Case file · Sacred site
Ajvaz-dedo splits the rock at Prusac
Bosnian Muslim tradition says that in a drought of 1510 the dervish Ajvaz-dedo prayed for 40 days above Prusac, until two white rams in a dream split the rock blocking a spring, and he woke to find it split.
1510 CE · 44.09, 17.39 · status: legend
The account
The split rock became the site of Ajvatovica, called the largest Islamic traditional pilgrimage in Europe. The communist government banned the procession after 1947; it was revived in 1990, and the 500th anniversary was marked in 2010.
The sceptical view
The split is a natural rock fissure; the date and dream come from tradition.