Kresnik: An Attempt at a Mythological Reconstruction<br>Kresnik: poskus mitološke rekonstrukcije</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.v1i0.1867

Abstract

The Slovene Kresnik tradition has numerous parallels in Indo-European mythologies. Research has established connections between the myth about a hero’s fight with a snake (dragon) and the vegetational cult of Jarilo/Zeleni Jurij. The Author establishes a hypothesis about Iranian influences (resemblance to figures of Yima/Yama and Mithra) and outlines a later transformation of Kresnik in the period of Christianization.

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Published

2015-05-05

How to Cite

Šmitek, Z. (2015). Kresnik: An Attempt at a Mythological Reconstruction<br>Kresnik: poskus mitološke rekonstrukcije</br>. Studia Mythologica Slavica, 1, 93–118. https://doi.org/10.3986/sms.v1i0.1867

Issue

Vol. 1 (1998)

Section

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

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