The Image of the Real World and the World Beyond in the Slovene Folk Tradition<br>Podoba sveta in onstranstva v slovenskem ljudskem izročilu</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.v2i0.1848

Abstract

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 human “earthly world” preserved a large number of its old traits.

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Published

2015-05-05

How to Cite

Šmitek, Z. (2015). The Image of the Real World and the World Beyond in the Slovene Folk Tradition<br>Podoba sveta in onstranstva v slovenskem ljudskem izročilu</br>. Studia Mythologica Slavica, 2, 161–195. https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v2i0.1848

Issue

Vol. 2 (1999)

Section

SLOVANSKA MITOLOGIJA – VIRI IN REKONSTRUKCIJE / SLAVIC MYTHOLOGY – SOURCES AND RECONSTRUCTIONS

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