Zmago Šmitek
Biographic Data
| ID | 1489289 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Zmago Šmitek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Zmago |
| FAMILY NAME | Šmitek |
| SIGNATURE | ŠMITEK Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Ljubljana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1993 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
What Do Birds Sing? On Animal Language in South Slavic Folklore1
Apstract: Contemporary scientific studies of ecosystems encompass different aspects of vocality, including the communication systems ("languages") of individual animal species.Current theoretical and experimental insights into "talking nature" call for a redefinition of such basic terms as "nature", "culture", "speech", "music", etc.In this context, it is therefore important to draw attention to intuitive and practical knowledge from within tradi…
What do Birds Sing? On Animal Language in South Slavic Folklore Kaj ptiči pojó? O živalski govorici v južnoslovanski folklori
Contemporary scientific studies of ecosystems encompass different aspects of vocality, including the communication systems (“languages”) of individual animal species. Current theoretical and experimental insights into “talking nature” call for a redefinition of such basic terms as “nature”, “culture”, “speech”, “music”, etc. In this context, it is therefore important to draw attention to intuitive and practical knowledge from within traditional a…
Astral Symbolism on the Pre-Romanesque Relief in Keutschach (Hodiše) Astralna simbolika predromanskega reliefa v Hodišah (Keutschach)
The author attempts to prove that the pre-Romanesque relief on the facade of the parish church of St George in Keutschach (Hodiše) in Austrian Carinthia is a depiction of the Orion constellation. He justifies his theory with historical and art-historical facts. The main emphasis is laid on the fact that traces of late Classical astral mythologisation and deification are also recognisable in the Slovenian folk tradition
Šamanizem na Slovenskem? Dileme o pojmih in pojavih šamanizma, obsedenosti in ekstaze Shamanism on Slovenian Territory? Dilemmas Concerning the Phenomena of Shamanism, Spirit Possession and Ecstasy
Are there elements of shamanism in Slovenian folklore tradition, or is it more adequate to use terms like spirit possession or ecstasy? The author’s conclusion, which is based Slovenian data and on comparative literature, is that it is difficult to differentiate these terms in practice. He also explains the possible original meaning of the names kresnik and vedomec
The Image of the Real World and the World Beyond in the Slovene Folk Tradition Podoba sveta in onstranstva v slovenskem ljudskem izročilu
In the Slovene folk tradition descriptions of the “world axis” in the form of the world mountain and the cosmic tree were preserved. This vertical axis linked the spheres of the underworld, the earth and the sky, representing the communicational channel among them. The world of people, deities, demons and souls of the deceased was installed in such “coordinate system”. Christianity gave the vertical axis another meaning, while the concept of huma…
Kresnik: An Attempt at a Mythological Reconstruction Kresnik: poskus mitološke rekonstrukcije
The Slovene Kresnik tradition has numerous parallels in Indo-European mythologies. Research has established connections between the myth about a hero’s fight with a snake (dragon) and the vegetational cult of Jarilo/Zeleni Jurij. The Author establishes a hypothesis about Iranian influences (resemblance to figures of Yima/Yama and Mithra) and outlines a later transformation of Kresnik in the period of Christianization
Mitološki lik volčjega pastirja pri Slovanih in nekatere primerjave Mythological Figure ‘Master of the Wolves’ in Slavic Folklore and Some Comparisons
The article presents the recent monograph of Mirjam Mencej: Gospodar volkov v slovanski mitologiji – Master of the Wolves in Slavic Mythology – (Županič’s Library, Vol. 6, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana 2001, 331 pp., 2001)
Nočni bojevniki: Kmečke herezije in čarovništvo na Slovenskem in v Furlaniji Night Warriors: Peasant Heresies and Witchcraft in Slovenia and in Friuli
The author discusses records of the documents of two inquisition processes from the years 1583 and 1596 against a Friulian miller who was condemned as a member of the sect of banandanti, discovered by Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg and published in his famous book Cheese and Worms (1976). The Benandanti claimed that they were secretly gathering “in spirit” and fighting four times a year with sorcerers and witches in night battles. He compares t…
