Master's thesis attempts to illuminate contemporary narratives about supernatural experiences in Bohinj. Bohinj is considered an ethnologic region, known for its specific natural environment, as well as long and complex history. This all has shaped the way locals live in the area, which reveals through storytelling. I interpret supernatural as something which modern western science does not recognise or even rejects. Stories from the written sources reveal traditional belief in supernatural beings, such as ajdi, bele žene, Zlatorog, vedomci, which live in remote areas but still cross paths with people regularly. When they do, they are ambivalent toward humans. We can also observe belief in special periods, such as a twelve-day-period around New Year and Ember days, where the possibility to experience and perceive the supernatural is increased, and contacts of humans with the souls of the dead, which manifest in different forms. During that special time of the year, people have to be especially careful of one of the many threats – mysterious disappearance. The main part of the master’s thesis are stories, collected as a part of the research among people born in the 90s. They have revealed that young people interpret a lot of unexplainable events as supernatural. Even though, there has been a vast shift in the way of living, some elements from the traditional belief are persisting in the present. Some have been transmitted in an almost unchanged form, while the others have adapted to the new conditions. With comparative analysis, I have tried to show the development of interpretations for unexplainable disappearances. In time, they evolved from explanations and warnings about the dangers of Ember days to the mysterious Bohinj triangle. I also analysed modern discourses on death omens, contacts with souls of the dead and the so-called lengend-trips.
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