Pravljica: družbena resničnost in mirabilis – s posebnim ozirom na renesančne različice pravljice o Pepelki

The article focuses on the Renaissance literary tale, specifically from the work Facetious Nights by Gian Francesco Straparola. The collection features a variant of Cinderella's tale, which is a case particularly studied in the article. The author analyses the resemblance techniques used by Straparola to encapsulate the social reality of the time, and studies how the Renaissance episteme, grounded in the principles of resemblance, expresses in his work. The mirroring of nature, best illustrated through the metaphor of a mirror, accentuates the importance of the visual and comprises mirabilis, which is etymologically rooted in mirroring. The author explores the social function of tales in Venetian society and the ways, in which the marvellous was used to achieve this objective. The article shows interrelations between Straparola's works and Slovenian folktales, as well as with older variants of the studied cases.