract the attention of the general public.
Presented are seven folktales from Resia in northern Italy with a strong Slovene minority. On CD are presented narratives which have been recorded on magnetic tape by Academician Milko Matičetov. ...Translations from the Resian dialect in Slovene and in Italian language are published in accompanying book. One folk tale was recently recorded by Roberto Dapit in the Resian village of Lischiazze/Liščaci, and has been included in the collection to illustrate contemporary Resian narrative tradition. The tales recorded on the compact disk represent four different language groups of the Resian dialect, namely that of Stolvizza/Solbica, Oseacco/Osojane, San Giorgio/Bila, and Gniva/Njiva. This work was done within the project Zborzbirk.
Focusing on Slovenian mythology the book contains a review of Slovenian mythological, historical, and narrative material. Over 150 supernatural beings are presented, both lexically and according to ...the role that they have in Slovenian folklore. They are classified by type, characteristic, features, and by the message conveyed in their motifs and contents. The material has been analysed in the context of European and some non-European mythological concepts, and the author deals with theory and interpretations as well as the conclusions of domestic and foreign researchers. The book forms new starting points and a classification of supernatural beings within a frame of a number of sources, some of which have been published for the first time in this book.
Anton Dremelj-Resnik Matičetov, Milko; Štefan, Anja
Slovenski pravljičarji,
2010
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The first volume in the Slovenski pravljičarji (Slovene Storytellers) collection of monographs contains tales recounted by Anton Dremelj-Resnik from Petrušnja Vas in Dolenjska. The esteemed ...academician Milko Matičetov has pronounced Resnik the best storyteller he has encountered during his field trips in various Slovene regions prior to his research work in Resia. The material in this book encompasses a rich palette of genres from short humorous folk tales, legends, historic tales, and anecdotes to the epically evolved animal tales and tales of magic. The book is prefaced with an extensive study, written by Anja Štefan, titled O pripovedovalcu, zbiranju in objavi njegovih pripovedi (On the Storyteller and on Collecting and Publishing His Folktales). In order to be understandable for every reader, the narratives have been set on paper in a consistently simplified dialectological system of the language spoken in the region of Dolenjska.
Pastirček / zapisal Jože BenigarO treh grahih / zapisala Eva ZökševaZlata ptica / zapisal Matija ValjavecO povodnem možu / zapisal Andrej ŠavliJanček Ježek / zapisal Fran Milčinski
“Križen drev (na nekaterih kartah tudi Križni drev ali Križandrev) leži na slemenu, ki povezuje Ajdovščino in Artviže. Ob sami poti najdemo tudi stari mejnik, ki je označeval tromejo med občinami ...Rodik, Artviže in Podgrad pri Vremah. Po slemenu poteka cesta, severo od nje pa na koti 797 leži obsežna kamnita groblja, ki v sebi skriva ostanke manjše utrdbe. Domačini so ta kraj seveda poznali, zato je našel svoje mesto tudi v ustnem izročilu.” (Medeot idr., 2021, 139)Tu čez naj bi šla ena najstarejših pogrebnih poti, pod kupom kamenja pa naj bi kača čuvala zaklad. Križen drev je veljal za strašljiv kraj. Tu naj bi strašilo Krvavo stegno.Skulptura: “Velika kamnita noga je izdelana iz treh kosov peščenjaka. Vsak kos se (na strani, kjer se oblika nadaljuje v drugi kos) zaključuje z eno oz. dvema naravno lomljenima ploskvama. Ogromna kosmata pošast (Krvavo stegno) se po izročilu iz odpadlih kosov sestavi nazaj v celoto. ‘Razbito’ stegno/noga bo edini izdelani del telesa tega velikana na lokaciji. Noga se je zdela kot logična izbira okončine za to lokacijo – stegno je del noge, nogi in roki sta iz obešenca posebej padli po tleh … Dejstvo, da na lokaciji ne bo drugih izdelanih delov telesa, pušča odprto pot obiskovalčevi domišljiji – kje so ostali deli telesa, kdaj se bo sestavilo Krvavo stegno, kakšno in kako veliko je Krvavo stegno glede na podano kamnito nogo, …” (Mitski, 2020, 51)Oblikovalka kamnitih skulptur za projekt je Špela Šedivy. Stopalo sta izdelala Andraž Švara in Špela Šedivy, koleno Rok Verstovšek Tanšek, Jaka Modic in Špela Šedivy pa stegno.Skulptura se nahaja na lokaciji Križen drev, ob cesti za Artviže, ob kamnitem mejniku.
“Po izročilu naj bi bilo tu pokopališče ajdov, stara vas ali njihove njive. Arheologi so našli nekaj arhitekturnih sledov, košček rimske keramike in sledove starih njivskih površin. Ponoči so se tega ...kraja ob srenjski meji ljudje izogibali, češ ‘da tam rado straši’. Po pripovedi naj bi tu stala kovačija, v kateri naj bi kovač nudil popotnikom prenočišče. Če popotnik ni ustrezal dolžini postelje, ga je kovač »skrajšal« tako, da mu je odsekal ude in jih zakopal za kovačijo. Motiv spominja na grški mit o Prokrustovi postelji, ki je ravno tako popotnike skrajševal in nategoval za dolžino postelje.” (Mitski, 2020, 14)Skulptura: Kamnita postelja je po višini in širini primerljiva z običajno posteljo, je pa od nje krajša. Odtis človeškega telesa, ki ga zaznamo na mehki draperiji, je brez glave in stopal, kar opazovalcu vzbuja neprijeten občutek. Postelja je nekaj mehkega, udobnega, toplega…če je premajhna in kamnita, nam verjetno vzbudi ravno nasprotne občutke. V tem primeru takšne, ki so ravno v skladu z izročilom.Oblikovalka kamnitih skulptur za projekt je Špela Šedivy, Kovačevo posteljo pa so izvedli Urban Mužina, Sibila Leskovec in Darja Osojnik.Skulptura se nahaja na lokaciji Njivice, ob cesti za Artviže.
Oblikovalka vseh kamnitih skulptur za projekt je Špela Šedivy, skulpturi sta izvedla Marija Romih in Špela Šedivy. Skulpturi se nahajata na lokaciji Ajdovščina nad Rodikom, na mestu, kjer je nekoč ...bila kovačija, na hribu Luza.Fotografija: Sergio Sergaš.