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Daedalus.
Confused in Serbian legends with Emperor Trajan, [27]
Dalmatians.
Sea-going men who pray only to St. Nicholas, [51]
Dance Rings (Vrzino kollo).
The Veele and their, [17];
one on Mount Kom in Montenegro called Vilino Kollo, [17]
Danitza. The morning star;
its appearance puts Zmay of Yastrebatz to flight, [130];
reference to, in “The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch,” [177]
Danube.
Allusion to Sharatz’s swim across the, [91];
Marko drowns part of Voutcha’s army in, [92]
Daughters.
The hundred, in the Serbian folk-tale “The Biter Bit,” [330]
Daybog (The Sun God).
Russian equivalent, Daszbog—literally “Give, O God!” [16];
to the Serbians the personification of sunshine, life and prosperity, [16];
remains of idols representing, among Southern-Slavonic nations, [16];
Christmas festivities and, [49]
Dead.
Festival in honour of, during Lent, [52]
Death.
The Archangel Michael and, [31]
“Deeds, Good, Never Perish.”
The Serbian folk-tale, [291]–299
Dessimir.
King Vukashin’s trusty servant, [199]
“Dever.”
The leader of the Serbian bride, [35]
Devil-s (dyavo).
Considered as pagan gods, [19]
Diascevastes.
The learned, of Pisistrate’s epoch, [54]
Diocletian, Emperor.
References in Southern-Slavonic legends to, [27]
“Divan.”
Means, in Serbian, any State gathering. As used in the Serbian ballad “The Saints Divide the Treasures” it means the Supreme Judgment, [195]
Djelat (executioner).
Stephan Yakshitch threatened with the, [180]
Dobrivoy.
Servant of Theodore of Stalatch, [211]
“Doda or Dodola.”
The rite connected with the favourite goddess of Rain, [51], [52]
Don, The River.
Serbians lived on banks of, [1]
Dourmitor.
The mountain, [186]
Doushan the Powerful (Mighty).
Dethrones his father Stevan Detchanski, [5];
vampires and the Code of, [21], [22], [24];
Voukashin’s bad faith toward, [61];
attended by Archdeacon Nedelyko till death, [66];
the marriage of, [150]–169;
sends Theodor, Councillor of State, to King Michael of Ledyen, [150];
sues for the hand of Princess Roksanda, [150], [151];
the two Voïnovitchs, Voukashin and Petrashin, nephews of, [151];
Milosh-the-Shepherd joins the wedding procession of, [153], [154];
the four tests undertaken by Milosh-the-Shepherd on behalf of, in order to win the Princess Roksanda, [160]–166;
reference to the wresting of the Empire from the Turk by the Serb, until it is in extent almost equivalent to Empire under, [176]
Dragomir.
Djoupan of Trebinye, father of Stephen Voïslav, [3]
Dragoutin. Son of Ourosh the Great;
deposes his father and becomes king of Serbia, [4];
retires in favour of his brother Miloutin, [4];
assumes title of King of Sirmia, [5];
yields his throne to Miloutin, [5]
“Dream of the King’s Son, The.”
A Serbian folk-tale, [322]–328
Ducadyin, Plain of.
Given as fief to Mehmed-Bey Obrenbegovitch, [149]
Dulzigno.
Ivan Tzrnoyevitch invites all heroes in province of, to his son’s wedding, [134], [139]
Dyakovitza.
Voutché of, admires Koulash the steed of Milosh-the-Shepherd, [157]
“Dyavo.”
See Devils.
Dyogo.
Faithful steed of Banovitch, [120], [121], [122];
enables Banovitch to escape Vlah-Ali’s spear, [126]