Ethnologica Dalmatica, Vol. 28 , 2021.
Prethodno priopćenje
Pentagram Or Salamun's Letter In Medići In Brela – The Game As A Remain Of The Lost Concept Of The Original Meaning Of Symbols
Marinko Tomasović
orcid.org/0000-0003-4148-4470
; Gradski muzej Makarska
Sažetak
The appearance of pentagram known as Salamun’s letter in folk tradition, which is carved in stone next to the doorpost of the mill in the village Medići in the coastal Brela on the western edge of the Makarska Riviera, has been analysed in this paper. Although the tradition of its meaning has not been preserved including the reason for placing it at the entrance of the 19th century building, it has been recorded the children’s game from the second half of the 20th century in which a finger was crossed over the symbol trying not to repeat the moves. The game undoubtedly represented the remain of the widespread belief in Dalmatia about the apotropaic characteristics of the pentagram, a concrete manifestation of the ritual act of one-stroke inscribing of symbols with a finger in the air or on objects in moments of storms and heavy thunderstorms. The original meaning of symbol is also in its apotropaic quality knowing that the mills are also the places in the world beyond.
Ključne riječi
pentagram or Salamun’s letter; draw with your finger on the symbol; creating symbols in the air; apotropaic symbol; mills
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Datum izdavanja:
16.8.2021.
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