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Bosnian sorcery

Fascination produced by the emergence of a new life always inspired human imagination and created in such a way imposing legends and stories. Among the Bosnian folk we come across a whole spectrum of traditional beliefs or knowledge which were first of all based on mythology and which in a sense reveal divine origin of…

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Utve zlatnih krila

U bosanskoj mitologiji spominju se mistična bića opisivana kao pola žena-pola ptica koja imaju zlatna krila. Nazivaju se utve zlatnih krila i one prema mitološkoj klasifikaciji pripadaju  u  bića pozitivnog djelovanja koja pomažu pojedincima u lovu ili drugim aktivnostima, cijelim naseljima pa čak i cijelom narodu. Prema vjerovanju utve su besmrtne i  od postanka ima…

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Fire salamander in Bosnia

Animism, which is inseparable from shamanism is evident in many segments of Bosnian folk tradition in whose auspice the longest living cults, which got their religious sense from the Illyrians, embedded their beliefs into the collective consciousness of Bosnian. The cult of zviždenjak (Fire salamander) among the Bosnian people is closely linked to the cult of the…

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Illyrian god’s and goddesses

So, this is just a part of my story which start long, long ago about Bosnia and nowadays surrounding countries through the time line… When we’re talking about Bosnian mythology it is important to clarify instantly the following – Bosnian people are speaking a Slavic language, but this doesn’t mean that they are Slavic people,…

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ARIANRHOD, MOON GODDESS OF THE SILVER WHEEL

Celtic goddess of moon Arianrhod on a Bosnian stecak Arianhod is known under several names: “High Fruitful Mother”, “Silver Wheel”, “Silver Circle”, “Sky Goddess”, etc. In etymology it is considered that her name comes from the Welsh word “silver” or “ariawyn” – “silver woman”. The origin of the name is also brought into connection with…

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