K
Kadi.
Equivalent, Ottoman judge, 179
“Kami” (or bileg).
Term applied in Middle Ages to gravestones still found in large numbers
in Herzegovina, Dalmatia, etc., now known as stetyak or
mramor, 26, 27
Karadgitch, Vouk Stephanovitch. See Vouk Stephanovitch Karadgitch
Karageorgevitch, Alexander.
Son of Karageorge Petrovitch, 10
Karavallahian Land.
Milosh-the-Shepherd instructed to declare that he hails from the,
155
Kastriotovitch-Skander-Beg, George.
An Albanian chief who fought successfully for the liberty of Albania,
8
Katchanik.
A defile up which Prince Marko rides to meet Moussa, 112;
Moussa the Bully’s death on mountain of, 114
“Kessedjiya.”
Equivalent, fighter or bully. The nickname of an Albanian
chevalier-brigand, Moussa, who rebelled against the Sultan, 108
Keys.
The, of the Heavenly Empire, chosen by St. Peter, 196;
the Keys of the Heavens given by God to the Saints, 196
Keystut. Brother of the Grand Duke
Olgerd;
his interment the last recorded instance of a pagan burial, 26
Klissoura.
The wedding procession of Tsar Doushan reaches, 157;
the fight for Koulash at, 158,
159
Knez.
The title corresponding to “Prince,” 6
“Kolatch.”
A special cake eaten on Saints’ days, 41
“Kollo.”
The Serbian national dances, 40,
52
Kollo, Vrzino.
Name applied to the Veele rings, 17
“Kolyivo.” Lit. something
which has been killed with the knife;
the Slava cake, 41
“Koom.”
The principal witness at Serbian weddings, 35;
Beata Maria complains of a brother koom bearing false witness against,
196
Koopinovo.
A village on plain of Sirmia, in which Zmay-Despot Vook lived, 130
Kosantchitch, Ivan.
General Voutcha and, 89–94
Kossovo.
Vouk’s national poems dwell on the glory of the Serbian
mediæval Empire, lost on fatal field of, 55;
four tabors meet on field of, disputing over the inheritance of the
Empire, 65;
the Sultana’s dream concerning, 74;
Marko and the maiden from, 82–86;
Marko, Relya, and Milosh ride out from, 87;
Banovitch hears of encampment of hordes of Turks on field of, 120;
Banovitch seeks and attacks the Turks on field of, 120–128;
Tsar Doushan’s wedding procession rides through field of,
152;
Milosh takes farewell of Tsar Doushan in middle of plain of, 168;
Tsar Lazarus does battle on field of, 170–172;
death of Tsar Lazarus on field of, 172–174;
historical note on battle of, 174–176;
historical note re Ottoman influence upon the peasantry in
Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time (1389) of the battle of, 184, 185
Koulash.
Steed of Petroshin Voïnovitch, ridden by Milosh-the-Shepherd to
join wedding procession of Tsar Doushan, 154, 155;
the wonderful leap of, admired by Voutché of Dyakovitza, Yanko
of Nestopolyé and others, 156, 157;
the fight for, at Klissoura, 157,
158, 159
Koulin, Ban.
Placed on throne of Bosnia, 4
Koumanovo.
Famous battlefield on which in 1913 more Turks perished than did
Serbians five centuries ago, 175;
reference to, as a set-off to Kossovo, 176
“Kraly.”
Serbian equivalent for king, 198
“Krgno” and “Zelenko.”
Ivan Tzrnoyevitch’s two famous guns, 140
Kroushevatz.
I. Castle in, the residence of Youg Bogdan, 120;
II. Castle in, the residence of Tsar Lazar, 129; Tsar Lazar beseeches Zmay-Despot Vook to come to,
131;
III. The capital of the vast Serbian Empire during the reign of Tsar
Hrebélianovitch at time of famous battle of Kossovo
(A.D. 1389), 171; Bosko Yougovitch declares he would not forgo battle
of Kossovo for the price of, 171
Kroushevo.
A plain, over which Zmay of Yastrebatz flies toward the Tsarina’s
tower, 130;
Zmay-Despot Vook reaches, 131
Kustandil.
Veele ring between Vranya and, mentioned in the Treaty of Berlin,
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