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“Badgnak.”
The oak tree used at Christmas by the Serbians, [47]
“Badgni Dan.”
Serbian equivalent for Christmas Eve, [46]
Bajazet.
Son of Sultan Amourath, [7]
Balcius.
Latinized form of Baux, in early records, [119];
name changed at the Court at Naples into Balza, [119]
Balkan Peninsula.
Incursion of the Serbians into, [1]
Balkan Territories.
Kingdoms embraced in, [1]
Balkan War.
Mrs. C. H. Farnam’s devotion to the wounded during the, [57], [58];
reference to the feats of arms performed by the Serbians during the, [175]
Balkans.
Hero tales of the, express the ideals which have inspired the Serbian race, [12];
explanation of the decay of the ancient aristocracy throughout the, [14]
“Balkans, the Empress of the.”
Drama by King Nicholas I Petrovitch of Montenegro, [134]
Ballad-s.
Serbian bards improvise, to record deeds of King Nicholas I Petrovitch of Montenegro, [120];
“The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch,” the finest and most famous Serbian, [134];
usual ending to ballads by Serbian and Montenegrin bards, [184];
historical note on that of “King Voukashin’s Marriage,” [193], [194];
observation regarding motif of “The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Kakshitch,” [194];
“The Saints Divide the Treasures,” [195]–197;
three Serbian—(1) “The Building of “Skadar” (Scutari), etc., [198]; (2) “The Stepsisters,” [206]; and (3) “The Abduction of the Beautiful Iconia,” [210]
Balshitch.
Nicholas I Petrovitch, King of Montenegro, and an indirect descendant out of, [120]
Balza.
Italianized form of Balcius (Baux), [119]
Ban.
The original title of the rulers of Bosnia, [6]
Banat.
One of the Serbian provinces in Austria-Hungary
Banovitch Strahinya.
The ballad relating to, one of the finest composed by anonymous bards of Middle Ages, [119];
historical data, [119], [120];
some Serbian historians believe identical with the glorious Strashimir Balshitch-Nemanyitch, [119];
eulogized as “a falcon without equal,” [120];
Dyogo the faithful steed of, [120];
Caraman the faithful greyhound of, [120];
visits Youg Bogdan, [120]–121
Banyska (Lord of Little).
Title by which a dervish hails Banovitch Strahinya, [122]
Bards.
(1) Serbian. Attention now turned to the exploits of modern heroes at Monastir, Koumanovo, Perlep (Prilip), Scutari (Skadar), etc., [176]; usual ending to ballads of, [184]; word ‘book’ invariably used by those of fourteenth century when speaking of a letter, [186].
(2) Montenegrin. Stereotyped ending to ballads of, [184]
Bash Tchelik (Real Steel).
A Serbian folk-tale, [247]–267;
his promise of three lives to the Prince, and his abduction of his deliverer’s wife, [258]–267
Basil I, Emperor.
The second conversion of Southern Slavs to Christianity was effected by, [28]
Batchka.
One of the Serbian provinces in Austria-Hungary
Baux, Des.
Strashimir Balshitch-Nemanyitch a descendant of the old Provençal family of, [119];
in early records the name is latinized Balcius, [119];
supposition that the Italianized Seigneurs des Baux, who married into royal house of Nemanyitch and who settled in Serbian lands, further changed their patronymic to Balsha or Balshitch, [119]
Baux, Hughes de.
A French knight; reference to, [33]
Bazar, Relya of.
A Serbian knight;
Bogdan the Bully and, [87]–89
Beardless.
A name used as the personification of craftiness and sharpness, applied to man in Serbian folk-tale “Lying for a Wager,” [283]
Beata Maria.
St. Elias inquires the reason of her great grief, [195];
St. Elias comforts, [196]
Bedevia.
The Moorish chieftain’s mare, [79];
Sharatz and, [79], [80], [81];
Bogdan the Bully’s mare, [87];
name of mare given by Ivan Tzrnoyevitch to Milosh Obrenbegovitch, [141];
Voïvode Balatchko’s mare, [168]
Belgrade.
