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Macedonia.
One of the provinces in the Balkan territories, [1]
Magyar-s.
Prince Marko and, [92]–94
“Maiden, The Bird-.”
A Serbian folk-tale, [280]–283
“Maiden Wiser than the Tsar, The.”
A Serbian folk-tale, [287]–291
Marko, Krazyevitch.
Pro-claimed himself King of the Serbians;
eldest son of King Voukashin, [6], [59];
aids Turks against the Christians, [6];
killed in battle of Rovina, [6];
endowed with superhuman strength, and presented with a wonderful courser, Sharatz, by a veela, [17];
his guests on his Slava day, [45];
the goussle and exploits of, [57];
Queen Helen mother of, [59];
traditional son of a veela and a Zmay, [59];
the most beloved of Serbian heroes, [59], [60];
virtues of, [59];
tradition extols him as faithful defender of Prince Ourosh, [61];
Serbian belief that he will reappear to reestablish the mediæval Empire, [64];
his supposed appearance at the battle of Prilip (1912), [64], [65];
tells whose the Empire shall be, [65]–71;
cursed by his father, [71];
the Moor and, [72]–81;
the Sultana’s dream concerning, [74];
wedding tax abolished by, [82]–86;
Bogdan the Bully and, [87]–89;
General Voutcha and, [89]–94;
wedding procession of, [94]–100;
the Moorish princess and, [100]–102;
the veela Raviyoyla and, [102]–105;
the Turkish huntsmen and, [105]–108;
Moussa Kessedjiya and, [108]–114;
his death, [115]–118
Marra.
Alternative, Pepelyouga (Cinderella), [226]–229
Marriage.
The customs obtaining at Serbian, [32]–40
Mass, The Holy.
Mention of, in Serbian ballad “The Saints Divide the Treasures,” [196]
Maximus Tzrnoyevitch.
See Tzrnoyevitch
Mehmed. Turkish Grand Vizier;
Vlah-Ali independent of, [121]
Methodius.
Cyrillos and, the so-called Slavonic apostles who translated the teaching of Christ into the ancient Slav language, [2], [29]
Michael. King of Ledyen, father of Princess Roksanda;
Tsar Doushan sues for the hand of Roksanda, [150];
Theodor reports to the Tsar result of his mission to King of Ledyen, [151], [152]
Michael, Archangel.
Death and, [31];
kolyivo not prepared for, [41]
Michaylo. Son of Stephen Voïslav;
obtains title of King from Pope Gregory VII, [3];
King Bodin son of, [3]
Michel (Serbian Mihaylo). Son of Milosh Obrenovitch;
succeeds his father as prince of Serbia, [10]
Michel III, Emperor.
Mission of Cyrillos and Methodius to, [29]
Middle Ages.
“Banovitch Strahinya,” one of the finest ballads composed anonymously by Serbian bards during the, [119]
Mijatovitch, Madame C.
Reference to Serbian Folk-lore, by, [305]
Milan.
Succeeds his cousin Michel as prince of Serbia, [10];
war of 1876–8 against Turkey by, [10];
acknowledgment of Serbian independence by Treaty of Berlin during rule of, [10];
his abdication, [11]
Milan of Toplitza.
General Voutcha and, [89]–94
Militchevitch.
A famous Serbian ethnographist relates incident re a resnik (priest) who read prayers out of the apocrypha of Peroon, [22]
Militza, Tsarina.
The Zmay of Yastrebatz and the, [129]–133;
deceives the Zmay, [130];
recognizes Zmay-Despot Vook, [131];
Tsar Lazarus and the, [170]–176;
as her nine brothers Yougovitchs are to accompany Tsar Lazarus to battle on field of Kossovo she pleads for one brother to be left behind with her, [170];
her brother Boshko Yougovitch refuses to remain behind, [171];
succoured by Golouban, [172];
news of battle brought by two ravens to, [172], [173];
death of Lazarus and her brothers described by Miloutin, [173], [174]
Milosh Obilitch.
The Sultan Amourath perishes by the hand of, [7], [175]
Milosh Obrenbegovitch, Voïvode.
