Predilkata so zoo-antropomorfni i demonski obeležja vo slovenskite mitski tradiciii<br>The Spinner with Zoo-Anthropomorphic and Demonic Features in the Slavic Mythic Traditions</br>

Abstract

Five fragmented tiles originating from the 15th century and found in Prague are the research topic of this text. A woman and another zoo-anthropomorphic figure spinning in front of a spindle can be seen on the better preserved examples. An attempt has been made to connect the second figure with: (1) some forest or house female spirits from the Slavic folklore that are linked to the textile activities; (2) the initiation rites of girls into adult women through symbolic transformation from the natural sphere (animal, bear, forest) into the cultural (a wife, a house-socium) through the act of spinning and other textile activities.