M Mencej
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 31385 |
|---|---|
| NOME | M Mencej |
| PRENOMES | M |
| SOBRENOME | Mencej |
| ASSINATURA | MENCEJ M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Ljubljana |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6539-7086 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 46 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 11 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 46 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
‘The dead have given up on us’. Space, the dead and morality in contemporary rural Muslim Bosnia
This article brings necrogeography into conversation with moral geography to examine how the dead participate not only in the production of space but also of moral life. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork in rural Muslim Bosnia and Herzegovina, it explores how post-socialist and post-war transformations in mobility, sociality, and rural livelihoods have reshaped village space and its moral order. While geographical scholarship has shown that the d…
Éva Pócs, devetdesetletnica
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Uncanny Experience and Its Meaning-Making as Moral Experience
Anthropological, historical, and folkloristic studies have shown that there is a close connection between morality and cosmology in many cultures and that the dead, as spirits, play an important role in upholding moral norms and expectations and respond to their violation. However, these studies have rarely endeavored to highlight the unique individual experiences behind the general argument. In this article I focus on individual experiences. I w…
Obcestni duhovi v Bosni
Članek obravnava pet različic mednarodno razširjene sodobne povedke tipa Izginjajoča štoparka, ki jih je avtorica zabeležila med terenskim raziskovanjem na različnih podeželskih območjih Bosne in Hercegovine v letih 2016–2024 med bosanskimi Srbi, Bošnjaki in Romi. Pri razpravi o posebnostih vsake različice in različnih moralnih naukih, ki jih te prenašajo, avtorica opozarja na posebnosti konteksta, znotraj katerega se širijo, pa tudi na specifičn…
Paved-over Graveyards in Bosnia
In this article I discuss Bosnian Muslim narratives about traffic accidents and other misfortunes that occur in places where the dead were disturbed in their graves, transmitted orally and in the media. I first discuss vernacular notions about the dead exhibiting agency when their graves were being paved over, built over, removed or disturbed in any other way. I then discuss the roles that the narration of these stories may play for the members o…
Ob devetdesetletnici dr. Emily Lyle
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The Dead in Vernacular Magic Practices among Bosniaks
Based on fieldwork research among the Bosniak (Muslim) population in rural areas of Bosnia and Herzegovina, this article starts with the technique of summoning the dead, aimed at obtaining information about missing goods. It argues that the practice of summoning the dead, like practices aimed at magically harming others, is based on the same moral rules that govern everyday relations between the living and the dead. While these rules are generall…
Strateške rabe pripovedi o nadnaravnem
Na podlagi terenskega dela avtorica obravnava pripovedi o verovanjih z vidika njihove strateške uporabe v vsakdanjem sporazumevanju. Kadar jim ustreza, jih pripovedovalci namerno uporabijo v svojo korist, da bi situacijo obrnili sebi v prid, ohranili dostojanstvo, prikrili svoje neustrezno vedenje, prikrili zadrego ali škandal, povečali svoj ugled ter zmanjšali ugled tekmeca ali osebe, s katero so v napetih odnosih
Magic and Hodžas as Magic Specialists in Contemporary Bosnia and Herzegovina
While the early scholars thought that magic practices and beliefs would soon disappear, research from the second half of the twentieth and 21th centuries in Europe testifies to the fact that many people continue to believe in the effects of magic, and that counter-magic continues to be practiced. This paper gives a short overview of magic-related beliefs and practices in 21th century rural Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is based on fieldwork that I c…
Življenje s Covid-19 v spletni folklori
Članek obravnava meme o virusu COVID-19, ki so bili deljeni na Facebook skupini Belief Narrative Network’s od njenega začetka aprila 2020 do konca avgusta 2020 (ko je bil ta članek napisan), torej med prvim valom pandemije. Avtorica obravnava glavne skrbi članov skupine, ki se odražajo v temah, ki jih memi obravnavajo, in vloge, ki so jih imeli ti v njihovem življenju
