Tolmini piirkonna kadunud järvedest jutustavate muistendite motiivid

• Authors: Ivančič Kutin Barbara

Title variants

EN

Motifs in the legends about disappeared lakes in Tolmin region

• Languages of publication: ET

Abstracts

EN

The article discusses, from the content/motif aspect, 30 folk legends about the disappeared lakes in Tolmin region, Slovenia. The material covers different archival manuscripts and publications, mainly from Janez Dolenc’s student archive. In all the legends under study the location of the lake is specified. In addition to this, most of them feature at least one of the following motifs: emergence of settlements, existence of rings used for fastening water vehicles, water traffic, an explanation of who or what caused the disappearance of the lake and how and where it happened.

Keywords

EN

Breginji valley; giant; lakes; Kobarid region; wild woman; legends; folklore; Slovenia; Tolmin region

• Publisher: Folk Belief and Media Group of the Estonian Literary Museum, Estonian Institute of Folklore, EKM Teaduskirjastus
• Journal: Mäetagused
• Year: 2023
• Volume: 88
• Pages: 5-34

Contributors

author

Ivančič Kutin Barbara

• Institute of Slovenian Ethnology, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, Novi trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia