Snake – girl

There is an interesting legend among people from Velika Kladuša about a buried treasure in the settlement of Rudnik, which is allegedly guarded for centuries by an immortal giant snake. This legend begins like this: during the time of the Roman occupation of the Illyricum in the area of today’s Velika Kladuša a Japodean family…

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Bosnia, Illyrians and tombstones – beginning of European civilization

Continuity of our people from the old days up to today was not in question, and it was part of the scientific discourse until the end of the XIX century. Therefore, up until that period everyone knew that south Slavs were actually Illyrians. However, after the Illyrian name, crest with a crescent moon and tri…

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Spells as arrows

Spells can be divided according to intensity – there are weak and strong spells. From the first the diseased person has transient symptoms such as yawning, headache, sudden passing of cold throughout the body. They usually influence the mood and appetite in children. Strong spells have a longer lasting and more pronounced activity; they can…

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Predaja iz Prozora

U prozorskom naselju Družinovići, smještenom na starom putu koji se penje prema Šćitu, nalazi se jedno od najstarijih mezarja u ovom dijelu naše domovine. Smješteno je nadomak mjesnog igrališta, u gustoj hrastovoj šumi. Put do nadgrobnih nišana je zarastao u korov i žbunje. Stariji mještani ga zovu “Rkaćko groblje”. Obilaze ga svi Nije poznato ko…

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Anastatica hierochuntica in Bosnian folklore

Anastatica hierochuntica is a plant which has been traditionally brought by pilgrims for centuries from Saudi Arabia into Bosnia, partially as an exotic souvenir, but mostly for the widespread belief that it can ease birth of any woman and save her from sudden complications, or even worse, death. Pilgrims besides these reasons brought the plant…

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