Croatian folklore

feminine spirit in Southern Slavic folklore

' (), sometimes rendered as and first published as The Mourning Song of the Noble Wife of the Hasan Aga''''', is a South Slavic folk ballad, created during the period of 1646–49, in the region of Imotski, which at the time was a part of the Bosnia Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. The author of the poem, whose premise takes place in a Bosnian Muslim cultural context, is unknown.

right|thumb|Razkovniche is the Bulgarian language|Bulgarian-language name for the real plant [[Marsilea quadrifolia, which shares some features with the legendary raskovnik.]]

old Slavic tradition

Bugarštica ( or ), originally known as Bugaršćica, is a form of epic and ballad oral poetry, which was popular among South Slavs mainly in Dalmatia and Bay of Kotor from 15th until the 18th century, sung in long verses of mostly fifteen and sixteen syllables with a caesura after the seventh and eighth syllable, respectively.

traditional dress of the various regions of Croatia

character of Slovenian mythology

Croatian folk heroine

Croatian (Istrian) villager who was accused of being a vampire

thumb|Klopotec in Pavla Vas, [[Lower Carniola (Slovenia)]] A klopotec (pronounced ) is a wooden mechanical device on a high wooden pole, similar to a windmill. It is used as a bird scarer in the vineyards of traditional wine-growing landscapes of Slovenia, Austria, and Croatia. It is one of the symbols of Slovenia and Styria.