# Talk:Raskovnik

In the paper I linked I noticed that the plant is in fact common in all Slavic mythology, but have no will to update the article now, nor I have the idea on how should it be called. Nikola 20:49, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

I decided to stick to South Slavic mythology. Apparently, magic weed is a common motif in European mythology is a whole. But we have to stop somewhere, and common etymology and deeply linked myths is a good place to do that. Todor→Bozhinov 19:54, 24 August 2010 (UTC)

Interestingly, a "divine tortoise" is also described as the guardian of a magic plant (in this case, yarrow used for divination) in ancient Chinese mythology: Loewe, Michael (1994), Divination, mythology and monarchy in Han China, Volume 48 of University of Cambridge oriental publications, Cambridge University Press, p. 94, ISBN 0521454662. Make what you want out of it... -- Vmenkov (talk) 05:43, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

Curious, thanks for that. Mythology tends to have many recurring themes around the world :) Best, Todor→Bozhinov 08:21, 25 August 2010 (UTC)

This article has serious problems. For one, rather than spell out how specific traditions relate to one another and discussing sources, it presents a synthesized account of this material. Prior to my recently clean up, it also contained fringe elements (like references to cryptozoology) and confused myth with folklore. If what I'm seeing is any indication, the sources used for this article could use a close look. :bloodofox: (talk) 22:00, 30 July 2018 (UTC)