Putni tovaruš

Putni tovaruš (English: Travel companion) is a prayer book written in 1660 by Croatian poet and noblewoman Katarina Zrinska on her estates in Ozalj.

The book was completed on August 1, 1660 on Katarina Zrinski's estates in Ozalj,[1] as can be seen from the introductory text, and was published in the printing press Babiani in Venice during 1661.

[2] In the same foreword titled Vsega hervatckoga i slovinskoga orsaga gospodi i poglavitim ljudem obojega spola[3] (To all noble people of the Croatian and Slavic states of both sexes), Zrinska introduces herself as a enlightened Croatian noblewoman whose work is motivated by her religious convictions and patriotism.

...[5][6] Most of the prayers of the book were translated from German language into Croatian,[7] using a dialectal mixture of Chakavian, Štokavian and Kajkavian, as a representative of the Ozalj literary circle.

[9] O moj sveti angel čuvar, verni, plemeniti nebeski herceg, hvalim ti serčeno za tvoje čuvanje, pasku i ljubav, koju si ti meni vazdar skazal; preporučam se, tulikajše, tebi ovu noč u tvoju obrambu, i prosim te, dostojaj se po kriposti svetoga križa, od mene odtirati vsu napast i skušnju vražju, da nijednoga stališa pri meni ne najde, nego da ja u svetom miru spati i počivati budem mogal.