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Micro-Analysis of Uroci (Evil charms and spells) in Croatian Tradition

This article focuses on micro-analysis of uroci (sg. urok), evil charms and spells in Croatian written and oral historical and traditional narrative. In Croatian corpus they are in large amount less mentioned then its cures, basme or bajalice (sg. basma/bajalica), healing charms in Croatian ethnography, ethnology and history, but it is possible to reconstruct some of them and to analyze their performative construction as the magical concept (on multidisciplinary levels – linguistic, historical and ethnological). Sources for the research were collected from Croatian oral literature and written collected magical traditions. This analysis offers some definitions, context, background, counter measures, and micro-analysis.

verbal magic, uroci, evil charms, Croatian tradition

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