Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians

by Woislav M. Petrovitch; Vuk Stefanović Karadžić

Zetina.
Waters of, stirred by explosion of Ivan Tzrnoyevitch’s guns, [140]

Zmay.
The Serbian word for dragon, [129];
the, of Yastrebatz, and the Tsarina Militza, [129]

Table of Contents

• [Preface] [v]
• [Contents] [xiii]
• [Illustrations] [xv]
• [Introduction] [xvii]
• [Chapter I: Historical Retrospect] [1]
  • [The Coming of the Serb] [1]
  • [Early Struggles] [2]
  • [Internecine Strife] [3]
  • [Doushan the Powerful] [5]
  • [The Royal Prince Marko] [6]
  • [The Treachery of Brankovitch.] [7]
  • [The Final Success of the Turks] [8]
  • [The Miseries of Turkish Rule] [9]
  • [Serbia again Subjugated] [9]
  • [King Peter I] [11]
• [Chapter II: Superstitious Beliefs & National Customs] [13]
  • [General Characteristics] [13]
  • [Paganism and Religion] [14]
  • [The God Peroon] [15]
  • [The God Volos] [15]
  • [The Sun God] [15]
  • [The Veele] [16]
  • [Predestination and Immortality] [18]
  • [Good and Evil Spirits] [18]
  • [Witches] [20]
  • [Vampires] [21]
  • [Nature Worship] [22]
  • [Enchanters] [24]
  • [Sacrificial Rites] [24]
  • [Funeral Customs] [25]
  • [Classic and Mediæval Influence] [27]
  • [The Spread of Christianity] [28]
  • [Superstition] [30]
  • [Marriage] [32]
  • [Marriage Negotiations] [34]
  • [The Wedding Procession] [35]
  • [The Arrival] [37]
  • [The Return from Church] [39]
  • [Slava (or Krsno Ime)] [40]
  • [The Slava Eve Reception] [41]
  • [Slava Toasts] [44]
  • [The Ceremony at Church] [44]
  • [The Slava Feast] [45]
  • [Christmas Eve] [46]
  • [Christmas Day] [49]
  • [The Dodola Rite] [51]
  • [Whitsuntide] [52]
  • [Palm Sunday] [52]
  • [St. George’s Day] [53]
• [Chapter III: Serbian National Epic Poetry] [54]
  • [The Importance of the Ballads] [54]
  • [The Goussle] [56]
• [Chapter IV: Kralyevitch Marko; or, the Royal Prince Marko] [59]
  • [The Marko Legends] [59]
  • [The Bad Faith of Voukashin] [61]
  • [The Horse Sharatz] [61]
  • [PRINCE MARKO TELLS WHOSE THE EMPIRE SHALL BE] [65]
  • [Marko is Summoned] [67]
  • [Marko tells the Truth] [70]
  • [PRINCE MARKO AND A MOORISH CHIEFTAIN] [72]
  • [The Entrance of the Moor] [73]
  • [The Sultana’s Dream] [74]
  • [The Princess appeals to Marko] [75]
  • [Marko prepares to succour the Princess] [76]
  • [Marko greets the Princess] [77]
  • [The Moor in Istamboul] [79]
  • [Sharatz and Bedevia] [79]
  • [Marko and the Moor] [80]
  • [PRINCE MARKO ABOLISHES THE WEDDING TAX] [82]
  • [Marko visits the Moor] [83]
  • [Marko pays for All] [85]
  • [PRINCE MARKO AND BOGDAN THE BULLY] [87]
  • [The Bully fears to meet Marko] [89]
  • [PRINCE MARKO AND GENERAL VOUTCHA] [89]
  • [The Arrival of Marko] [91]
  • [Marko captures General Voutcha] [92]
  • [PRINCE MARKO’S WEDDING PROCESSION] [94]
  • [The Wedding Procession] [97]
  • [The Unfaithful Koom] [97]
  • [The Escape of the Maiden] [99]
  • [PRINCE MARKO AND THE MOORISH PRINCESS] [100]
  • [The Moorish Princess] [101]
  • [PRINCE MARKO AND THE VEELA] [102]
  • [The Pursuit of the Veela] [103]
  • [PRINCE MARKO AND THE TURKISH HUNTSMEN] [105]