Le héros populaire chez les Slaves du Sud: Lutte Nationale De Libération (1941-1945) Et Mythologie
Le personnage de Josip Broz « Tito » - chef charismatique du mouvement national de libération de 1941 à 1945, puis président de l'État yougoslave - emprunte de nombreux traits au héros populaire traditionnel des Slaves méridionaux. Il a fallu toutefois adapter ce stéréotype mythologique au contexte politique moderne. Le cas de Tito soulève en outre des questions concernant le croisement du mythe et de la réalité, mais aussi la distance historique…
Damjan J. Ovsec: Praznovanje pomladi in velike noči na Slovenskem in po svetu / Celebrations of Spring and Easter in Slovenia and the World
Damjan J. Ovsec's monograph Celebrations of Spring and Easter in Slovenia and the World is a work of superlative dimensions, especially by Slovenian standards: over 400 pages of a large format, boasting close to 950 predominantly colour illustrations, with an exceptional print run of 2500 copies.No wonder that soon aft er its publication the book was proclaimed the »Book of the Year«.Perhaps more than its external features, its primary attraction…
Od staroslovanskega Svarožiča/Radogosta do slovenskega Kresnika From the Ancient Slavic Svarožič/Radogost to the Slovene Kresnik
The mythological figure of the god Svarožič/Radogost is known from relatively recent sources dating from the period from the eleventh to fourteenth century. These sources suggest that eastern and western Slavs venerated him as the deity of fire, Sun and war, and ethnological and linguistic data point to his presence in the territory of southern Slavs as well. Since the name and the function of Svarožič/Radogost is so widespread, a more detailed e…
Matej Župančič (ur.): Krkavčanski kamen
Zmajsko seme: Topografija slovenskega izročila o Kresniku Dragonseed: The Topography of the Slovene Lore of Kresnik
The article explores the ways in which the memory of Kresnik, a Slovenian mythic hero who defeated the dragon, has been embedded in the countryside around the Vurberk castle in the area of Lower Styria, and the extent of the folk tradition connected with it. An analysis of related toponyms was an important criterion of this research. Ascertaining that the subject in question reflects in the periphery, where the author also discovered certain para…
Paralele med indijsko in slovensko mitologijo: Sledovi skupne indoevropske dediščine Parallels in Indian and Slovene Mythology: Traces of a Common Indo-European Heritage
There have been significant linguistic and cultural ties between Europe and India. They may be attributed to the common Indo-European cultural tradition spreading through Eurasia by way of conquests and migrations. Another important factor is their cultural ties, both in the past and more recently (the influence of ancient high cultures, commercial contacts, etc.). The process of Indo-Europeanization had doubtlessly been a long, gradual, and comp…
Kaj raste brez korenja? O kamnih s posebnimi svojstvi na Slovenskem What Grows Without Roots? Stones With Special Characteristics in Slovenia
The article examines stone and petrified structures of different forms and sizes, ranging from a grain of sand to large rocky formations, which have mythological, religious, healing, fertility, prophetic, protective as well as memorial, glorifying, and symbolic meanings and functions; these make them different from other, “ordinary” stones. Since the mythological core of traditional lore about stones is closely intertwined with some other areas o…
Notes sur les voyageurs et explorateurs Slovènes, croates et serbes en Afrique avant 1918 et sur leurs collections (Présentation de René Pélissier)
This article tries to disclose the existence and activities of some Yugoslavian explorers and travellers yet unknown outside their home-countries. The Slovenian catholic missionaries, among whom the most famous was Ignacij Knoblehar, were very active in Sudan and two of their countrymen prozelytised in the German African colonies. Dragutin Lerman, an administrator of the so-called Independant State of Congo, was a Croat. Croats, too, were the bro…
Kresnik: An Attempt at a Mythological Reconstruction Kresnik: poskus mitološke rekonstrukcije
The Slovene Kresnik tradition has numerous parallels in Indo-European mythologies. Research has established connections between the myth about a hero’s fight with a snake (dragon) and the vegetational cult of Jarilo/Zeleni Jurij. The Author establishes a hypothesis about Iranian influences (resemblance to figures of Yima/Yama and Mithra) and outlines a later transformation of Kresnik in the period of Christianization
Le héros populaire chez les Slaves du Sud: Lutte Nationale De Libération (1941-1945) Et Mythologie
