Peter Klepec bibliography

Peter Klepec
bibliography
Statue of Peter Klepec by Marijan Leš in Mali Lug
Accounts20
Folkloristics14
Popular literature11
Fiction9
Audiovisual15
Contemporary27
References and footnotes

The Peter Klepec folkloric corpus dates back to the early 19th century, spanning three centuries, from the initial collection of Janez Zima, to early expansion by Matevž Ravnikar-Poženčan, Dragutin Hirc and a number of pseudonymous ethnographers, until the more systematic efforts of Jože Primc and others. The corpus has attracted a number of prominent folklorists, including Maja Bošković-Stulli, Monika Kropej Telban and Zmago Šmitek. Through fictional popularizations, Klepec grew from an obscure legend to a national myth, beginning with Ivan Cankar's Podobe iz sanj in 1917, but even more prominently in children's literature from 1956 on thanks to France Bevk. An extensive bibliography was published in Moric and Perinić Lewis 2019,[1] A more detailed bibliography focusing on Peter Klepec in magazines before WWI had been published by Marko Smole.[2] Other, less complete bibliographies were published within older monographs.

Folklore

Accounts

  • Zima, Janez (n.d.) [written 1828]. Klepcz. Ljubljana. Narodna in univerzitetna knjižnica v Ljubljani, Prvi zbornik Korytkove ostaline, 181–186.
    • Zima, Janez. Od volkodlaka do Klepca: vsakovrstna praznoverna mnenja, šege ter pripovedi Ribničanov, Potočanov, Krašovcev in Osilničanov [From the Werewolf to Klepec: All Kinds of Superstitious Beliefs, Customs, and Tales of the People of Ribnica, Potoče, Karst, and Osilnica] (in Slovenian). Translated by Popit, Ilja. Rakovljica: Didakta. pp. 93–97. ISBN 978-961-261-184-2.
  • Sevčan, L. (1846-12-16) [continued 1846-12-23]. "Peter Klepec, silni slovenski junak" [Peter Klepec, the Mighty Slovenian Hero]. Kmetijske in rokodelske novice (in Slovenian). Vol. 4, no. 50. pp. 200, 204. ISSN 1318-9832. Online publication 2011-02-15.
  • Ravnikar-Poženčan, Matevž [in Slovenian] (1847-05-26). "Še ena povest od Petra Klepca" [Another Tale of Peter Klepec]. Kmetijske in rokodelske novice (in Slovenian). Vol. 5, no. 21. p. 84. ISSN 1318-9832. Online publication 2009-09-24.
  • Š., A. (1860). "Kratkočasnica: Peter Klepec (Narodna Pripovedka)" [Pastime: Peter Klepec (Folk Tale)]. Kmetijske in rokodelske novice (in Slovenian). Vol. 18, no. 31. pp. 244–245. ISSN 1318-9832.
  • Vertec (1880-09-01). "Peter Klepec". Vertec: časopis s podobami za slovensko mladost. Vol. 10, no. 9. Ljubljana. ISSN 1854-0341. Online publication 2009-09-24.
  • Hirc, Dragutin [in Croatian] (1892-09-02). "Crtice o kotaru čabarskome (nastavak)" [Sketches of the Čabar District (Continuation)]. Narodne novine (in Serbo-Croatian). Vol. 58, no. 200. pp. 4–5. ISSN 0027-7932.
  • Hirc, Dragutin (1892-09-03). "Crtice o kotaru čabarskome (nastavak)" [Sketches of the Čabar District]. Narodne novine (in Serbo-Croatian). Vol. 58, no. 201. p. 4. ISSN 0027-7932.
  • Hirc, Dragutin (1898) [written 1898-02-08]. "Petar Klepac". Gorski kotar: slike, opisi i putopisi. Illustrated by Václav Lev Anderle. Zagreb: 🖶 Lavoslav Hartman (Kugli i Deutsch). pp. 146–149. Republished as Hirc, Dragutin (1993) [written 1898-02-08]. "Petar Klepac". Gorski kotar: slike, opisi i putopisi [Gorski Kotar: Pictures, Descriptions, and Travelogues] (in Serbo-Croatian). Illustrated by Václav Lev Anderle. Rijeka: 🖶 Tiskara Rijeka. pp. 146–149. ISBN 953-158-004-9.