  • [The Vengeance of Marko] [106]
  • [PRINCE MARKO AND MOUSSA KESSEDJIYA] [108]
  • [Marko is Sent for] [109]
  • [Marko orders a Sword] [111]
  • [Marko meets Moussa] [112]
  • [THE DEATH OF PRINCE MARKO] [115]
  • [Marko learns his Fate] [116]
  • [The Finding of Marko] [117]
• [Chapter V: Banovitch Strahinya] [119]
  • [Historical Data] [119]
  • [The Falcon Banovitch] [120]
  • [Banovitch seeks the Turk] [121]
  • [The Faithless Wife] [124]
  • [The Combat] [125]
  • [The return of the Falcon] [128]
• [Chapter VI: The Tsarina Militza and the Zmay of Yastrebatz] [129]
  • [Militza tells the Tsar] [129]
  • [Vook as Champion] [131]
• [Chapter VII: The Marriage of Maximus Tzrnoyevitch] [134]
  • [The Ballad] [134]
  • [The Story] [134]
  • [The Message from the Doge] [137]
  • [The Wedding Procession sets out] [140]
  • [The Wedding Gifts] [143]
  • [The Princess learns of the Deception] [145]
  • [Milosh’s Offer] [146]
  • [The Violence of Maximus] [148]
  • [Maximus becomes a Turk] [149]
• [Chapter VIII: The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty] [150]
  • [Doushan sends Theodor to Ledyen] [150]
  • [The Princess Roksanda] [151]
  • [The Procession Starts] [152]
  • [Milosh Joins the Procession] [155]
  • [The Leap of Koulash] [156]
  • [The Fight for Koulash] [158]
  • [The First Test] [160]
  • [The Second Test] [162]
  • [The Third Test] [164]
  • [The Fourth Test] [164]
  • [The Departure of the Serbians] [166]
  • [The Contest with Balatchko] [168]
• [Chapter IX: Tsar Lazarus and the Tsarina Militza] [170]
  • [The Tsarina’s Forebodings] [170]
  • [News of Battle] [172]
  • [The Trusty Miloutin] [173]
  • [Historical Note] [174]
• [Chapter X: The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch] [177]
  • [The Veela’s Warning] [177]
  • [Stephan and the Sultan] [178]
  • [Stephan at Tyoopria] [179]
  • [Stephan at Novi Bazar] [180]
  • [Stephan and the Vizier’s Daughter] [181]
  • [The Ending of the Ballad] [184]
  • [Historical Note] [184]
• [Chapter XI: The Marriage of King Voukashin] [186]
  • [The Message to Vidossava] [186]
  • [Vidossava’s Treachery] [187]
  • [The Winged Horse] [188]
  • [Momtchilo’s Dream] [189]
  • [The Ambuscade] [189]
  • [Brother and Sister] [191]
  • [The Death of Momtchilo] [192]
  • [The Punishment of Vidossava] [192]
  • [Historical Note] [193]
• [Chapter XII: The Saints Divide the Treasures] [195]
  • [The Bard begins!] [195]
  • [The Wrath of God] [196]
• [Chapter XIII: Three Serbian Ballads] [198]
  • [I. The Building of Skadar (Scutari)] [198]
  • [II. The Stepsisters] [206]
  • [III. The Abduction of the Beautiful Iconia] [210]
• [Chapter XIV: Folk Lore] [213]
  • [I. The Ram with the Golden Fleece] [213]
    • [The Youth finds a Friend] [214]
    • [The Second Task] [215]
    • [The Third Task] [217]
  • [II. A Pavilion neither in the Sky nor on the Earth] [220]
    • [The Prince slays the Dragon] [221]
    • [The Perfidy of the Brothers] [223]
  • [III. Pepelyouga] [224]
    • [The Promise] [226]
    • [Marra goes to Church] [227]
    • [The Prince’s Quest] [229]
  • [IV. Animals’ Language] [230]