Le personnage de Josip Broz « Tito » - chef charismatique du mouvement national de libération de 1941 à 1945, puis président de l'État yougoslave - emprunte de nombreux traits au héros populaire traditionnel des Slaves méridionaux. Il a fallu toutefois adapter ce stéréotype mythologique au contexte politique moderne. Le cas de Tito soulève en outre des questions concernant le croisement du mythe et de la réalité, mais aussi la distance historique…
Damjan J. Ovsec: Praznovanje pomladi in velike noči na Slovenskem in po svetu / Celebrations of Spring and Easter in Slovenia and the World
Damjan J. Ovsec's monograph Celebrations of Spring and Easter in Slovenia and the World is a work of superlative dimensions, especially by Slovenian standards: over 400 pages of a large format, boasting close to 950 predominantly colour illustrations, with an exceptional print run of 2500 copies.No wonder that soon aft er its publication the book was proclaimed the »Book of the Year«.Perhaps more than its external features, its primary attraction…
Notes sur les voyageurs et explorateurs Slovènes, croates et serbes en Afrique avant 1918 et sur leurs collections (Présentation de René Pélissier)
This article tries to disclose the existence and activities of some Yugoslavian explorers and travellers yet unknown outside their home-countries. The Slovenian catholic missionaries, among whom the most famous was Ignacij Knoblehar, were very active in Sudan and two of their countrymen prozelytised in the German African colonies. Dragutin Lerman, an administrator of the so-called Independant State of Congo, was a Croat. Croats, too, were the bro…
Kaj raste brez korenja? O kamnih s posebnimi svojstvi na Slovenskem What Grows Without Roots? Stones With Special Characteristics in Slovenia
The article examines stone and petrified structures of different forms and sizes, ranging from a grain of sand to large rocky formations, which have mythological, religious, healing, fertility, prophetic, protective as well as memorial, glorifying, and symbolic meanings and functions; these make them different from other, “ordinary” stones. Since the mythological core of traditional lore about stones is closely intertwined with some other areas o…
Paralele med indijsko in slovensko mitologijo: Sledovi skupne indoevropske dediščine Parallels in Indian and Slovene Mythology: Traces of a Common Indo-European Heritage
There have been significant linguistic and cultural ties between Europe and India. They may be attributed to the common Indo-European cultural tradition spreading through Eurasia by way of conquests and migrations. Another important factor is their cultural ties, both in the past and more recently (the influence of ancient high cultures, commercial contacts, etc.). The process of Indo-Europeanization had doubtlessly been a long, gradual, and comp…
Matej Župančič (ur.): Krkavčanski kamen
Zmajsko seme: Topografija slovenskega izročila o Kresniku Dragonseed: The Topography of the Slovene Lore of Kresnik
The article explores the ways in which the memory of Kresnik, a Slovenian mythic hero who defeated the dragon, has been embedded in the countryside around the Vurberk castle in the area of Lower Styria, and the extent of the folk tradition connected with it. An analysis of related toponyms was an important criterion of this research. Ascertaining that the subject in question reflects in the periphery, where the author also discovered certain para…
Od staroslovanskega Svarožiča/Radogosta do slovenskega Kresnika From the Ancient Slavic Svarožič/Radogost to the Slovene Kresnik
The mythological figure of the god Svarožič/Radogost is known from relatively recent sources dating from the period from the eleventh to fourteenth century. These sources suggest that eastern and western Slavs venerated him as the deity of fire, Sun and war, and ethnological and linguistic data point to his presence in the territory of southern Slavs as well. Since the name and the function of Svarožič/Radogost is so widespread, a more detailed e…
Damjan J. Ovsec: Praznovanje pomladi in velike noči na Slovenskem in po svetu / Celebrations of Spring and Easter in Slovenia and the World
Damjan J. Ovsec's monograph Celebrations of Spring and Easter in Slovenia and the World is a work of superlative dimensions, especially by Slovenian standards: over 400 pages of a large format, boasting close to 950 predominantly colour illustrations, with an exceptional print run of 2500 copies.No wonder that soon aft er its publication the book was proclaimed the »Book of the Year«.Perhaps more than its external features, its primary attraction…
Le héros populaire chez les Slaves du Sud: Lutte Nationale De Libération (1941-1945) Et Mythologie