  • Jemeršić, Ivan Nepomuk [in Croatian] (1904) [1904-01-01]. "Pogled na Mali lug, Smrečje i Klepčeva kuća" [A Look at Mali Lug, Smrečje, and Klepec's House]. Kopnom i morem na Plitvička jezera [By Land and Sea to the Plitvice Lakes] (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb. pp. 128–129.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Bonifačić Rožin, Nikola (n.d.) [written 1953]. Hrvatske narodne pjesme, običaji i priče kotara Delnice [Croatian Folk Songs, Customs, and Stories of the Delnice District] (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb. Institut za etnologiju i folkloristiku, signature IEF rkp 141.[3]
  • Ožbolt, Anton (1974). Dežela Petra Klepca [The Land of Peter Klepec] (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Ljubljana. Reviews have been written.[4]
  • Bošković-Stulli, Maja (1975). "Hrvatske i slovenske usmene predaje o krsniku – kresniku" [Croatian and Slovenian Oral Traditions about the Krsnik – Kresnik]. Usmena književnost kao umjetnost riječi [Oral Literature as the Art of Words] (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb: Mladost. pp. 205–227.
  • Primc, Jože (1991). "Peter Klepec in njegova dežela" [Peter Klepec and His Land]. Rival: časopis za književnost (in Slovenian). 5 (1). Rijeka: Centar društvenih djelatnosti mladih Rijeka: 166–168. ISSN 0353-2968. Used by Majer, Katja (2008). "Osilnica". Svet Kolpe [The World of the Kolpa] (PDF) (in Slovenian). Delnice. pp. 16–17.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  • Primc, Jože (1997). Okameneli mož in druge zgodbe iz Zgornje Kolpske doline (od Babnega Polja in Prezida prek Gerova, Čabra, Osilnice, Kužlja, Kostela, Fare do Dola in Predgrada) [The Petrified Man and Other Stories from the Upper Kolpa Valley (from Babno Polje and Prezid over Gerovo, Čabar, Osilnica, Kuželj, Kostel, Fara to Dol and Predgrad)] (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Kmečki glas.
  • Žagar, Anka [in Croatian] (2001). "Pitr Klepc na Svite Guore sedi". Kap damače reči [The Petrified Man and Other Stories from the Upper Kolpa Valley] (in kjv). Čabar: Ogranak Matice hrvatske u Čabru. p. 443.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • Pochobradsky, Zlatko (2001). Kap svaje reči [A Drop of One's Own Words] (in kjv). Čabar: Poglavarstvo grada Čabra.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link)
  • Ožura, Jože (2002). "Peter Klepec" [The Valley of Osilnica]. Osilniška dolina (in Slovenian). 18 (7–8). Osilnica. ISSN 2350-4331.
  • Makarovič, Marija, ed. (2002). Dva bregova eno srce: Življenjske pripovedi iz doline Kolpe in Čabranke [Two Banks, One Heart: Life Stories from the Kolpa and Čabranka Valleys] (in Slovenian). Kočevje: Pokrajinski muzej Kočevje. ISBN 961-90045-8-2.
  • Malnar, Slavko (2004). Petar Klepac. Rijeka, Čabar: Ogranak Matice hrvatske u Čabru, Adamić. ISBN 9789532191882.
  • Smole, Marko (n.d.) [written 2009-2011]. "Časopisne objave o Petru Klepcu, Plešcih in Sveti Gori v časopisih iz 19. stoletja in do druge svetovne vojne: Članek k razstavi v Etnološki zbirki Palčeva šiša, Plešce, 2009–2011" [Newspaper Publications on Peter Klepec, Plešce and Sveta Gora in 19th Century Newspapers to the Second World War: Article on the Exhibition in the Ethnological Collection Palčeva Šiša, Plešce, 2009–2011] (Document) (in Slovenian). Univerza v Ljubljani. A bibliography of Klepəc with a focus on newspapers.

