TY - JOUR AU - Mencej, Mirjam PY - 2006/10/16 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - »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 JF - Studia mythologica Slavica JA - Studia VL - 9 IS - 0 SE - SEMIOTIČNE INTERPRETACIJE LJUDSKEGA IZROČILA / SEMIOTIC INTERPRETATIONS OF LANGUAGE AND TRADITION DO - 10.3986/sms.v9i0.1734 UR - https://ojs.zrc-sazu.si/sms/article/view/1734 SP - 203-224 AB - <span style="line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">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 and revenge upon the witch); their payment; and people’s attitude toward them.</span> ER -