The paper focuses on the toponymy of south and southeast Velebit associated with degraded and demonised mythical beings (fairies and old women, babas), which arises from the traditional symbolical perceptions and beliefs of the inhabitants of southern Podgorje. The work uses folk narratives, ritual songs and more recent written sources with the aim of interpreting toponyms in southern Podgorje that are evidence of the survival of pre-Christian, Slavic beliefs.Prispevek se osredinja na toponimijo južnega in jugovzhodnega Velebita, povezano z degradiranimi in demoniziranimi bajeslovnimi bitji (vile in starke, babice), ta toponimija izhaja iz tradicionalnih simbolnih predstav in verovanj prebivalcev južnega Podgorja. Raziskava temelji na obravnavi ljudskih pripovedi, obrednih pesmi in novejših pisnih virov z namenom interpretacije toponimov v južnem Podgorju, ki pričajo o preživetju predkrščanskih, slovanskih verovanj