Folkloristics

  • Perinić Lewis, Ana (July 2019). "Junaci, divovi i patuljci Gorskoga kotara" [Heroes, Giants, and Dwarfs of Gorski Kotar]. Međunarodna smotra folklora (PDF) (in Serbo-Croatian). Travno, Zagreb: Kulturni centar Travno, 🖶 InterGrafika-TTŽ. pp. 15–16. ISSN 2584-3788. Tirage: 400. Republished as Perinić Lewis, Ana (2022-12-13). Majetić, Goran (ed.). "Junaci, divovi i patuljci Gorskoga kotara". Budni div. Archived from the original on 2023-02-03.
  • Moric, Anja; Perinić Lewis, Ana (2019). "Peter Klepec – silni slovensko-hrvaški junak?" [Peter Klepec – A Mighty Slovene-Croatian Hero?]. Močni, modri in dobri: O junakih slovenske folklore [Strong, Wise, and Good: On the Heroes of Slovenian Folklore]. Zupaničeva knjižnica (in Slovenian). Vol. 48. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, 🖶 Birografika Bori. pp. 109–140. ISBN 978-961-06-0262-0. Tirage: 300. Online publication 2019-11.[5]
  • Kropej Telban, Monika (2019). "Razvojna pot in percepcija izročil o Kralju Matjažu in Petru Klepcu" [The Developmental Path and Perception of Traditions about King Matjaž and Peter Klepec]. Močni, modri in dobri: O junakih slovenske folklore. Zupaničeva knjižnica (in Slovenian). Vol. 48. Ljubljana: Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani, 🖶 Birografika Bori. pp. 35–60. ISBN 978-961-06-0262-0. Tirage: 300.
  • Morić, Anja; Perinić Lewis, Ana (2018-06-12). "Petar Klepac/Peter Klepec/Pitr Kljepc: junak na granici i manifestacije njegove snage" [Petar Klepac/Peter Klepec/Pitr Kljepc: A Borderland Hero and the Manifestations of his Strength]. Narodna umjetnost: hrvatski časopis za etnologiju i folkloristiku. 55 (1): 135–158. eISSN 1848-865X.
  • Šalamon, Anja (2017). Pregled dela z uporabniki s posebnimi potrebami v Valvasorjevi knjižnici Krško in odzivnost skozi leta (Thesis). Ljubljana: Filozofska fakulteta Univerze v Ljubljani (published 2018-01-04). hdl:20.500.12556/RUL-99177.
  • Kropej Telban, Monika (2017-06-12). "Folk Hero Peter Klepec in the Melting Pot of Different Traditions". Traditiones. 46 (1–2): 11–36. doi:10.3986/Traditio2017460101. ISSN 0352-0447.
  • Moric, Ana; Perinić Lewis, Ana (June 2016). Junak Petar Klepac i njegov zavičaj [Hero Petar Klepac and his homeland]. 3rd International Scientific Conference of Mediaeval Archaeology of the Institute of Archaeology "Sacralization of Landscape and Sacred Places".
