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An engraved gem of amber, depicting the god Vidasus (Romanian - Silvanus),
Huremovača, Ljubuški, south-western Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sculptures which depict god Vidasus, sometimes accompanied by Tana, show
him encircled by girls dancing or in the form of nymphs, water faeries. Beside the
data which confirm that the Bosnian folk were familiar with faeries from ancient
times, this information is extremely important for further study about correlation
with persons which came into direct contact with faeries and gained healing
powers as well as texts of spells. From Bosnian tradition we know that faeries
are skilled in healing with medicinal herbs and spring water in which, according to
legends, they would bathe.
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