The Horse as a Cosmological Creature in the Slovene Mythopoetic Heritage<br>Konj kot kozmološko bitje v slovenskem mitopoetičnem izročilu</br>

2015/05/05 by Monika Kropej Telban · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Folklore, Mythology, and Literature Studies #Linguistics and Cultural Studies #Linguistics and language evolution

paper · pdf · doi:10.3986/sms.v1i0.1871

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Abstract

The author states that Slovene rituals and the song and narrative heritage which include the horse are frequent in the time of transition, at midwinter and midsummer solstices and at spring and autumnal equinoxes. All these turning points are marked by Perun, the god of thunder, the ruler of the cosmic driving forces.

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