Mythological Symbolism in the Work of Vladimir Nazor

Sa？etak The article reflects on the mythological symbolism in the work of Vladimir Nazor. The sources of Nazor’s interest in the mythological are shown in relation to the culture of the island of Bra？, Istria, ethnology, folklorictics, the writer’s poetics, ideologies and the characteristics of the literary periods of the respective texts examined. Several mythologems are concentrated on: the myth of the Slavs, the myth of ethnogenesis, the myth of faith in the future, etc. It is argued that Nazor’s work reflects ideas contemporary to present studies, including that of the reconstruction of the mythical substrate in the intangible Croatian cultural heritage