Professional paper
ETHNOLOGICAL-FOLKLORE RECORDS OF IVAN KUKULJEVIĆ-SAKCINSKI IN "DANICA ILIRSKA" (1842.-1846.)
Tomislav Đurić
Abstract
SUMMARY
Ivan Kukuljević-Sakcinski witer and politician (1816.-1889.) in his universal work, occupied himself particularly with exploring the spiritual culture of the Croatian nation. Therefore in his contribution to the Croatian ethnology and folklore exceptional.
From his voyages a cross the Croatian territory, he wote in the Hterary journal "Danica Ilirska" and druing the period of 1842. tilt 1846., he published a great number of articles and letters containing valuable facts about the national life of Croats in the middle
of the 19'^*' century. Ivan Kukuljević-Sakcinski travelled through the regions of Austro-Hungarian monarchy, tou and out of Croatian state owned teritory, descubing thus Croats settling the area between Hungarian town Kiseg and Austrian border called "Water Croats". These are Burgelland Croats (r.T. Đ.). During the journey though
Dalmatia, Kukuljević put doun lers known legends.
For the Croatian mythology, special valne is given to Kukuljević 's contribution on faines. On the basis of the research of the national believes and stories about faines from Dalmatia to Hrvatsko Zagorje. Kukuljević classified the tradition upon faines.
He devide them into air, land and water faines, and them into good and evil, what is based an a dual principle among the people- the principle of good and bad. These faines have popular names, as "Choudy faines", "ulountain faines", "Water faines". These living
in the air, in the clouds one generally good, "Water faines" one meam and "ulountain faines" one insincere.
The Croatan ethnology estimates the work of Kukuljević as the first comprehensive folklore study upon faines.
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135125
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Publication date:
5.12.2001.
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