Бана крале и Водин юнак: За някои лексикални и митопоетични връзки в структурата на песните от Веда Словена
Bana Krale and Vodin Junak: A Detailed Interpretation on some Lexical and Poetological Correlations in the Structure of the Song Collection Veda Slovena

Summary/Abstract: This detailed interpretation of the ban-lexeme and its poetological variations Bana krale, banove, Banin den from texts of the two-volume song collection Veda Slovena aims to arouse interest on some significant, but unexplored elements of the songs. The ban-construction is considered as a constitutive part of the leading story of the Resettlement from Krajna zeme to the Danube. It also has a crucial role for “decoding” the songs about Orphen-Orpju (a folk version considered as Orpheus). The study proposes to read Bana krale as a special character construction of a sacred king and a ruler, as a settler with a golden pipe, who also acts as a traveler to the afterworld and is therefore similar to the high priest or the shaman, widely present in the Bulgarian medieval culture. Attention is also paid on the interesting connection between Bana krale and Vodin junak, both characters of the “Resettlement”-story, being lexically and/or poetologically connected to the rituals of “crossing water boundaries” (like crossing the Danube river), as well as to “water”- motives exemplified by motives of transforming/freezing the water or getting, drinking and sprinkling with a special kind of water called zhiva.

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