St Sava and the cloud-chasers

Primary tabs

Details
Title

St Sava and the cloud-chasers

Subtitle
Author

Aleksandar, Loma

Journal

Zbornik radova Vizantoloskog instituta

Volume
Issue

50-2

Start page

1041

End page

1079

ISSN
ISBN
DOI
URL

http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/Article.aspx?id=0584-98881302041L

Date

2013-2020/03/08/22:32:21

Abstract

A gloss in the Nomocanon of St Sava condemns folk superstitions related to magically provoking hailstorms and eclipses. St Sava’s miracle with the king of Hungary as described in his Vitae seems to go back to the same complex of popular beliefs. Its acceptance by the hagiography was probably due to the influence of the figure of prince magician as common to the Serbian and the Russian oral epics.

Keywords

Theodosius, Срем, Словени, folklore, Andrew II of Hungary, Domentian, eclipses, hail-bearing clouds, Nomocanon, oral epics, Saint Sava of Serbia, Syrmia, the Slavs, Vseslav of Polotsk, werevolves, Zmaj-Ognjeni Vuk, Андрија II Угарски, Всеслав Полоцки, вукодлаци, градоносни облаци, Доментијан, епика, Законоправило, Змај-Огњени Вук, помрачења, Св. Сава, Теодосије, фолклор