Imaginarij kulturno-književnih identiteta
The Imaginarium of Cultural and Literary Identities

Summary/Abstract: Sources of interpretations of imaginary structures as spiritual toponyms of civilisation circles simultaneities are represented by: Radovan's lunette on the stone entrance of Trogir's cathedral in varieties of angel's smiles in epiphanic visualisation of architectural secrets as well as by the legend about angel Melek in which he was sent by Allah to build bridges in order to connect people separated by rivers. Allegoric stories of angels are travested mythical stories of celestial apostles that not only insinuate spiritual and intellectual nature of different cultural identities but also implicate polyphonic multiplication of perspectives. Signal indexes of angels as symbols of life creation are immanent to artistic creation from early days. Ritual scheme of identification of angel's function and role in artistic and cultural as well as in social-traditional domain surpass apparently different culturally mediated signals and in its essence it manifests similar formation structures of basic symbols whereby it illustrates transcultural universal characteristics and reconciles divergent civilisation gaps. Literary and artistic tradition is exactly where motif of angel appears as a bridge that conforms cultural differences as well as motivates civilisation contacts and by its identity codes it brings closer to the understanding and accepting of the Other and differences as universal, multicultural values.

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