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Priče iz folklorne tradicije poluotoka Pelješca
Tales from the Folklore Tradition of the Pelješac Peninsula

Author(s): Dijana Ćurković, Marijana Tomelić Ćurlin
Subject(s): Customs / Folklore
Published by: Uniwersytet Adama Mickiewicza
Keywords: folklore; folktales; Pelješac; beliefs; customs; tradition; dialect

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents a research of Croatian folklore tradition of the central part of the Pelješac peninsula included various aspects of traditional culture: from legends, beliefs and customs to poems, stories, adverbs, etc. A special regard was given to the beliefs in the supernatural forces. The main purpose of the paper is to show that folklore tradition is not a relic of the past, but rather a natural part of life in this community.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 03
  • Page Range: 275-288
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Croatian