HISTORICAL MYTHS AND LEGENDS – FUNDAMENTALS OF BULGARIAN FOLK CULTURE
HISTORICAL MYTHS AND LEGENDS – FUNDAMENTALS OF BULGARIAN FOLK CULTURE

Summary/Abstract: The Bulgarian people is the result of merging several populations. Slavs settled on Thracian territory in the early part of the sixth century, followed by Proto-Bulgarian population that has completed the formation of the new nation.From the Thracian era, there are many myths and legends like the myth of Orpheus, an excellent harp player, the goddess Bendis, a legendary figure, along with Dionysus, her second son, who was always accompanied by the Maenads. Another Thracian character was the Thracian Horseman, sometimes called Hero or Krali Marko. Trifon Zarezan is the god of vineyards and Nestinarstvo are fire dancers, found in the eastern part of Bulgaria. The Kukeri are masked male dancers and mummers who perform a spring fertility rite.The Slav population established on the territory of Bulgaria has imposed a series of characters, such as the goddess Lada (goddess of love), vampires (characters who live after death), zmey (dragons which are seen as positive characters).Proto-Bulgarians passed down in popular creation multiple events and characters, of which Wolves’ Days and Baba Marta.

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