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Petər Klepəc
Petər Klepəc (, , dial. Pitr Kljepc) is a legendary character in the Slavic folklore of the Kupa river valley. The most prominent stories involve Klepəc being granted supernatural strength, with which he uses a log as a weapon during a battle. The more historical accounts from Mali Lug have an 18th-century setting, but the more legendary accounts match are set in the 16th or 15th century, possibly indicating narrative conflation. The historical Klepəc served in the Army of the Archduchy of Austria, while the stories assigned to him date from the early Ottoman–Habsburg wars through the early 18th century. Birthplace Already in the Zima account of 1828, Mali Lug was designated as the birthplace of Petər Klepəc, and the people of Mali Lug were recorded already by Hirc in 1898 to have considered a particular house as his birthplace; one with the year 1712 written above one of the windows and a particularly large ridge beam. The large beam was already mentioned by Zima 1828, ...
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Petar (, sr-Cyrl, Петар) is a South Slavic languages, South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros (given name), Petros cognate to Peter (given name), Peter. Derivative forms include Pero (given name), Pero, Pejo, Pera (given name), Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra (given name), Petra. People mononymously known as Petar include: * * * Petar of Serbia ( – 917), early Prince of the Serbs * Petar of Duklja (), early archont in Dioclea * Petar Krešimir (died 1074/1075), King of Croatia and Dalmatia * Petar Delyan (r. 1040-1041), Bulgarian rebel, declared Emperor of Bulgaria Notable people with the name are numerous: * See also * Sveti Petar (other) * Petrov (other) * Petrić * Petričević References

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