Ivan Tzrnoyevitch invites to be the stari-svat in connexion with his son’s wedding, [138]–149;
Maximus Tzrnoyevitch slays, [148];
Yovan Obrenbegovitch brother of, [149]
Milosh Obrenovitch.
Succeeds in re-establishing the Belgrade pashalik, [10];
forced to abdicate, [10];
restored by the Skoupshtina, [10];
his death, [10];
Michel son of, [10]
Milosh of Potzerye. A Serbian knight;
Bogdan the Bully and, [87]–89;
General Voutcha and, [89]–94;
the veela Raviyoyla and, [102]–105
Milosh-the-Shepherd.
The mother of the two Voïnovitchs counsels them to send for, [153];
his meeting with his two brothers, [154];
joins the wedding procession of Tsar Doushan, [155];
rides the steed Koulash, [154], [155];
his fight for Koulash, [158], [159];
he undertakes the first test on behalf of Tsar Doushan, in order to win Roksanda, [160]–162;
the second test undertaken by, [162], [163];
succeeds in the third test, [164];
succeeds in the fourth test by discovering the identity of Princess Roksanda, [164]–166;
his contest with Balatchko, [167]–169;
Balatchko slain by, [168];
discloses his identity to Tsar Doushan, [168]
Milosh, Voïvode.
The veela Raviyoyla wounds, [17];
the great Serbian hero who slays the Turkish sultan, Amourath I, [173]
Miloutin.
I. Dragoutin, his brother, king of Serbia, retires in favour of, [4]; one of the most remarkable descendants of Nemanya, [5]; Stevan Datchanski son of, [5].
II. Servant of Prince Lazarus; relates to Tsarina Militza death of Tsar Lazarus and her nine brothers on field of Kossovo, [173], [174].
III. Prince of Ressava; Iconia daughter of, [211]–212.
Minister.
The treacherous, in the Serbian folk-tale “Good Deeds Never Perish,” [294]
Mirotch.
Prince Marko and Milosh of Potzerye ride across the mountain of, [102]
Mission.
Of Cyrillos and Methodius to the Emperor Michel III, [29]
Miyatovich, M. Chedo.
Personal friend of King Alexander, [11]
Mohammed.
The vizier of Tyoopria undertakes to make Stephan Yakshitch love the creed of, [179]
Mohammedanism.
Prince Maximus and Yovan Obrenbegovitch embrace, [149]
Moldavia.
Many noble Serbian families take refuge with Christian princes of, [8]
Momchilo.
Queen Helen, sister of the adventurous knight, [59]
Momtchilo, Voïvode.
Vidossava the lonely consort of, [186];
Yaboutchilo the steed of, [187]–191;
King Voukashin marches an army against, [187];
the strange dream of, [189];
falls into an ambuscade, [189];
his valiant fight, [190];
Yevrossima vainly attempts to rescue, [191];
the death of, [192];
his castle pillaged, [193]
Montenegro.
Never subdued by Turks, [8];
belief in, that each house has its guardian spirit, [18];
belief in vampires in, [21], [22];
Nicholas I Petrovitch king of, [120];
“The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch” the source of the drama “The Empress of the Balkans” by king of, [134];
Vladika Danilo Petrovitch, uncle of the present king of, who first assumed the title of Prince as a hereditary one, [184];
few instances of treachery in, [185]
Moor, The.
Wedding tax inflicted by, [82]–86
Moorish Chieftain, A.
Prince Marko and, [72]–80
Morava.
The river of, [2];
Theodore of Stalatch at, [210]
Moravians.
Their conversion to Christianity, [29]
Moussa Arbanass.
See Moussa Kessedjiya
Moussa Kessedjiya.
Prince Marko and, [108]–114
Mouyo.
His welfare in the Other World described in the Serbian popular anecdote “The Era from the Other World,” [331]–333
Mrnyavtchevitch.
Three brothers who built Skadar (Scutari), [198]
Mussulman Faith.
The vizier of Tyoopria tries to convert Stephan Yakshitch to the, [179]
Mythology.
Giants (djins) in Bulgarian, Croatian, and Slavonian, we owe to the mediæval cycle of myths, [27], [28]
Myths.
Influence on Southern-Slavonic peoples of Græco-Oriental and Christian legends and, [14]