Ethnologica Dalmatica, Vol. 4-5 , 1996.
Original scientific paper
Supernatural Character of a Woman According to the Šibenik Islander's Lore
Jadran Kale
; Muzej Šibenik
Abstract
Traditional accounts concerned with a witch lore at the islands in Šibenik area are displayed and disscussed. Such beliefs are imanent in four groups of tales: about good fortune or bad omen, about personal marks and bodily transformations, and those about witch gatherings and travellings. Some common characteristics exist when compared to domestic lore about other supernatural female and male figures, as well as to details from a wider witch hunt documentation out of press. While comparing female vidina with male vidun, a cognitive pattern of a feminine position at the edge of a traditional community towards its natural enviroment could be traced.
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108657
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Publication date:
10.7.1996.
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