Traditional connection of Illyrians with the cult of fertility and the Grand Mother is especially apparent in the process of giving birth in nature, without help of the other person. The pregnant woman was left to her own resources and the help of the goddess whose attention she gained through nature. Dr. Enver Imamović writes in an informative and interesting way in the History of the Bosnian army: "Most old writers describe the Illyrians as brave and resourceful and that seldom women stood behind them in battles. For them, on the other hand, they used to say that they had unusually easy births. When they would feel labour, they would go to a nearby grove and they would give birth there by themselves. They would then bring the child into the village and they would say to their fellow members that they found the child in the woods, and all would be amazed by that fact.
The same trend was present among the Bosnian women throughout the ages who usually gave birth in fields, groves or some ancillary building; it was very common for a woman coming home from a field to carry a baby in her other hand while also carrying a sheaf of wheat or corn. They also had a custom like their forefathers to say that they found a child in the garden, grove or some field.
The same trend was present among the Bosnian women throughout the ages who usually gave birth in fields, groves or some ancillary building; it was very common for a woman coming home from a field to carry a baby in her other hand while also carrying a sheaf of wheat or corn. They also had a custom like their forefathers to say that they found a child in the garden, grove or some field.
