Nočni bojevniki: Kmečke herezije in čarovništvo na Slovenskem in v Furlaniji<br>Night Warriors: Peasant Heresies and Witchcraft in Slovenia and in Friuli</br>

Authors

  • Zmago Šmitek Oddelek za etnologijo in kulturno antropologijo, FF, Univerza v Ljubljani, Zavetiška 5, SI-1000 Ljubljana, Slovenija

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v17i0.1501

Keywords:

Slovenia, Friaul, kresnik, benandant, witchcraft, cosmgony

Abstract

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 them with Slovenian oral tradition about the kresniki and their opponents, the vedomci.

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Published

2014-10-13

How to Cite

Šmitek, Z. (2014). Nočni bojevniki: Kmečke herezije in čarovništvo na Slovenskem in v Furlaniji<br>Night Warriors: Peasant Heresies and Witchcraft in Slovenia and in Friuli</br>. Studia Mythologica Slavica, 17, 191–205. https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v17i0.1501

Issue

Vol. 17 (2014)

Section

RAZISKOVALNE METODE IN INTERPRETACIJE LJUDSKEGA IZROČILA / RESEARCH METHODS AND INTERPRETATIONS OF FOLK TRADITIONS

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