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Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians

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This collection presents English renderings of traditional Serbian epic songs and legends, accompanied by an introductory essay that traces their oral origins, social role, and poetic form. The selections recount heroic exploits, communal resistance, and sacred traditions preserved through rhythmic ten‑syllable verse and the practice of public recitation by elder singers. Explanatory notes discuss historical memory, regional variations, and the instruments and performers associated with performance. The volume also includes color illustrations and contextual commentary to guide readers through the episodes, motifs, and cultural functions of the transmitted material.

G

Galicia.
Serbians lived as a patriarchal people in country now known as, 1

George’s Day, St.
Serbian equivalent, Dyourdyev Dan. Strange sorceries practised on, 53

Giants.
Serbian equivalent, Djins: Turkish equivalent, Div.
Those in Bulgarian, Croatian, etc., mythology, we owe to the cycle of mediæval myths, 27;
the nine, in the Serbian folk-tale “Bash Tchelik,” 247, 252, 253, 254, 255;
the Black, in the Serbian folk-tale “The Biter Bit,” 328;
the, in the Serbian folk-tale “The Trade that no one Knows,” 345

Gipsies.
Serbian equivalent, Tzigans, 363;
“The Nobleman and the,” a Serbian popular anecdote, 363;
stealing and selling horses their main occupation, 363

God.
The Veele believed in, and St. John, 17;
Keys of the Heavens given to the Saints by, 196;
the wrath of, 197;
“He whom God helps no one can harm,” a Serbian folk-tale, 300–305, etc.

God-s.
Peroon, the God of Thunder, 15;
Volos, the God of Cattle, 15;
Daybog, the Sun god, 15, 16

Goethe.
One of Vouk’s national ballads was translated by, 55

Goletch.
The mountain of, the dervish declares he would recognize Banovitch Strahinya even on top of, 122;
Banovitch rides to Mount, 124

Goïko.
Youngest of three brothers who built Skadar (Scutari), 198;
his young wife immured in the foundation of Skadar, 198–205

Golouban.
Tsar Lazarus’ servant who succours Tsarina Militza, 172

Good Deeds Never Perish.
A Serbian folk-tale, 291–299

Gooslar.
A Serbian national bard, 50, 63

Gorsky Viyenatz” (The Mountain Wreath).
The masterpiece of the Serbian poet Peter Petrovitch, 56;
mention of the goussle in, 56

Gospel.
The Slavonic translation of, applies name tcharobnitzi to the three Holy Kings, 24;
Cyrillos translates the, 29

Goussle.
A primitive instrument with a single string, found in every Serbian home, 56;
used during Balkans-Turkish War, 1912–13, in reciting poems relating to Marko, 63

Goyko, Voïvode.
Inheritance of the Empire disputed by, 65–71

Great Powers, The.
King Nicholas I Petrovitch of Montenegro obliged to evacuate Skadar by, 120

Greeks, The. Driven by the Serbians toward the Adriatic coast, 1

Greek Nymphs.
The Veele compared with, 17

Gregory VII, Pope.
Bestows title of King upon Michaylo, 3

Guns.
Krgno and Zelenko, Ivan Tzrnoyevitch’s two famous, 140