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.

2/02/2014

The "grand" mother Tiamat

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One of the oldest myths relating to the genesis is the one recorded with cuneiform on clay tablets from the ancient Sumerian civilization. ...

The cult of Grand Mother in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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While in the ancient age of paganism the cult of fertility was celebrated, in monotheism large changes occurred and everything that belonge...

Cult of fertility among the Illyrians

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First known inhabitants of Bosnia and Herzegovina were Illyrians, an ancient nation of Indo-European descent, whose presence in our country...

Sun, moon and earth

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On a wider territory of the Illyrians the cult of fertility existed, which was based on the dominant female principle of creation i.e. glor...

Snake - basis of the cult of fertility

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The cult of the snake, which was dominant in the entire religious and social concept of our forefathers, represents the core of the cult of...

Giving birth in nature

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Traditional connection of Illyrians with the cult of fertility and the Grand Mother is especially apparent in the process of giving birth i...

Bogomil legend about conception and birth

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In the Bogomil story about Did Adže, which is found at the north-western part of BiH, the origin of the human species is described in a rat...

Wheat - the symbol of the Grand Mother

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During the Ottoman occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the massive conversion of Bogomils to Islam not much was done to preserve the a...

Doorstep - the altar of the Grand Mother

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It is known that people during the Palaeolithic era used caves as natural shelters and places to raise a family. Exactly because of that fu...
1/12/2014

REINCARNATION IN THE TRADITION OF THE BOSNIAN PEOPLE

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Bogomilsm was based on Persian dualism: the master of the spiritual world was god, and the material, which was transitory, was ruled by the...

Celtic dragon and goddess of moon

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In order to get a more detailed understanding of the beginnings of the religious idea of reincarnation in Bosnia and Herzegovina it is nece...

From Illyrian's and Bogomil's to the Bosnian holocaust

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The Bogomil movement is without a doubt one of the phenomena of Middle Age Bosnia and Herzegovina since it testifies about the strength and...
12/22/2013

Bosniaks - snake people

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According to Bosnian mythology the snake is the first being that God created, it appeared 40 years before the first man and animal were cre...

Tuesday - holly day

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Folklore claims that snakes live like humans: they have their families but also kingdoms and monarchies. They always gather exclusively on ...

Snake in the Bogomil legends

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In numerous Bogomil legends the snake plays a main or supporting role like the one about Grandfather Ravuš or Did Ravuš, which folk tales d...
12/16/2013

Stećci

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Nenad M. Đorđević an independent researcher of ancient cultures and mythology on the territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina, believes that tom...

Ancient symbols of Illyrian cults

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When we analyse the motifs on numerous tombstones we notice that the most dominant symbols are depictions of crosses, swords, axes, hands, ...
12/11/2013

Illyrian heritage in Bosnia and Herzegovina

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The mystical world of Bosnian people has in itself, besides its uniqueness, a rich religious-magical concept infused with shamanism. When w...

Cult of zviždenjak

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 Animism, which is inseparable from shamanism is evident in many segments of Bosnian folk religion in whose auspice the longest living cult...
12/09/2013

Illyrian religion and Bosnian mythology

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Cultural anthropology which combines a few special disciplines such as ethnology, archaeology or linguistics, gives us a perfect insight in...
11/28/2013

Cult of the dead among the Bosnian people

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The Bosnian people are probably the only people on the Balkans which managed to maintain the burial custom of burying dead family members ...
11/11/2013

Urok

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It is interesting to point out that the Illyrians as a nation were prone to superstition, healing and magic, and that's why their mage...

Stars - human souls

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Since the Illyrian times the stars are guardians of life or better said they are human souls. According to Bosnian belief each human gets ...
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