[3] See “Prince Marko and the Veela,” page 102.
[4] See “The Death of Marko,” page 117.
[5] See “The Building of Skadar,” page 198.
[6] Monk Marcus of Seres, Ζήτησις περί βουλχολάχων, ed. Lambros; Νέος Ἑλληνομν’ημων, I (1904), 336–352.
[7] ‘Pleiades’ are otherwise known under the name of Sedam Vlashitya.
[8] See “The Tsarina Militza and the Zmay of Yastrebatz.” page 129.
[9] A Serbian word of Turkish origin.
[10] This personage is usually a brother or very intimate friend of the bridegroom. He corresponds somewhat to the ‘best man’ at an English wedding, but his functions are more important, as will be seen.
[11] Forests have been considered until recently as the common property of all. Even in our day every peasant is at liberty to cut a Badgnak-tree in any forest he chooses, though it may be the property of strangers.
[12] Quoted from the historian Leopold von Ranke.