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Вода Босиљкова и сунчева сестра

2013, AQUATICA

Abstract

This paper analyses three variants of the poem about Sun’s sister and a pasha/emperor, and on the basis of that analyses, points out that Serbian folk poetry contains clear indication of a female deity of “cold” (studena)/living (živa) water. We discuss its basic attributes, characteristics, epithets and prototypical connections with Vilas and other similar entities.