V siju mesečine Ustno izročilo Lokve, Prelož in bližnje okolice

• Main Author: Čok, Boris (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: Slovenian
• Published: Ljubljana ZRC SAZU, Založba ZRC 2012
• Series: Studia Mythologica Slavica Supplementa Supplementum 5
• Subjects: Slovenia; Ancient religions & mythologies; dialects; fabulous creatures; Lokev; microtoponyms; Prelože pri Lokvi; religious rituals; Slavic mythology; Slovene language; Slovenian folk tales; Slovenian folk tradition; bajeslovna bitja; ledinska imena; narečja; slovanska mitologija; slovenščina; slovenske ljudske pripovedke; slovensko ljudsko izročilo; verski obredi
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The book ['In the moonlight glow. Outlines of mythic characters in the villages of Lokev and Prelože in the context of Slavic mythology'] is a rarity on the European scale in the field of pre-Christian beliefs. What makes it so valuable is that it is a first-hand record of these beliefs, as they were told to the author by people close to him, grandmothers, grandfathers and villagers, who preserved their old-faith beliefs and rituals until the last century. The book is therefore an inexhaustible source of old- faith practices, beliefs, sacred places and other folklore traditions in the villages Lokev, Prelože and their immediate neighborhood. As such, it is one of the main sources of study in Slavic mythology, as well as in general and monument to the integration of karst-nature and its people.

Knjiga je redkost v evropskem merilu za področje predkrščanskih verovanj. Posebna dragocenost je, da gre za zapis iz prve roke, tako kot so avtorju pripovedovali njegovi najbližji, babice, dedki in vaščani, ki so ohranjali predkrščanska verovanja in obrede vse do minulega stoletja. Knjiga je zato neizčrpen vir staroverskih praks, verovanj, svetih mest in drugega folklornega izročila v vaseh Lokev, Prelože in njihovi bližnji soseščini. Kot taka je eden temeljnih virov študija mitologije pri Slovanih in tudi splošno ter spomenik povezanosti kraške narave in njenih ljudi.