The Dead, the War, and Ethnic Identity
Based on field research, this article studies the role of ghost narratives about the dead killed in the genocide of the Bosniak people in Srebrenica. It focuses on three clusters of belief narratives spread among the Bosniaks: narratives about ghosts of the unburied dead; narratives about the dead buried in the cemetery for the victims of the massacre; and narratives about a murdered imam appearing at the site of a demolished mosque, calling the …
Čarovništvo – diskurz ali praksa
This paper challenges a generally accepted view that witchcraft is always a matter of discourse, and the witch a fictitious person who is ascribed bewitchment but, in fact, performed none. It discusses the hints that point to bewitchments being, at least occasionally, a matter of practice and reality, and a “witch” indeed a practitioner of acts, perceived as harmful. It also challenges the etic difference between the “natural” and “supernatural” …
Zmago Šmitek (29. 11. 1949 – 15. 9. 2018)
Zmago Šmitek is undoubtedly one of the most noted and prolific Slovene ethnologists and cultural anthropologists.Born in Kropa in the region of Gorenjska in 1949, he completed high school in Kranj and enrolled at the Faculty of Arts in Ljubljana, where he studied ethnology and art history.After graduating in 1973, he was employed at the Department of Ethnology, and by 1995 obtained the title of Full Professor of Non-European Ethnology and Anthrop…
The Werewolf as a Religious and Ethnic Other in a Herzegovinian Legend
The paper focuses on a particular legend about a wrestling match between a human and a dead werewolf, which I recorded during my fieldwork in the Croat (i.e. Catholic) community in Herzegovina in 2017. Based on the analysis of a legend about a wrestling match between a human of Catholic faith and a Muslim werewolf, I aim to show how latent inter-ethnic and inter-religious tensions in multi-ethnic and multi-religious Bosnia and Herzegovina are ref…
Styrian Witches in European Perspective
The book provides a comprehensive exploration of witchcraft beliefs and practices in the rural region of Eastern Slovenia. Based on field research conducted at the beginning of the twenty-first centur
(Folk) Belief through the History of Folklore Studies
Članek obravnava terminologijo in različne konceptualizacije verovanja, kakor se kažejo v zgodovini evropske in ameriške folkloristike. Predstavlja pregled konceptualizacij verovanja: od verovanja kot posamične entitete (motiva) in obenem posebnega folklornega žanra; verovanja kot kognitivne realnosti, ki se izraža v različnih žanrih folklore; do verovanja kot procesa, dejanja. Na koncu obravnava še terminologijo v sodobni slovenski folkloristiki…
Luka Šešo
How and Why to Talk about Witchcraft? Discourses on Witchcraft and Uses of Bewitchment Narratives in 21st Century Rural Eastern Slovenia
The article, based on fieldwork conducted in rural Eastern Slovenian region, discusses specifics of various discourses -Christian, rational, New Age, and, in particular, witchcraft discourse -that the inhabitants of the region use in discussing witchcraft. It shows the occasions in everyday life in which the witchcraft discourse may be mobilised and strategically used by people for their own benefit. Later, it compares the discourse used by tradi…
The Christian and Pre-Christian Conception of the Master of the Wolves
In the paper the authoress examines the legends about the Master of the wolves in Slavic and other Europen folklore. She first shows interpretatio christiana of the Master of the wolves and then tries to unveil also pre-christian layers and the mythological background of the tradition connected with this mythical being
Vorstellung vom Wasser als Grenze zum Jenseits in der slowenischen Volksliteratur Predstava o vodi kot meji z onstranstvom v slovenskem ljudskem slovstvu
The mythical representation of water, as the dividing-line between this world and the other-world, is widely known throughout the world. Nevertheless, the question remains as to whether or not this concept was familiar to the Slavs before they adopted Christianity, or whether they adopted it later from other peoples, as several researchers have suggested. In this paper, the author follows through the representations of Water in Slovene folk-liter…
Nikita Iljič Tolstoj
Francisco Vaz Da Silva
