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The article aims to explore the possibility of coexistence of two sets of beliefs - Christian beliefs and folk beliefs - on the individual level. The author examines folk stories, containing supernatural non-Christian concepts and expressing attitudes of informants. Since the paper focuses on mental attitudes of persons towards certain cultural representations, the author has chosen theoretical background of cognitive anthropology, dealing with relations between human mind and culture. The theories of anthropologists Dan Sperber and Pascal Boyer, which are particularly useful for tackling problems concerning supernatural concepts, are presented in relation to Slovak supernatural folk tales.
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The comparative analysis of the texts` style on micro-level demonstrated that particular fairy-tales differ first of all by their style of wording. Stylistic rendering of the texts by individual authors (in the cases of Dobšinský or Němcová we can speak about nuances of the style) have important impact on the further levels of the texts; epic structure. They strongly influence the context of environment and characters, implementation of the category of story teller and elaboration of canonized elements and motives (dialogues in the analyzed texts` segments stand for formulas). Therefore, mentioned levels indicate elaboration of the texts on the basis of oral tradition (folklore) or literacy. They are part of characterization of the story as a folklore or literal phenomenon. Thus they can be seen as a sign of literary texts.
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Review of Slovenský rok. Receptár na dni sviatočné, všedné i pôstne
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On the diploma-thesis in ethnology and folklore in the academic year 2003/2004.
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