V
Valahia.
Many noble Serbian families take refuge with Christian princes of, [8]
Vampires.
The belief in, universal throughout the Balkans, [21], [22]
Varadin, Fort.
Guns of, signal General Voutcha’s triumph, [89];
Prince Marko on the plain before, [91], [92];
Marko sends Voutcha and Velimir to, [94]
Vasso. The igouman (abbot) of Mount Athos;
finds the body of Marko and mourns his death, [118];
Issaya the deacon of, [118]
Vassoye, Land of.
Momtchilo dreams that a cloud of fog from, wraps itself round Dourmitor mountain, [189]
Veela.
Marko endued with superhuman strength by a, [17];
presented with Sharatz by a, [17];
Raviyoyla a, allusion to incident of Marko and, [17];
Oossood a, who pronounced the destiny of Serbian infants, [18];
Raviyoyla and Marko, [102]–105;
Marko calls for aid from his sister-in-God the, [113], [114];
Marko hears the call of the, on the top of Ourvinian mountain, [115]–118
Veele or Vile (singular, Veela or Vila).
Minor deities in Serbian superstition identical with the νύμφαι and ποταμὶ mentioned by the Greek historian Procope, [16]–18;
Stephan Yakshitch and a, [177];
Skadra’s fortress and the, [198];
the prince and the, in the Serbian folk-tale “The Dream of the King’s Son,” [324], [325]
Velbouzd.
Famous battle of, [5]
Veless. The city of;
derived name from Russian God of Cattle, Volos, [15]
Velessnitza. A village on the lower Danube;
derived name from the Russian God of Cattle, Volos, [15]
Velimir. Son of General Voutcha;
Marko and, [91]–94
Venetian King.
The four tests put by the, to Tsar Doushan in order to win the Princess Roksanda, [160]–166
Venetian Land.
Tsar Doushan journeys to the, [152]
Venetians, The.
Their cunning known from ancient times, [152], [153]
Venice.
Maximus Tzrnoyevitch’s wedding and, [140], [142]
Venice, Doge of.
Marko invites to act as koom the, [96]–100;
Ivan Tzrnoyevitch asks daughter of, in marriage for his son Maximus, [134]–149
Vidal, Pierre. A French troubadour;
Donna Azalais de Baux his patroness, [33]
Vidin, The Pasha of.
One of the leaders in the assault on Belgrade, [177]–184
Vidossava. The lonely consort of Voivode Momtchilo;
letter sent secretly to, by King Voukashin, [186];
the treachery of, [187];
destroys wings of steed Yaboutchilo, [188];
her punishment, [192], [193]
Vienna.
Vouk Stephanovitch-Karadgitch’s first collection of Serbian national poems published at, [54]
Vilindar.
Vasso the Abbot of Mount Athos rides from the white church of, [118];
Prince Marko’s body interred within the white church of, [118]
Vladika.
Meaning in Serbian, ‘bishop,’ [184]
Vladislav.
Radoslav dethroned by, [4];
Ourosh the Great dethrones, [4]
Vlah-Ali.
A haughty chieftain who attacks Strahinya’s castle and captures his wife, [120]–128;
independent of the Grand Vizir Mehmed and of Sultan Amourath, [121];
Strahinya seeks out and attacks, [121]–128;
his slaying by Banovitch, [128]
Vlastela (Assembly of Nobles).
Doushan the Powerful proclaimed Tsar of Serbia in agreement with, [5]
Vlastimir, Djoupan (Great).
Attempts to form an independent State, [2]
Vo or Voll.
Equivalent, Ox, [15]. See Volos
Voïnovitch, Milosh, Prince.
Identical with Milosh-the Shepherd, [168], [169]
Voïnovitch, Petrashin.
Nephew of Tsar Doushan, [151];
Doushan swears to hang, [152];
Milosh-the-Shepherd brother of, [153], [154]
Voïnovitch, Voukashin.
Nephew of Tsar Doushan, [151];
Doushan swears to hang, [152];
Milosh-the-Shepherd brother of, [153], [154]
Voïslav, Stephen.
Ruler of Zetta, son of Dragomir, declares his independence and appropriates Zahoumlye (Hertzegovina), [3]
Voïvode.
As a title of nobility corresponds to English ‘Duke,’ [7]
Voïvode, Balatchko the.
The contest with Milosh-the-Shepherd, [167]–169;
Milosh slays, [168]
Volos. The Russian God of Cattle;
derivative appears in the Serbian word vo or voll (‘ox’), [15]
Vook, Zmay-Despot.
The Zmay of Yastrebatz and, [130]–133;
fear of Zmay of Yastrebatz of, [130];
village of Koopinovo on plain of Sirmia, his abode, [130];
his fight with Zmay of Yastrebatz, [131], [132];
the Zmay slain by, [132];
ruled over Sirmia, [132]
Vouk Stephanovitch-Karadgitch.
Serbian national poet, [54], [55];
takes down from lips of Serbian bard the ballad of “The Marriage of King Voukashin,” [193];
records the belief of the Serbian people that no great building can be successfully erected without immuring some human being, [205];
Serbian legend “A Pavilion neither in the Sky nor on the Earth,” contributed by Prince Michel Obrenovitch III to, [220]
Voukashin, King.
Defeated by Ourosh on banks of river Maritza, [6];
Prince Marko son of, [59];
Serbian ballads sing of, [60];
the bad faith of, toward Emperor Doushan, [61];
disputes the inheritance of the Empire, [65]–71;
curses Marko, [71];
the marriage of, [186]–194;
vassal king to the Emperor Doushan the Powerful, [186];
writes a book (letter) to Vidossava and dispatches it to Herzegovina, [186];
on the advice of Vidossava he marches a large force to Herzegovina against Momtchilo, [187]–192;
his woe concerning the death of Momtchilo, [192];
weds Yevrossima [192];
Marko and Andrias born to, [193];
historical note on, [193], [194]
Voutcha, General.
Prince Marko and, [89]–94
Voutché of Dyakovitza.
Admires the steed Koulash, [157]
Voutchitrn, Castle of.
Tsar Doushan swears to hang his nephews, the Voïnovitchs, on the gates of the, [152];
Tsar Doushan’s wedding procession passes by walls of, [152];
Milosh takes farewell of Tsar Doushan in order to return to, [168]
Voyages.
The three, of the good son in the Serbian folk-tale “Good Deeds Never Perish,” [291]–299
Vrzino (or Vilino) Kollo.
Dance rings of the Veele, [17]
Vukashin Kraly.
Eldest of three brothers who built Skadar (Scutari), [198]–205