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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.

I

Ich, Itch, or Ic.”
The characteristic termination of most Serbian family names, 119

Iconia. Daughter of Prince Miloutin;
Theodore of Stalatch abducts, 210–212;
betrothed to George Irene, for Sredoi, 211

Iconia, the Abduction of the Beautiful.
A Serbian national ballad from Sir John Bowring’s Servian Popular Poetry, 210–212

Iliad.
Reference to, 54

Illyrians, The.
Driven by Serbians toward Adriatic coast, 1

Immortality.
Serbians believe in Predestination and, 18

India.
Beata Maria relates to St. Elias her recent arrival from, 195.

Irene, George.
Iconia betrothed to, for Sredoi, 211

Irishmen. Of Serbia;
the peasants of the district of Ouzitze (Western Serbia) might be termed the, 364

Islam.
Remnant of Serbians under Turkish rule forced to embrace, 8;
Maximus Tzrnoyevitch threatens to embrace, 149;
Stephan Yakshitch declines to embrace faith of, 181, 182

Issaya.
The deacon of Abbot Vasso, 118

Istamboul.
Turkish equivalent for Constantinople, 72;
Moorish chieftain demands daughter of Sultan at, 72–81;
Moussa Kessedjiya at, 108;
Prince Maximus threatens to go to, in order to embrace Islam, 149

Istria.
One of the provinces in Austria-Hungary, 1

Ivanbegovitch, Scander-Beg.
Turkish alternative for Prince Maximus Tzrnoyevitch, 149

Ivan Kosantchitch. See Kosantchitch.

Ivan Tzrnoyevitch (see Tzrnoyevitch).
Tradition regarding the river of Tzrnoyevitch and, 24, 25