Faeries of Neretva Valley: Poetic and Motive Markers of Folktales about Faeries on the Example of the Collected Folktales in Neretva Valley

Rad proučava i analizira usmene predaje o vilama koje su prikupljene u dolini Neretve. Ističu se pojedini poetički i motivski markeri proučavanih usmenih predaja. Autor se služi predajama koje su do sada prikupili etnolozi, ali i predajama prikupljenim vlastitim terenskim istraživanjem. Opisi vila u usmenim predajama koje se pripovijedaju u neretvanskoj dolini variraju te se tako prenose priče o vilama ljudskoga tijela i ljudskih dimenzija, ali postoje također predaje o vilama s animalnim obilježjima. Rad proučava simboličku ulogu viline kose u predajama kao i simboličku, kultnu i mitsku predodžbu špilja u svezi s vilama.The paper examines and analyzes the folktales that were collected in the Neretva valley. Some poetic and motive markers of studied folk tales stand out. The author uses folktales that have been collected by ethnologists so far, but he also uses folktales collected through his own field research. The description of the folktales about faeries in the Neretva valley vary so that there are folktales about faeries who look like humans, but there are also folktales which describes them with animalistic traits. This paper examines symbolic values of faery hair in folktales as well as the symbolic, cult and mythical image of the cave associated with the faeries