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Traditional belief in Bosnia claims that one should not gaze at the stars at night
because of the fear that at that moment one of them doesn't "fall", because if it
happens to be the star of that person, the person will die
immediately?! Analysing certain segments of Illyrian legends and beliefs, such
as the one about the black dragon, god of evil, which attacks the sun and moon
trying to swallow them (black out), we can see parts of the ancient myth about
the demise of a civilization or even planets from which the ancestors of the
Illyrians escaped.
Representation of the snake as the Grand Mother, symbol of life, and protector of
humans from one side and the black dragon, god of evil, which constantly attacks
sun and moon, trying to devour them and cause the end of life on earth, and
humans themselves, is an ancient myth about the struggle of good and evil. But,
behind it all is something much deeper and mystic. We could refer here to the
theory of David Icke about the reptilian race of earth, which is present from the
ancient times of Sumerian and Babylon, whose symbols are represented in
various segments of the ruling families throughout the world, nowadays.
If we recap the history of religion at its very beginning we will come to an obvious
fact that today's monotheistic god is twice as young as all pagan gods, and that
the teaching of monotheism cannot be taken seriously in the attempts to fathom
the history of the human race and its genesis, irrespective of the fact that
monotheism, especially Christianity, took numerous segments of the pagan
religion. The oldest religious movement which is familiar to us is the Neolithic cult
of the Grand Mother, which is called the first and oldest deity in human history.
And the Grand Mother is what connects the Illyrians with the reptiles (snake,
dragon, salamander) and their alien heritage or ancient race from which they
stem.

There is a large possibility that the Illyrians had some connection or even
common heritage with the people from India, which can be grasped if we analyse
certain legends from Bosnian mythology. The most interesting tale about the
mysterious creatures called utve zlatokrile - half humans, half birds, which didn't
have sexual distinctions. It is claimed that they have escaped from India to
Bosnia, "that cursed land".
Another rarity of the Bosnian people but also connection with India is located in
the traditional belief in the migration of the human's soul into an animal and vice
versa (reincarnation), which is actually the basic concept of the Bogomils in
Bosnia during the Middle ages. How much this belief was widespread and
accepted from the folk is best witnessed from the fact that still today in the
st
21 century, there are old people who prolong the belief about the migration of
the soul. In Velika Kladuša there are still old ladies from which you can hear the
claim that evil people, especially murderers and thieves, turn into cows after
death, horses, pigs, etc. so that they could repay their sins in the new life, serving
other people. This traditional belief, which is found in total opposition about the
classic monotheistic maxim of the soul leaving to heaven or hell, clearly points to
the deep rooted belief about reincarnation among the Bosnian people.

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