Le personnage de Josip Broz « Tito » - chef charismatique du mouvement national de libération de 1941 à 1945, puis président de l'État yougoslave - emprunte de nombreux traits au héros populaire traditionnel des Slaves méridionaux. Il a fallu toutefois adapter ce stéréotype mythologique au contexte politique moderne. Le cas de Tito soulève en outre des questions concernant le croisement du mythe et de la réalité, mais aussi la distance historique…
Nočni bojevniki: Kmečke herezije in čarovništvo na Slovenskem in v Furlaniji Night Warriors: Peasant Heresies and Witchcraft in Slovenia and in Friuli
The author discusses records of the documents of two inquisition processes from the years 1583 and 1596 against a Friulian miller who was condemned as a member of the sect of banandanti, discovered by Italian historian Carlo Ginzburg and published in his famous book Cheese and Worms (1976). The Benandanti claimed that they were secretly gathering “in spirit” and fighting four times a year with sorcerers and witches in night battles. He compares t…
Astral Symbolism on the Pre-Romanesque Relief in Keutschach (Hodiše) Astralna simbolika predromanskega reliefa v Hodišah (Keutschach)
The author attempts to prove that the pre-Romanesque relief on the facade of the parish church of St George in Keutschach (Hodiše) in Austrian Carinthia is a depiction of the Orion constellation. He justifies his theory with historical and art-historical facts. The main emphasis is laid on the fact that traces of late Classical astral mythologisation and deification are also recognisable in the Slovenian folk tradition
Šamanizem na Slovenskem? Dileme o pojmih in pojavih šamanizma, obsedenosti in ekstaze Shamanism on Slovenian Territory? Dilemmas Concerning the Phenomena of Shamanism, Spirit Possession and Ecstasy
Are there elements of shamanism in Slovenian folklore tradition, or is it more adequate to use terms like spirit possession or ecstasy? The author’s conclusion, which is based Slovenian data and on comparative literature, is that it is difficult to differentiate these terms in practice. He also explains the possible original meaning of the names kresnik and vedomec
The Image of the Real World and the World Beyond in the Slovene Folk Tradition Podoba sveta in onstranstva v slovenskem ljudskem izročilu
In the Slovene folk tradition descriptions of the “world axis” in the form of the world mountain and the cosmic tree were preserved. This vertical axis linked the spheres of the underworld, the earth and the sky, representing the communicational channel among them. The world of people, deities, demons and souls of the deceased was installed in such “coordinate system”. Christianity gave the vertical axis another meaning, while the concept of huma…
Kresnik: An Attempt at a Mythological Reconstruction Kresnik: poskus mitološke rekonstrukcije
The Slovene Kresnik tradition has numerous parallels in Indo-European mythologies. Research has established connections between the myth about a hero’s fight with a snake (dragon) and the vegetational cult of Jarilo/Zeleni Jurij. The Author establishes a hypothesis about Iranian influences (resemblance to figures of Yima/Yama and Mithra) and outlines a later transformation of Kresnik in the period of Christianization
Mitološki lik volčjega pastirja pri Slovanih in nekatere primerjave Mythological Figure ‘Master of the Wolves’ in Slavic Folklore and Some Comparisons
The article presents the recent monograph of Mirjam Mencej: Gospodar volkov v slovanski mitologiji – Master of the Wolves in Slavic Mythology – (Županič’s Library, Vol. 6, Department of Ethnology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana 2001, 331 pp., 2001)
What Do Birds Sing? On Animal Language in South Slavic Folklore1
Apstract: Contemporary scientific studies of ecosystems encompass different aspects of vocality, including the communication systems ("languages") of individual animal species.Current theoretical and experimental insights into "talking nature" call for a redefinition of such basic terms as "nature", "culture", "speech", "music", etc.In this context, it is therefore important to draw attention to intuitive and practical knowledge from within tradi…
What do Birds Sing? On Animal Language in South Slavic Folklore Kaj ptiči pojó? O živalski govorici v južnoslovanski folklori
Contemporary scientific studies of ecosystems encompass different aspects of vocality, including the communication systems (“languages”) of individual animal species. Current theoretical and experimental insights into “talking nature” call for a redefinition of such basic terms as “nature”, “culture”, “speech”, “music”, etc. In this context, it is therefore important to draw attention to intuitive and practical knowledge from within traditional a…
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