Coprnice so me nosile«. Nočna srečevanja s čarovnicami »I Was Led Astray by Hags.« Nocturnal Encounters with Witches
Described and analyzed are nighttime supernatural experiences reported by villagers in eastern Slovenia during the 2000-2002 fieldwork research on witchcraft. A comparison with identical motifs in other parts of Slovenia and in Europe showed that elsewhere, such experiences have been incorporated into different belief systems, especially in the belief about the restless dead. It may therefore be presumed that in the eastern part of Slovenia in a …
Raziskovanje čarovništva na terenu. Čarovništvo kot večplasten verovanjski sistem Researching Witchcraft on the Field. Witchcraft as a Complex System of Belief
The article is based on fieldwork material on witchcraft that was collected in a rural part of western Slovenia between 2000 and 2002. The author tried to emphasize the complexity of withcraft as well as the fact that there are different categories of »witches« in this area. Emphasized is the need to consider all aspects of witchcraft. Equally necessary is that a researcher of this phenomenon be able to recognize numerous differences and nuances …
Zmago Šmitek
How and Why to Talk about Witchcraft? Discourses on Witchcraft and Uses of Bewitchment Narratives in 21st Century Rural Eastern Slovenia
The article, based on fieldwork conducted in rural Eastern Slovenian region, discusses specifics of various discourses -Christian, rational, New Age, and, in particular, witchcraft discourse -that the inhabitants of the region use in discussing witchcraft. It shows the occasions in everyday life in which the witchcraft discourse may be mobilised and strategically used by people for their own benefit. Later, it compares the discourse used by tradi…
The Dead, the War, and Ethnic Identity
Based on field research, this article studies the role of ghost narratives about the dead killed in the genocide of the Bosniak people in Srebrenica. It focuses on three clusters of belief narratives spread among the Bosniaks: narratives about ghosts of the unburied dead; narratives about the dead buried in the cemetery for the victims of the massacre; and narratives about a murdered imam appearing at the site of a demolished mosque, calling the …
Čarovništvo – diskurz ali praksa
This paper challenges a generally accepted view that witchcraft is always a matter of discourse, and the witch a fictitious person who is ascribed bewitchment but, in fact, performed none. It discusses the hints that point to bewitchments being, at least occasionally, a matter of practice and reality, and a “witch” indeed a practitioner of acts, perceived as harmful. It also challenges the etic difference between the “natural” and “supernatural” …
Volčji pastir v kontekstu dosedanjih raziskav na področju slovanske mitologije Wolf Herdsman in the Context with the Latest Researches in Slavic Mythology
In the paper the authoress compares her research results about the mythical being Wolf Herdsman (Master of the Wolves) with the latest research in Slavic mythology - the research of the Slavic fertility cult, done by R. Katičić and V. Belaj
Connecting Threads
The paper is about symbolic meanings of spinning, the material (fibres -un-spun wool) for spinning and the results of this activity (thread, yarn). On the basis of comparison of the records of beliefs from different sources -ancient poetry and treatises, European folklore and ethnological data, and iconographic material -the author argues that in European traditional folk conceptions, spinning and the material and products associated with it refe…
Konceptualizacija prostora v pripovedih o nadnaravnem poteku časa Conceptualisation of Space in Narratives about the Supernatural Passage of Time
The paper discusses the conceptualisation of space in the narratives about the supernatural passage of time
Telesni načini škodovanja čarovnic Bodily Harm Inflicted by Witches
Discussed are the ways of inflecting harm by exuding envy through different parts of witch’s body (the evil eye, evil speech, evil touch, evil gift ), and protective measures against the evil eye and against intentional praise in eastern part of Slovenia
Funkcije povedk o nočnih srečanjih s čarovnicami in njihova vloga v konstrukciji prostora in časa Tales about Nighttime Encounters with Witches, Their Function, and Their Role in the Construction of S…
