Prostorni aspekti demonoloških predanja iz Istočne Srbije: etnografski primeri i analiza
Spatial Aspects of Demonological Legends from Eastern Serbia: Ethnographic Examples and Analysis

Summary/Abstract: In this article, beliefs in demonic creatures of human and non-human origin will be presented, based on the ethnographic material collected during the fieldwork research in the broader area of Knjaževac in eastern Serbia, starting from the summer of 2014. Our previously published text dealt with the spatial aspect of beliefs in the other world, through locating and describing liminal areas which bear the characteristics of both this and the next world. Spatial context of these intermedial zones, as will be shown, represents an important condition for the emergence of supernatural phenomena in the demonological folklore. Furthermore, spatial context is filled with cultural content which can be described and analysed. This will be one of the goals of our paper.

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