    • [The Buried Treasure] [232]
    • [The Importunate Wife] [234]
  • [V. The Stepmother and her Stepdaughter] [235]
    • [A Strange Dwelling] [237]
    • [The Envy of the Stepmother] [239]
  • [VI. Justice and Injustice] [240]
    • [The Healing Water] [242]
  • [VII. He Who Asks Little Receives Much] [243]
    • [The Angel Returns] [245]
  • [VIII. Bash Tchelik or Real Steel] [247]
    • [The Princes set Out] [249]
    • [The Nine Giants] [252]
    • [The Sleeping Princess] [254]
    • [The Hero Found] [256]
    • [Bash Tchelik] [258]
    • [The Prince finds his Sister] [260]
    • [The Second Sister] [261]
    • [The Third Sister] [263]
    • [The Prince finds his Wife] [263]
    • [The Secret of Strength] [266]
  • [IX. The Golden Apple-tree and the Nine Peahens] [267]
    • [The Prince’s Quest] [270]
    • [The Quest Resumed] [272]
    • [The Prince finds his Wife] [274]
    • [The old Woman and her Horses] [276]
    • [The Prince’s Choice] [279]
  • [X. The Bird Maiden] [280]
    • [The Old Witch] [281]
  • [XI. Lying for a Wager] [283]
    • [The Boy’s Story] [284]
  • [XII. The Maiden Wiser than the Tsar] [287]
    • [The Tsar Sends for the Girl] [289]
  • [XIII. Good Deeds Never Perish] [291]
    • [The First Voyage] [291]
    • [The Second Voyage] [293]
    • [The Third Voyage] [294]
    • [The Treacherous Minister] [296]
    • [The Young Man’s Return] [297]
  • [XIV. He Whom God Helps No One Can Harm] [300]
    • [The First Quest] [300]
    • [The Second Quest] [302]
    • [The Third Quest] [303]
  • [XV. Animals as Friends and as Enemies] [305]
    • [The Animals’ Council] [308]
    • [The Magic Carpet] [309]
    • [The King makes War on the Animals] [313]
  • [XVI. The Three Suitors] [316]
    • [The Dispute] [318]
    • [The Recognition] [321]
  • [XVII. The Dream of the King’s Son] [322]
    • [The Prince and the Veele] [324]
    • [The Golden Horse] [325]
  • [XVIII. The Biter Bit] [328]
    • [The Hundred Daughters] [330]
    • [The Wedding Procession] [333]
    • [The Black Giant] [334]
    • [The Old Woman] [336]
    • [The Giant buys the Cow] [339]
  • [XIX. The Trade that No One Knows] [340]
    • [The Condition] [344]
    • [The Third Room] [347]
    • [The Son Returns] [349]
    • [The King Outbid] [351]
  • [XX. The Golden-haired Twins] [353]
    • [The Plight of the Young Queen] [355]
    • [The King’s Sons] [359]
• [Chapter XV: Some Serbian Popular Anecdotes] [362]
  • [St. Peter and the Sand] [362]
  • [Why the Serbian People are Poor] [362]
  • [The Gipsies and the Nobleman] [363]
  • [Why the Priest was drowned] [364]
  • [The Era from the other World] [364]
  • [A Trade before Everything] [366]
  • [The Condition] [367]
• [Glossary & Index] [371]
  • [A] [371]
  • [B] [372]
  • [C] [374]
  • [D] [375]
  • [E] [376]
  • [F] [377]
  • [G] [377]
  • [H] [378]
  • [I] [379]
  • [J] [379]
  • [K] [379]
  • [L] [381]
  • [M] [381]
  • [N] [383]
  • [O] [384]
  • [P] [384]
  • [Q] [386]
  • [R] [386]
  • [S] [386]
  • [T] [389]
  • [U] [390]
  • [V] [390]
  • [W] [392]
  • [Y] [393]
  • [Z] [393]

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