D
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