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Aleksandra Popin
Oral Literature and Slavic Neomytologism
as a Subtext in Vasko Popas Poetry

Summar y
Of all subtexts in Vasko Popas poetry studied so far, it seems that the least studied
is the one which relates certain poems and circles of poems of this poet to the alchemic
tradition. In the book of poems Nepoin-polje we recognized several such links. In the
first place, it is the case of the books symbol whose basic motive is Uroborus, which has
a significant position in the alchemic symbology. Moreover, in the poem Srce belutka we
also noticed the relations with certain alchemic texts which are linked to Uroborus and
life of a stone which has a heart, i.e. soul. We also found alchemic layers in the book of
poems Vuja so. The circle of poems Ognjena vuica, one would say, is completely based
on the motives from alchemic tradition. She-wolf is the mother-Earth, and the sky represents the male principle. In the earth, there are processes of transformation of stone
and ore into the supreme matter, where the wolves-stones are embryos. In the mentioned
cycle we also see the motives of fire, mercury, salt, iron, gold, which are also related to
alchemy. In the same book, in the circle of poems Vuje kopile, more precisely in the
4th and 6th poem, one can notice relations illustrating ancient beliefs about smiths, which
are again in accordance with the alchemic tradition. We also recognized the meaning
of the motive of dew, which had a role in the preparation of the stone of wisdom, as well
as the colours denoting specific stadiums in the process of its preparation. However, the
poem Raspra o rosi from the book Rez explicitly talks about alchemy. At the end, we
paid attention to the symbolism of the book Kua nasred druma which is a varied
image of the flower of flowers the golden flower, the birthplace of the son of wise
man. Analyzing the mentioned works of Vasko Popa, we also recognized the possible
infuences of the authors who in their texts dealt with alchemy, too. We believe that in
Vasko Popas poetry there is an entire string of elements which could be related to
alchemy, and that this paper presents only one of the possibilities of revealing an entire
new research area.