Kekec is a fictional
children's literature
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character created by Slovenian author
Josip Vandot in 1918. He was first introduced in the
serial "Kekec on the Hard Path" () in ''Zvonček'' magazine (volume 19, issue 1/2). He is a young shepherd boy living in the Julian Alps, revered in Slovenia, and the subject of several films.
List of characters featured in the Kekec novels
* ''Kekec'' (Mežnarčev Gregec) is widely recognized as a Slovenian superhero and
cultural icon
A cultural icon is a person or an cultural artifact, artifact that is identified by members of a culture as representative of that culture. The process of identification is subjective, and "icons" are judged by the extent to which they can be seen ...
. Kekec is a brave boy, a fearless
shepherd
A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep. Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of Pastoralism, pastoralist animal husbandry. ...
from the highlands of his home region,
Kranjska Gora
Kranjska Gora (; ) is a town in northwestern Slovenia, on the Sava Dolinka River in the Upper Carniola region, close to the Austrian and Italy, Italian borders. It is the seat of the Municipality of Kranjska Gora. The tripoint between Austria, It ...
and
Julian Alps
The Julian Alps (, , , , ) are a mountain range of the Southern Limestone Alps that stretches from northeastern Italy to Slovenia, where they rise to 2,864 m at Mount Triglav, the highest peak in Slovenia. A large part of the Julian Alps is inclu ...
. He is good guy who is fighting an evil wild hunter from the mountains (Bedanec) and evil herbalist woman from mountains who is stealing children (Pehta).
[Helga Glušič, ''Sto Slovenskih Pripovednikov'' (Ljubljana: Prešernova družba, 1996) ]
* ''Bedanec'' (or. Bedanc) - evil poacher with long beard from the mountains.
* ''Mojca'' - sister of Rožle, captured by Bedanec and Pehta.
* ''Pehta'' - wild woman from the mountains.
* ''Rožle'' - scared boy, a friend of Kekec.
* ''Kosobrin'' - tiny old
herbalist.
* ''Tinkara''
* ''Brincelj''
* ''Vitranc''
* ''Tinka''
Vandot's original novels
Original trilogy short novels with Kekec as the main character were published as annex in ''Zvonček'' publication, not in one piece at once but in total 12 parts for each novel:
Novels weren't published in one piece, but every month one or two parts, as Zvonček publication was released at only every first in the month.
''Kekec on the Hard Path''
''Kekec on the Wolf Trail''
''Kekec Above the Lonely Abyss''
Gale's film trilogy
Jože Gale directed Slovene/Yugoslav film trilogy about Kekec, based on novels by Josip Vandot, but only the first and second film were a direct adaptation of the second and third book:
References
External links
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* {{IMDb title, qid=Q1730981, title=Kekec's Tricks
Fictional Slovenian people
Book series
Literary characters introduced in 1918
Fictional shepherds