The authoress deals with the memorates of meeting night appearances of witches in the form of lights or of invisible witches, that can cause people to lose their way. The stories were recorded in the period 2000-2001 in the rural region of Slovenia, but they are only one part of a larger context of witchcraft beliefs there. This paper focuses on different and changing functions of these stories that can be realized from the data. The night witch …
Funkcije povedk o nočnih srečanjih s čarovnicami in njihova vloga v konstrukciji prostora in časa Tales about Nighttime Encounters with Witches, Their Function, and Their Role in the Construction of S…
The authoress deals with the memorates of meeting night appearances of witches in the form of lights or of invisible witches, that can cause people to lose their way. The stories were recorded in the period 2000-2001 in the rural region of Slovenia, but they are only one part of a larger context of witchcraft beliefs there. This paper focuses on different and changing functions of these stories that can be realized from the data. The night witch …
Ja, tam je en takšen, ko zna.« Vedeževalci – nasprotniki čarovnic na slovenskem podeželju »Yeah, There’s Someone Who ‘Knows’.« Soothsayers as Counterwitches in Rural Slovenia
The article focuses on the soothsayers who functioned as counterwitches, and were consulted in the case of witch assault. Analyzed are the reasons why people enlisted the help of a soothsayer; their location; their sex structure; techniques and implements they had used; procedure phases required to nullify the evil curse (confirmation of witch assault, identification of the witch, nullification of the curse, and eventual reversing of the curse an…
The Role of Legend in Constructing Annual Cycle
The paper is based on the folklore tradition of a mythical being, the Master of the Wolves, whose chief function was commanding or dividing up food among the wolves. He appears in many Slavic and other European legends, and some Southern Slavs also celebrate the so-called "wolf holidays"; a being with the same function appears also in incantations against wolves. It turned out that the incantations are usually connected with the first days of pas…
Zmago Šmitek, Inga Miklavčič Brezigar
Telesni načini škodovanja čarovnic Bodily Harm Inflicted by Witches
Discussed are the ways of inflecting harm by exuding envy through different parts of witch’s body (the evil eye, evil speech, evil touch, evil gift ), and protective measures against the evil eye and against intentional praise in eastern part of Slovenia
Podkovana čarovnica in druge povedke o coprnicah v vzhodni Sloveniji The Witch Bridle and Other Witch Legends in Eastern Slovenia
Presented are (migratory) legends about witches that were recounted by people living in rural parts of eastern Slovenia. Although people also told stories, or memorates, about their own first-hand experience with witches these legends were not a part of the local witchcraft belief system but generally served to only amuse and entertain
Emily Lyle
sodelavke na intitutu Celtic and
Konceptualizacija prostora v pripovedih o nadnaravnem poteku časa Conceptualisation of Space in Narratives about the Supernatural Passage of Time
The paper discusses the conceptualisation of space in the narratives about the supernatural passage of time
Wolf holidays among Southern Slavs in the Balkans
The article discusses wolf holidays among Southern Slavs in the Balkans. They are celebrated for a period of 3–11 days, most often around St. Mrata’s day, in Serbia also around St. Sava and more seldom around Archangel Michael’s day. During the holidays many prohibitions are observed and many acts performed and the chief purpose of all of them is to protect the livestock (and people) from wolves. People symbolically shut the jaws of wolves, do no…
Simbolika niti in predenja v evropski folklori The Symbolism of Spinning and Yarn in the European Tradition
The article focuses on the symbolic role of spinning and yarn in the European tradition
Connecting Threads
The paper is about symbolic meanings of spinning, the material (fibres -un-spun wool) for spinning and the results of this activity (thread, yarn). On the basis of comparison of the records of beliefs from different sources -ancient poetry and treatises, European folklore and ethnological data, and iconographic material -the author argues that in European traditional folk conceptions, spinning and the material and products associated with it refe…
Nadnaravne kazni kršitve prepovedi predenja Supernatural Punishment for Breaking the Prohibition against Spinning
