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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.

Y

Yaboutchilo (diminutive, Tchile).
The steed of Voïvode Momtchilo, 187–191;
Momtchilo reproaches, 190

Yahorika.
Demitrius Yakshitch rests by river, 178

Yakshitch, Demitrius. Brother of Stephan Yakshitch;
the Veela’s warning to, 177;
his remorse by the river Yahorika, 178

Yakshitch, Stephan.
The captivity and marriage of (a ballad of Montenegro), 177–185;
Demitrius the brother of, 177;
the veela’s warning to, 177;
taken prisoner and led to the presence of the Vizier of Tyoopria, 178;
led to the presence of the mighty Padishah, 178;
the Padishah tempts him to renounce the Holy Cross, 179;
declines the “water of oblivion” offered by Haykoona, 181, 182;
Haykoona confesses her real love for, and enables him to escape, 182, 183

Yanissaries.
The pasha of Novi Bazar in the assault on Belgrade brings twenty thousand fierce, 177

Yanko of Nestopolyé.
Admires the steed Koulash, 157

Yastrebatz, the Zmay of.
The Tsarina Militza and, 129–133;
his fear of Zmay-Despot Vook, 130;
Vook attacks and slays, 131, 132

Yedrenet. Equivalent, Adrianople.
Prince Marko received by the Sultan at, 107, 108

Yelitza.
Sister of Paul and Radool, in the Serbian ballad “The Stepsisters,” 207–210

Yesdimir.
The aged brother of the doge of Venice, 143

Yevrossima (Euphrosyne).
I. Alternative name for Queen Helen, mother of Prince Marko, 59, 67.
II. Sister of Voïvode Momtchilo, 187; vainly attempts to rescue her brother Momtchilo, 191; King Voukashin weds, to whom she bears Marko and Andrias, 193; historical note on, 193, 194

Youg Bogdan.
Aged father-in-law of Banovitch, 120;
visited by Banovitch, 120, 121;
castle in Kroushevatz the residence of, 120;
Strahinya returns to, after his slaying of Vlah-Ali, 128;
Tsarina Militza and death of, 173

Yougovitch-s.
I. The nine brothers-in-law of Strahinya; Strahinya urges them not to slay their sister, 128.
II. The nine brothers of Tsarina Militza, 170–174

Yovan, Captain.
Ivan Tzrnoyevitch invites, to the wedding of his son, 139–149

Yovan Obrenbegovitch.
Brother of Milosh Obrenbegovitch, 149;
meets Prince Maximus, 149;
Turkish alternative Mehmed-Bey Obrenbegovitch, 149;
plain of Ducadyin given as fief to, 149

Yovo.
Infant son of Goïko, 204, 205