Мифологический персонаж škrat у словенцев Надижской и Терской долин: мифологизация душ нечистых покойников в фольклоре и верованиях итальянско-словенского пограничья. (Russian)

SUPERNATURAL BEING ŠKRAT AMONG SLOVENES LIVING IN NATISONE VALLEY AND TORRE VALLEY: MYTHOLOGIZATION OF SOULS OF THE “IMPURE” DEADS IN THE FOLKLORE AND BELIEVES OF THE ITALIAN-SLOVENIAN BORDERLAND. (English)

The article analyzes the mythological concepts of škrati (gnomes) among the Slovenes of the Natisone and Torre Valleys in Italy, against the backdrop of representations of these supernatural beings in Slovenia, as well as among their Romance neighbors – the Italians and Friulians. A characteristic local feature of škrati in Slavia Friulana is their origin from the souls of infants who died before baptism. This feature determines both the functions and the habitats of these characters, as well as the plots of mythological stories about them. The connection of škrati with the unclean dead is reinforced by beliefs about their associ- ation with weather phenomena. On the phraseological level (in both literary language and dialects), škrati are associated with unruly, mischievous children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Članek analizira mitološke predstave o škratih med Slovenci v Beneški Sloveniji (Nediške in Terske doline) v Italiji v primerjavi s predstavami o teh bajčnih bitjih v Sloveniji in med njihovimi romanskimi sosedi – Italijani in Furlani. Pomembna lokalna značilnost škratov v Beneški Sloveniji je njihov izvor iz duš dojenčkov, ki so umrli pred krstom. Ta značilnost določa tako funkcije kot tudi habitate teh likov, pa tudi zaplete mitoloških zgodb o njih. Povezava škratov z nemirnimi dušami se krepi s prepričanji o njihovi povezavi z vremen- skimi pojavi. Na frazeološki ravni (tako v literarnem jeziku kot tudi v narečjih) se škrati povezujejo z neposlušnimi, nagajivimi otroki. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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