High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The raskovnik (Serbian Cyrillic and Macedonian: расковник) or razkovniche (Bulgarian: разковниче, pronounced ) is a magical herb in South Slavic (Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Serbian and Slovenian) mythology. According to lore, the raskovnik has the magical property to unlock or uncover anything that is locked or closed. However, legends claim it is notoriously difficult to recognize the herb, and reputedly only certain chthonic animals are able to identify it.