457 KB44 KB199820251998Šašel Kos, Marjetaletnik:1str. 169-182ISSN:1408-6271COBISSID:6913837URN:URN:NBN:SI:doc-ZIP5OS7LenUniversita degli Studi di Pisa, Dipartimento di Linguistica, gia Istituto di Lingua e LetteraturaZnanstvenoraziskovalni center Slovenske akademije znanosti in umetnosti, Inštitut za slovensko narodopisjeStudia mythologica Slavicaantikaarchaeologyarheologijabajeslovna bitjaclassical antiquityhistorymitimythologyNorikPolybius, ni znano-po 120 pr.n.š.SloveniaSlovenijaStrabon, ok. 63 pr.n.š.-ok. 20 n.š.TavriskiToazgodovinopisjeZlatorog (mitologija)From the Tauriscan gold mine to the goldenhorn and the unusual Alpine animal|Three themes are analysed in the article, which are related under certain aspects to each other. These are the discovery of a rich gold deposit in the land of the Taurisci, mentioned by the Greek historian, Polybus, and the geographer and historian, Strabo; the folk-tale of the Goldenhorn/Zlatorog, in which the search for gold and treasure is reflected; and the third, the peculiar Alpine animal mentioned by the same Greek writers. It could be interpreted as a mythic animal, although in view of the accurate description, the animal was probably an elkTEXTznanstveno časopisjejournalsSlovenian National E-content AggregatorNational and University Library of SloveniaZRC SAZU