Review article
The Remnants of the Cosmogonical and Other Mythical Images in Examples of the Croatian Čakavian Ichthyological Dialectalisms
Lidija Bajuk
orcid.org/0000-0003-4335-9390
; Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
At the dawn of human civilization, people used fish meat to feed themselves, fish bones to decorate and arm themselves, fish skin to cover window panes, fish ventral shells to make fake pearls... On hills and in rocky river-beds lie fossils from ancient times before the uplift of rocks from the seabed. From the ancient pre-Christian and Christian traditions of the Old World, and the New World as well, the remnants of certain cosmogonical traditions and other mythical images in connection with the divine principle of fish, have been retold and recorded for generations. A group of the Croatian Čakavian ichthyological dialectalisms for fishes that speakers consider ugly, dangerous and/or predatory, and for colourful and/or hermaphrodite fishes, juxtaposing it with examples of older traditional Croatian songs, probably parts of one-time pre-Christian ritual verse texts, also points to them.
Keywords
fish cult; Čakavian ichthyological dialectalisms; golden fish; Rhesos; ris
Hrčak ID:
144213
URI
Publication date:
19.8.2013.
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