Reference to the triumphal return of the Serbian army to, at the conclusion of the Balkan campaigns, 1912–13, [176];
a veela warns Stephan and Demitrius Yakshitch of the intention of the Turks to assail, [177];
Stephan Yakshitch and Haykoona escape to, [183]
Beliefs.
Superstitions of Serbians, and national customs, [13]–53
Berlin.
Famous Treaty of, acknowledged the independence of Serbia during rule of Milan, [10], [11];
mention of a Veele ring in Treaty of, [17]
Bertrandon de la Broquière, Chevalier.
Told in 1433 that Trajanople had been built by the Emperor Trajan, [27]
Bind.
Illyrian god;
a reminder of, in the tradition regarding Prince Ivan Tzrnoyevitch, [25]
“Bird Maiden, The.”
A Serbian folk-tale, [280]–283
“Biter Bit, The.”
A Serbian folk-tale, [328]–340;
the hundred daughters in, [330];
the wedding procession, [333];
the Black Giant in, [334];
the old woman meets the old man in a forest by the river Luckless, [336];
the Black Giant buys the cow, [339]
Blind.
In Serbian Hungary there are schools for, in which national ballads are taught, [55], [56]
“Bochtchaluks.”
Serbian equivalent for wedding presents, [32]
Bodin, King.
Son of Michaylo;
obtains title from Pope Gregory VII, [3];
restores the Serbia of Tchaslav, and adds Bosnia to his State, [3]
Bogdan the Bully.
Marko and, [87]–89
Bogdan, Youg.
Aged father-in-law of Banovitch, [120], [121];
castle in Kroushevatz the residence of, [120];
one of his sons-in-law a direct descendant of King Nemanya, [120];
Strahinya returns to, after his slaying of Vlah-Ali, [128]
Bogoumils.
Protestants of the Greek Orthodox Church who settled in Bosnia, [4]
“Bojitch.”
Equivalent, “the little God.” The Christmas Day church service, [49]
Boshko Yougovitch.
One of Tsarina Militza’s nine brothers, [170];
refuses to remain with her while Tsar Lazarus departs to battlefield of Kossovo, [171]
Boshnyaks.
Serbians inhabiting Bosnia;
considered to be the most typical Serbians, [13]
Bosnia.
King Bodin adds to his State, [3];
Ban Koulin placed on the throne of, [4];
Stevan Tomashevitch king of, [8];
subjugation of, complete by 1463, [8];
the Padishah offers to make Stephan Yakshitch Grand Vizier of, if he will renounce the Holy Cross, [179]
Bosnia and Herzegovina.
One of the kingdoms in the Balkan territories, [1];
Serbian calamity on Kossovo due mainly to the disobedience of the Serbian lords who ruled over, [175]
Bowring, Sir John.
Quotations of three poems from his Servian Popular Poetry, [198]–212
Boyana.
River on which Skadar’s fortress stands, [186], [198]
Brankovitch, Dyourady.
Nephew of Vook Brankovitch, [7];
reference to death of, [8]
Brankovitch, Vook (Wolf).
The treachery of, against Knez Lazar, [7];
his death, [7];
Tsarina Militza and death of, [173];
responsibility for great calamity to the Serbian army on Kossovo assigned by bards to, [174]
Bregalnitza.
Reference to, as a set-off to Slivnitza, [176]
Bregovo.
Town of;
Marko and Milosh at, [105]
Bride.
The custom with the Serbians for one of her brothers to present the bride to her wooer, [248]
Bulgaria.
A province of Serbia under Stevan Detchanski, [5];
war against, by Serbia, [11];
Shishman king of, [94]
Bulgars.
Serbians an easy prey to attacks of, [2]
Bully, The.
Alternative for Bogdan, [87]–89;
Albanian equivalent, Kessedjiya, [108];
his death on the top of Katchanik mountain, [114]
Byzantines.
Serbians an easy prey to attack of, [2];
Christianity deeply rooted in the, [14];
Peroon, the Russian God of Thunder, concluded with the, [15]
Byzantine Empire.
Incorporates Bulgaria and overpowers Rashka, [3];
Doushan the Powerful subdues almost the whole of the, [5];
Prince Ourosh endeavours to negotiate an alliance between Serbs and French for overthrow of, [119]