  • Moric, Ana; Perinić Lewis, Ana (2016). "Junak Petar Klepac i njegov zavičaj" [Hero Petar Klepac and his homeland]. Sakralizacija prostora i sveta mjesta: Knjiga sažetaka [Sacralization of Landscape and Sacred Places: Book of Abstracts] (PDF). Zagreb, Sveti Ivan Zelina: Institut za arheologiju, 🖶 Tiskara Zelina. pp. 51–52. ISBN 978-953-6064-29-8. Tirage: 100.
  • Jarec, Morana; Perinić Lewis, Ana (2014). Planine snažnih divova, zločestih mužeka i veselih bertija. 13. hrvatsko-slovenske paralele: Srednjoeuropsko povezivanje etnologa i kulturnih antropologa kao izazov današnjem vremenu.
  • Kropej Telban, Monika (2012). Supernatural Beings from Slovenian Myth and Folktales. ISBN 978-961-05-0338-5. Online publication 2013-03-22.
  • Bošković-Stulli, Maja (2005). "Tragom krsnika i benandantea" [On the Trail of the Krsnik and Benandanti]. Od bugarštice do svakidašnjice [From Bugarštica to Everyday Life] (in Serbo-Croatian). Konzor. pp. 125–159. ISBN 953-224-040-3.
  • Šmitek, Zmago [in Slovenian] (2005). Moč ti je dana: Slovenske pripovedi o junakih in zgodovinskih osebnostih [Power is Given to You: Slovenian Tales About Heroes and Historical Figures]. Zbirka Zakladnica slovenskih pripovedi (in Slovenian). Radovljica: Didakta. ISBN 9616530674.
  • Bettelheim, Bruno (1999). Rabe čudežnega: o pomenu pravljic. Ljubljana: Studia humanitatis. ISBN 961-6262-22-X. Reviews have been written.[6]
  • Šmitek, Zmago (1998). Mitološko izročilo Slovencev: Svetinje preteklosti [Mythological Tradition of the Slovenes: Sacred Relics of the Past] (in Slovenian) (1st ed.). Ljubljana: Forma sedem. ISBN 961-6181-11-4. 2nd edition published as Šmitek, Zmago (2004). Mitološko izročilo Slovencev: Svetinje preteklosti (2nd ed.). ISBN 9616446894. 3rd edition published as Šmitek, Zmago (2011). Mitološko izročilo Slovencev: Svetinje preteklosti (3rd ed.). Ljubljana: Študentska založa. ISBN 9789616446891. 4th edition published as Šmitek, Zmago (2017). Mitološko izročilo Slovencev: Svetinje preteklosti. eBeletrina (4th ed.). Beletrina. ISBN 9789612843564. Online publication 2018-02-07. Reviews have been written.[7]

