Mary Wonders in Croatian Medieval Literature

Pretpostavka je da su Marijina čudesa dugo pripovijedana u usmenoj tradiciji prije nego što su ostavila pisani trag. U svim mirakulima Bogorodica je prikazana kao osoba puna blagosti, milosrđa i praštanja koja uvijek dolazi pomoći svojim vjernicima. Bez obzira na svoju grešnost, oprostila bi im uz uvjet da su ostali pobožni i vjerovali u njezino milosrđe i ljubav kojima nije bilo granica. Iako je u književnosti bila prikazana kao uzvišena nebeska kraljica u mirakulima postaje nježna ovozemaljska tješiteljica koja sudjeluje u životima svojih vjernika. Možemo zaključiti da je grijeh bio jedan od ključnih elementa u fabuli Marijinih čudesa. Grijeh koji je netko počinio posredno ili neposredno poslije kojega bi uslijedilo pokajanje i predaja Bogorodici Djevici Mariji koja je uvijek bez obzira koliki grijeh bio na kraju pomogla i odriješila ga. Funkcija Marijinih čudesa bila je da kroz zabavan sadržaj pouči narod o čestitom i pobožnom životu kao i da pokaže kako se uz iskreno pokajanje i pokoru može spasiti od svakoga grijeha.It is believed that the miracles of Mary have been passed down through verbal tradition long before written traces were found. In all of her miracles the Holy Mother has been depicted as a person full of grace, mercy and forgiveness that always comes to the prayers and help her believers. Regardless of their sins, she would always give forgiveness under a condition that they lived in the ways of God and believed in her mercy and her endless love. Even though she has been depicted as the heavenly queen, through her miracles she becomes an earthbound source of solace who is a part of the every day lives of her believers. We can conclude that sin has been one of the key elements in the fable of Mary's miracles. Sins, for which committed, someone is showing before or after and then whole - heartedly handing themselves over to the Holy Mother, who always and without exception, and regardless of the magnitude the sin, helps and absolves them of their wrong doing. The function of Mary's miracles has been to teach the people through entertaining content about an honorable and holy life, as well as how through sincere repentance anyone can be saved from sin