In the past in Bosnia
the custom to throw peelings from fruit into the fire in order to feed the
celestial bird were honoured. It was considered to be a good deed. According to
a legend, Allah punished her to fly around the skies until the end of time
without an opportunity to descend to earth and rest. The large celestial bird
was punished by god because she wanted to defy gods will and at one opportunity
she made a bet with god that she will change the fate of a girl and a boy that
god had predetermined as husband and wife. The large celestial bird took the
girl and carried her off to the tallest mountain among humans, far away from
everyone. At the highest peak of the mountain, the bird spread the skin of an ox
across the branches of the gigantic tree and placed the girl there. She took
care of her for years until she grew into a fine young woman. In the mean time
on the other side of the world the boy also matured into a handsome and strong
young man who one day headed into the world to find himself a wife. He wondered
around the world until his fate led him to the tall mountain. Weary from his
journey he decided to rest under the exact giant tree that the girl lived on.
She saw him and immediately fell in love with him. She asked him what was he
doing under the tree and he replied that he was looking for a wife. The girl
called him up, but the tree was so tall that he couldn't climb up nor could she
climb down. Suddenly the girl came up with a solution and asked the young man to
hide inside a sheep skin and remain there until she tells him otherwise. He did
exactly what she told him. Not long after that the large bird came, the girl
told her that she had seen a dead sheep underneath the tree and asked the bird
to fetch it for her so she can make some clothes for herself out of its wool.
The bird did as the girl told and flew off in search for some food.
The young man remained with the girl for a whole year, hiding from the large bird, and during that period she became pregnant and gave birth to a child. Allah who was observing what was going on the whole time called the bird to him and asked - Do you still believe that my will can be changed? - Yes, replied the bird. Then god replied that she was the one who brought the young man to the girl and helped them in consummating their love.
The young man remained with the girl for a whole year, hiding from the large bird, and during that period she became pregnant and gave birth to a child. Allah who was observing what was going on the whole time called the bird to him and asked - Do you still believe that my will can be changed? - Yes, replied the bird. Then god replied that she was the one who brought the young man to the girl and helped them in consummating their love.
