Klek
Also known as: Veliki Klek, uspavani div, the sleeping giant
Basic account
Croatian giant petrified above Ogulin: the river Dobra runs out of his wound.
Account
Seen from Ogulin, the mountain is a sleeping man. The peak is his head.
Motifs
- Turned to stone
- The river came from a giant
- Attached to a real place
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What is disputed
Perun is one of the few Slavic deities securely attested rather than reconstructed, which gives this tradition a firmer footing than most Croatian material that claims pre-Christian origin.
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Sources
- Maja Bošković-Stulli
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