Narechnitsa, pl. Narechnitsi were Slavic fate-fairies, sorceresses who appear around newly born children and foretell their fate.

Their name comes from Old-Bulgarian recha, narecha - to tell, to foretell, to set aside.

They are an often met character in Bulgarian (South-Slavic) folklore, especially in the Heroic epos - the legends about Krali Marko

Prince Marko

Marko Mrnjavčević was de jure the Serbian king from 1371 to 1395, while de facto he ruled only over a territory in western Macedonia centered on the town of Prilep...

, despot Vulkashin, Momchil Yunak, etc.