navije
demonic Slavic single tradition · 1
Navije or navje are seen as evil birds harassing pregnant women in South Slavic traditions. In Bulgarian spells, there are "twelve naves" as evil demons spreading the plague. The variant naw appears in Ruthenian and Bulgarian in the forms nav, navje, navka.
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- co occurs with
- Niya
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“In Bulgarian spells, there are "twelve naves" as evil demons spreading the plague, and South Slavic navije or navje are seen as evil birds harassing pregnant women. In the Eastern Slavs, "navya bone" was used in rites related to death.”
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