The paper discusses the mythical beings that punish spinsters who violate spinning taboos in the course of the year, and especially the chronological contexts when, according to traditional European beliefs spinning is prohibited, and within which these beings appear
Envie et sorcellerie dans la Slovénie rurale
Consacré à la sorcellerie villageoise traditionnelle, l'article s'appuie sur une enquête de terrain menée entre 2000 et 2001 dans une région rurale de l'est de la Slovénie. L'auteur étudie certains actes malveillants typiques, notamment l'enterrement d'objets sur la propriété d'un voisin, qui sont attribués à ce que l'on peut appeler des « sorcières de voisinage », dont la principale motivation serait la jalousie. L'auteur examine les réactions q…
Slavjanskie drevnosti, Etnolingvističeskij slovar' pod obščej redakciej N. I. Tolstogo. 5. del (S-Ja)
na kulturne enote -gesla. Gesla sledijo strukturi tradicijskega modela sveta, ki je po etnolingvistinih izhodiih sestavljen iz osmih kategorij: oseb/bitij, ivali, rastlin, predmetov in pojavov, prostora, asa, dejanj (akcij) in atributivov
Barbara Ivančič Kutin
Simbolika obredov cirkumambulacije v tradicijskih skupnostih The Symbolism of the Rituals of Circumambulation in Traditional Communities
The paper presents different forms of circumambulations in traditional societies, classifies them according to their functions and offers a possible interpretation of its symbolism
Vorstellung vom Wasser als Grenze zum Jenseits in der slowenischen Volksliteratur Predstava o vodi kot meji z onstranstvom v slovenskem ljudskem slovstvu
The mythical representation of water, as the dividing-line between this world and the other-world, is widely known throughout the world. Nevertheless, the question remains as to whether or not this concept was familiar to the Slavs before they adopted Christianity, or whether they adopted it later from other peoples, as several researchers have suggested. In this paper, the author follows through the representations of Water in Slovene folk-liter…
Nikita Iljič Tolstoj
Francisco Vaz Da Silva
Coprnice so me nosile«. Nočna srečevanja s čarovnicami »I Was Led Astray by Hags.« Nocturnal Encounters with Witches
Described and analyzed are nighttime supernatural experiences reported by villagers in eastern Slovenia during the 2000-2002 fieldwork research on witchcraft. A comparison with identical motifs in other parts of Slovenia and in Europe showed that elsewhere, such experiences have been incorporated into different belief systems, especially in the belief about the restless dead. It may therefore be presumed that in the eastern part of Slovenia in a …
Raziskovanje čarovništva na terenu. Čarovništvo kot večplasten verovanjski sistem Researching Witchcraft on the Field. Witchcraft as a Complex System of Belief
The article is based on fieldwork material on witchcraft that was collected in a rural part of western Slovenia between 2000 and 2002. The author tried to emphasize the complexity of withcraft as well as the fact that there are different categories of »witches« in this area. Emphasized is the need to consider all aspects of witchcraft. Equally necessary is that a researcher of this phenomenon be able to recognize numerous differences and nuances …
Zmago Šmitek
Pastirji - čarovniki Shepherds - Sorcerers
The article discusses the supernatural powers which - according to the beliefs of numerous peoples - certain shepherds possess. For this reason people made distinctions between those shepherds who possessed this knowledge and those who did not. According to the author, shepherds’ knowledge of magic referred primarily to their power over wild animals, particularly over wolves
Marion Bowman, Ülo Valk (ur.)
Religion and the Search for Method in Religious Folklife, ki ga je leta 1995 objavil v reviji Western folklore in v katerem je razumel vernakularno religijo kot razline manifestacije in perspektive pretekle in sodobne religioznosti ter obenem kot metodoloko orodje za raziskavo povezav med religijo, folkloro in naini ivljenja. Posebej se zbornik (vsaj nekateri prispevki) posvea razlinim oblikam in pomenom verovanja (belief), izraenega v razlinih p…
Mitična oseba Šent v slovenskem izročilu The Mythical Being “Šent” in Slovene Folk Tradition
The authoress endeavours to discover whether Šent, the mythical person written about by Davorin Terstenjak, is but a product of Trstenjak’s imagination, or maby a record of genuine belief
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