Tradiţii locale despre Voievodul Gelu în spaţiul istoric-geografic Gilău-Căpuşul Mare (judeţul Cluj)

  • Subiect: Local Traditions about Gelu in the Historical Geografical space Gilău – Capusu Mare-cluj-Country Traditions are elements of continuity along centuries and generations which send customs, habits, technologies and other information including this historical one. ln Gilau and Capusul Mare and some other small villages, some lengends and traditions about Gelu are still kept. There are also some about his defending wars and his death. The Hungarian historian Anonymous writes about Geluîs last battle against the Hungarian invaders led by Tuhutum. lt took place on the valley of the river Capus. This valley is situated between Gilau and Capusul Mare and here Gelu was defeated and killed. Me, myself searched for information in 1997-1999. I interviewed 110 persons. 37 declared that their grandparents and parent were telling some thin about the name but they didn’t remember details. 73 persons provided me information about Gelu, about the places the battles took place, about his death. 69 utter that Gelu fought and was killed on the Capus valley and 4 say he was murdered on the Somes. Many people say that Gelu was caught by the renemies because his horse stumbled in a swamp; others utter he was wounded by arrows and he fell off the horse. The legend comes then and I write down few variants. "hardly had the horse come out of the suramp when from his ont feet there sprang water and it is called Geluîs fountain nowadays''. "wounded by an arrow, Gelu fell down died and his horse made a pitch for him". "Gelu' s soldiers buried him on the banks of a river and let water flow over his coffin so that the invader couldn’t find his body". "on the mountain Cetatea Somesului they say Gelu's golden treasure is hidden in the ground". The majority of the questioned ones say that the name of the village Gilau comes from Gelu (Gelou). Our duty is to preserve and worth the customs, herves they are part of our nation, to worship them and make them know all over the world.
  • Limba de redactare: română
  • Secţiunea: Istorie medie
  • Vezi publicația: Acta Musei Porolissensis: ActaMP
  • Editura: Muzeul Judeţean de Istorie şi Artă Zalău
  • Loc publicare: Zalău
  • Anul publicaţiei: 2000
  • Referinţă bibliografică pentru nr. revistă: XXIII-1; nr. în TOM: I; anul 2000; subtitlu: Anuarul Muzeului Judeţean de Istorie şi Artă Zalău
  • Paginaţia: 629-639
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