BOSNIAN MYTHOLOGY

Mythology of Bosnia and Herzegovina abounds with various external influences because of its geographical position but also its turbulent history which shaped the Bosnian spirit and imagination. In Bosnia both the East and West always manifested which is clearly evident through mythology where we come across interesting elements of both eastern and western beliefs.

12/31/2012

Soul or Duša

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According to belief a man should never be woken abruptly because his soul leaves his body while he sleeps and travels around the world w...

Čifuti

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Coming to Bosnia the Jewish people were known as very stingy people to which a dozen sayings witness. That's why they are called Čifu...

Cigani

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Gypsies were also known among the folk in BIH as children kidnappers. According to folk belief they broke an arm or a leg to the kidnappe...
12/30/2012

Mora or Nightmare

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Bosniaks believe that a Mora is a discarded or cheated girl which uses this form to get back at her boyfriend. In her invisible form she...
12/29/2012

Witch (or Naletnica, Sihirbaza)

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According to a Bosnian belief girls become witches if they wish to cause someone harm, for example, to get revenge on her neighbour, her ...

Tvora, Činilica and Otrovnica

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Tvora : An evil spirit of diseases which attacks the patient and burdens his psyche with various nightmares and horrible appearances. Č...
12/28/2012

Dont forget genocide in Bosnia and Rwanda 1994-1995.

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Since some civilizations or cultures are simply more barbaric than others, and since these are multiethnic – and different ethnic groups w...

Krvopilica

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An evil spirit that would drink the patient's blood all night until it would completely drain the patient of his power.

Mraza

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An evil spirit of hatred and disputes, he took away love and unity from people, and he made them fight one another.    

Bosnian Lampir

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Lampir according to Bosnian belief is a dead man, who was possessed by an evil spirit (Jinn) 7 or 40 days after his death, who in turn resu...

Prikaze

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Are evil spirits that appear to people only at night in various forms, mostly as cats, rabbits, goats, dogs. It is believed that whoever ...

Kudretfenjeri

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It is believed that these are the ghosts of dead Muslim soldiers who usually appear in the form of mysterious lights at abandoned cemeter...

Meknjača

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Meknjača or Plačo : is the name of a mysterious bird that has never been seen but has been heard usually during eve time or at night. It...

A Popular History of Witchcraft

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In august, 1927, an english lady who was walkingin a wood near Travnik, in Bosnia, apparently aroused the suspicions of some peasant women...
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12/26/2012

Karanđoloz

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The belief about this mythological creature was brought over to Bosnia by the Ottoman Empire. Karanđoloz as it is believed can be found ...
12/23/2012

Lampir

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Whoever cuts his nails during the night will become a lampir (vampire). Bosnian folk believe that if a dead man inflates, that he ...
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