The Reflection of Man's Everyday Life in the Legends about St Peter Cover Image

Odraz čovjekove svagdašnjice u legendama o svetom Petru
The Reflection of Man's Everyday Life in the Legends about St Peter

Author(s): Petra Novak
Subject(s): Anthropology
Published by: Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku
Keywords: Slovenian legends; St Peter; socio-linguistics; ethnology; literary folklore; everyday life

Summary/Abstract: Man's everyday life is presented in the article as evident in Slovenian stories with Christian content, more precisely, in the legends about St Peter. The analysis relates to 155 Slovenian legends about St Peter from the entire Slovenian ethnic territory as collected and already noted down. Firstly, the names are given of the persons appearing in the legends encompassed by this analysis: from the main actors to minor persons, all categorised into individual groups. Further, the mode and types of nutrition are shown, along with the appearance of the attire worn, the dwellings occupied by ordinary people and the outbuildings beside them. Apart from theoretical concepts, the terms are substantited with quotations from the individual legends.

  • Issue Year: 46/2009
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 55-77
  • Page Count: 23
  • Language: Croatian
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