Fiction

  • Cankar, Ivan (1917). "Peter Klepec". Podobe iz sanj [Images from Dreams]. Nova knjižnica (in Slovenian). Vol. 1. Ljubljana: Nova založba, 🖶 Katoliška tiskarna. pp. 40–43. Online publication 2009-09-17.
    • Cankar, Ivan (2001-04-10). Luin, Franko (ed.). Podobe iz sanj. Tyresö: BESeDA, Omnibus. ISBN 91-7301-068-5. Archived from the original on 2001-07-02. 2nd edition published as Cankar, Ivan (2023-03-22) [published 2008-08-16]. "Peter Klepec". In Hladnik, Miran (ed.). Podobe iz sanj  (in Slovenian) – via Wikisource.
  • Kozak, Primož (1971). Peter Klepec v Ameriki [Peter Klepec in America] (in Slovenian).
  • Pochobradsky, Zlatko (2020). Petar Klepac: povijesni roman [Petar Klepac: A Historical Novel] (in Croatian). Čabar: Ogranak Matice hrvatske u Čabru. ISBN 9789537541651. Reviews have been written.[8]

Children's fiction

  • Bevk, France (1956). Peter Klepec. Bevkovo izbrano mladinsko delo. Vol. 8. Illustrated by Karel Hrovatin (1st ed.). Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. Reviews have been written.[9]
    • Bevk, France (1958). Peter Klepec. Knjižnica Čebelica. Vol. 36. Illustrated by Tone Kralj. Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. OCLC 444376550.
    • Bevk, France (1963). "Peter Klepec". Otroci samote [Children of Solitude] (in Slovenian). Illustrated by Maksim Gaspari (2nd ed.). Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. Serbo-Croatian translation: Bevk, France (1966). "Peter Klepec". Peter Klepec, Hajduk Saladin. Lastavica. Translated by Rakočević, Milan; Stošić, Josip. Sarajevo: Veselin Masleša.
    • Bevk, France (1978). Peter Klepec. Zbirka Velike slikalnice. Illustrated by Marjan Manček (? ed.). Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. 2nd edition published as Bevk, France (1988). Peter Klepec. Cicibanov vrtiljak. Illustrated by Marjan Manček (? ed.). Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. ISBN 8611013549. Tirage: 13,500. English translation published as Bevk, France (1988). Peter Klepec. Knjige za cicibane. Translated by Kunaver, Dušica. Illustrated by Marjan Manček. Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. ISBN 86-341-0371-4. 3rd edition published as Bevk, France (2008). Peter Klepec. Zbirka Zakladi otroštva. Illustrated by Marjan Manček (? ed.). Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. ISBN 978-961-01-0695-1. Tirage: 6500. 4th edition published Bevk, France (2013). Peter Klepec. Illustrated by Marjan Manček (? ed.). Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. ISBN 9789610129165. Tirage: 7000.
      • Mihevc, Nataša, ed. (1993). Peter Klepec. Ljubljana: Zavod za slepo in slabovidno mladino. OCLC 1414697995. A braille transcription of the 1988 edition.
      • Bevk, France (2021). Peter Klepec. Ljubljana: Center IRIS. OCLC 1258319318. Tirage: 1. A braille transcription of the 1978 edition.
    • Bevk, France (2014-12-29). Kopljar, Marija (ed.). Peter Klepec  (in Slovenian) – via Wikisource.
    • Bevk, France (2018). Peter Klepec. Zbirka BralaTipke. Illustrated by Sanka Bek, Ines Jaklin, Anja Zamuda. OCLC 1146285899. Tirage: 1.
    • Bevk, France (2020). Peter Klepec. Kobi čitanka (? ed.). Vrtojba: Hopalai. ISBN 9789619518601. Tirage: 100. Reprinted as Bevk, France (2021). Peter Klepec. Kobi čitanka (? ed.). Vrtojba: Hopalai. ISBN 9789619518601. Printed for dyslexic readers. A braille edition was also printed.
  • Čater, Dušan (1995). Peter Klepec. Littera. ISBN 961-6171-04-6. Children's book.
  • Janeš, Jasenka, ed. (2002). Petar Klepac: Radna slikovnica. Čabar: Osnovna škola "Petar Zrinski" Čabar, Ogranak Matice hrvatske u Čabru.
  • Primc, Jože (April 2009). "Slovenska ljudska: Kako je Peter Klepec moč dobil" [Slovenian Folk Tale: How Peter Klepec Got His Power]. Ciciban: revija za najmlajše (in Sinhala). 8 (64): 24–25. ISSN 0350-8870.
  • Kušec, Mladen (2015). Goranove priče [Goran's Stories] (in Serbo-Croatian). Illustrated by Niko Barun. Zagreb: Hrvatsko šumarsko društvo. ISBN 978-953-56470-7-2.
  • Drvar, Magdalena (2025-06-23) [defended 2025-06-05]. Motivi Gorskog kotara u dječjoj književnosti [Motifs of Gorski Kotar in Children's Literature] (Thesis) (in Serbo-Croatian). Gospić: Sveučilište u Zadru.

