Legends about fairies and some supernatural beings in Žuljana on Pelješac

Postojanost vjerovanja u nadnaravno poznato je od samih početaka ljudskoga postojanja te se prenosilo s generacije na generaciju. Predmet istraživanja rada su vjerovanja u nadnaravna bića te brojne predaje i legende koje postoje u pelješkom mjestu Žuljana. Dočarana su usmenim kazivanjima stanovnika ovoga naselja. Cilj rada je približiti narodne predaje o vilama i nekim nadnaravnim bićima u Žuljani na Pelješcu te osobama koje bi htjele više znati o predajama koje nitko nije zapisao (što se odnosi na Žuljanu) pružiti širi spektar predaja i kazivanja o nadnaravnim događanjima i bićima. Također proširiti vidike ljudima i povećati svijest o prošlim vremenima te pričama koje su na prijelazu stoljeća kolale Žuljanom. Rečeno će se ostvariti metodom strukturiranog intervjua, opisnom te komparativnom metodom. U radu će se prikazati čovjekovo divljenje prema vilama, a jedan od razloga je bio što su one bile s drugog svijeta, čovjeku nepoznatog i nedostatnog svijeta. Prema navedenom i obrazloženom u radu može se reći da su ljudi imali strah od nepoznatog i drugačijeg, onog što ne pripada njihovom svijetu, a razlog njihovog straha je neznanje. To je bio ključni razlog vjerovanja u nadnaravno tadašnjeg stanovništva.The persistence of belief in the supernatural has been known since the very beginnings of human existence and has been passed down from generation to generation. The subject of research is beliefs in supernatural beings and numerous traditions and legends that exist in the town of Žuljana in Pelješac. They are evoked by the oral stories of the inhabitants of this settlement. The aim of the work is to bring folk tales about fairies and some supernatural beings in Žuljana on Pelješac closer to people who would like to know more about legends that no one has written down, (which refers to Žuljana) to provide a wider spectrum of traditions and stories about supernatural events and beings. Also to broaden people's horizons and increase awareness of past times and stories that circulated in Žuljana at the turn of the century. Tradition, that is, what will be said will be tried to be realized using the method of structured interview, descriptive and comparative method. The work will show man's admiration for fairies, and one of the reasons was that they were from another world, unknown and insufficient to man. According to the above and explained in the paper, it can be said that people were afraid of the unknown and different, that which does not belong to their world, due to lack of knowledge. This was the key reason for the belief in the supernatural of the population at that time