Audiovisual

  • Kozak, Ferdo (1949). Profesor Klepec: Komedija v štirih dejanjih [Professor Klepec: A Comedy in Four Parts] (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Državna založba Slovenije. 2nd edition published as Kozak, Ferdo (1971). "Profesor Klepec: Komedija v štirih dejanjih". Izabrano delo: Ferdo Kozak (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Mladinska knjiga. The script of a play first performed in 1940, temporarily renamed Profesor Klepec in 1951. Reviews have been written.[10]
  • Rožin Bonifačić, Nikola (n.d.) [written 1964]. Petar Klepac: Igra u 5 slika (prema narodnoj priči iz Gorskog kotara) [Petar Klepac: A Play in 5 Parts (According to the Folk Tale from Gorski Kotar)] (in Croatian). Odsjek za povijest hrvatskog kazališta HAZU, Muzejsko-kazališna zbirka, LT Kukolja 111. The script of a puppet play performed in 1964 at the Gradsko kazalište lutaka in rijeka. Reviews have been written.[11]
  • Gatnik, Kostja (1970). "Peter Klepec". Pavliha: list za pametne Slovence itd. Vol. 27. ISSN 0031-3289. A comic strip.
  • Škerl, Danijel "Dane" [in Slovenian] (1980). Peter Klepec. Maribor.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Slovenski glasbenoinformacijski center, ED. DSS 980*. Online publication 2023-07-12. A ballet.
  • Lužan, Pavel [in Slovenian] (1994), Peter Klepec: radijska igra za otroke, Ljubljana: Radio Slovenija, OCLC 442404913 A puppet show script.
  • Koni Steinbacher (director) (1998). Dekleva, Milan (ed.). Peter Klepec (Motion picture). Izola: Kost, TV Slovenija. An animated short film.
  • Izgoršek, Žan, ed. (2002). Nepremagljiva kokošja junaka [Invincible Chicken Heroes] (in Slovenian). Ljubljana: Gimnazija Antona Aškerca. A comic strip representation.
  • Katarina Nikolov (director) (2015). Peter Peter (Motion picture). Ljubljana: Tramal Films. An animated short film. Shown at Animafest Zagreb 6–11 June 2016.[12]
  • Maja Sever (director) (2017-11-27) [premier 2017-11-27]. Peter Klepec ali Kako postaneš pravi junak [Peter Klepec or How to Become a True Hero] (Motion picture). Ljubljana: SNG Drama. A play.
  • Kovač, Anja; Kovač, Lucija (2019-03-02). Kopač, Miha (ed.). Imaš moč! - himna oratorija 2019 - Peter Klepec (Motion picture). Illustrated by Juan Juvančič. Oratorij Slovenija. A song with lyrics slide show.
  • Barbara Petrović, Aljaž Muršec (directors), Larisa Mahorič (cinematographer) (2019-07-09). Mahorič, Larisa; Petrič, Miha (eds.). Imaš moč - Oratorijska zgodba 2019 (Motion picture). Destrnik: Oratorj Sv. Urban - Destrnik. A live action short film.
  • Gašper Jarni (director), Mira Artnak Bizjak (producer), Marjan Artnak (cinematographer, editor) (2022-12-11). Peter Klepec (Motion picture). Osilnica: KUD Jazbec, Lesart, Marjan Artnak. A live action short film.
  • Polanc, Denis (2022). Peter Klepec. Translated by Volavšek, Beno (1st ed.). Celje: Studio Risar. ISBN 9789619500491. Tirage: 500. A comic strip.
  • Ingrid Žorž, Tina Malnar, Katarina Leš (directors), Katarina Leš (choreographer) (2023-11-18). Petar Klepac, dječak sa sretnim mislima [Petar Klepac, the Boy with Happy Thoughts] (Motion picture) (in Serbo-Croatian). Čabar: Osnovna škola "Petar Zrinski" u Čabru, Područna škola Tršće, Festival dječjeg glazbenog stvaralaštva, Udruga Vrijednice. A children's play that won 2nd place at the Festival dječjeg glazbenog stvaralaštva.[13]
  • Balen Kufner, Katarina (2025-02-08). Legenda o Petru Klepcu [The Legend of Petar Klepac] (in Serbo-Croatian).[14]

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