Valahia.
Many noble Serbian families take refuge with Christian princes of, 8

Vampires.
The belief in, universal throughout the Balkans, 21, 22

Varadin, Fort.
Guns of, signal General Voutcha’s triumph, 89;
Prince Marko on the plain before, 91, 92;
Marko sends Voutcha and Velimir to, 94

Vasso. The igouman (abbot) of Mount Athos;
finds the body of Marko and mourns his death, 118;
Issaya the deacon of, 118

Vassoye, Land of.
Momtchilo dreams that a cloud of fog from, wraps itself round Dourmitor mountain, 189

Veela.
Marko endued with superhuman strength by a, 17;
presented with Sharatz by a, 17;
Raviyoyla a, allusion to incident of Marko and, 17;
Oossood a, who pronounced the destiny of Serbian infants, 18;
Raviyoyla and Marko, 102–105;
Marko calls for aid from his sister-in-God the, 113, 114;
Marko hears the call of the, on the top of Ourvinian mountain, 115–118

Veele or Vile (singular, Veela or Vila).
Minor deities in Serbian superstition identical with the νύμφαι and ποταμὶ mentioned by the Greek historian Procope, 16–18;
Stephan Yakshitch and a, 177;
Skadra’s fortress and the, 198;
the prince and the, in the Serbian folk-tale “The Dream of the King’s Son,” 324, 325

Velbouzd.
Famous battle of, 5

Veless. The city of;
derived name from Russian God of Cattle, Volos, 15

Velessnitza. A village on the lower Danube;
derived name from the Russian God of Cattle, Volos, 15

Velimir. Son of General Voutcha;
Marko and, 91–94

Venetian King.
The four tests put by the, to Tsar Doushan in order to win the Princess Roksanda, 160–166

Venetian Land.
Tsar Doushan journeys to the, 152

Venetians, The.
Their cunning known from ancient times, 152, 153

Venice.
Maximus Tzrnoyevitch’s wedding and, 140, 142

Venice, Doge of.
Marko invites to act as koom the, 96–100;
Ivan Tzrnoyevitch asks daughter of, in marriage for his son Maximus, 134–149

Vidal, Pierre. A French troubadour;
Donna Azalais de Baux his patroness, 33

Vidin, The Pasha of.
One of the leaders in the assault on Belgrade, 177–184

Vidossava. The lonely consort of Voivode Momtchilo;
letter sent secretly to, by King Voukashin, 186;
the treachery of, 187;
destroys wings of steed Yaboutchilo, 188;
her punishment, 192, 193

Vienna.
Vouk Stephanovitch-Karadgitch’s first collection of Serbian national poems published at, 54

Vilindar.
Vasso the Abbot of Mount Athos rides from the white church of, 118;
Prince Marko’s body interred within the white church of, 118

Vladika.
Meaning in Serbian, ‘bishop,’ 184

Vladislav.
Radoslav dethroned by, 4;
Ourosh the Great dethrones, 4

Vlah-Ali.
A haughty chieftain who attacks Strahinya’s castle and captures his wife, 120–128;
independent of the Grand Vizir Mehmed and of Sultan Amourath, 121;
Strahinya seeks out and attacks, 121–128;
his slaying by Banovitch, 128

Vlastela (Assembly of Nobles).
Doushan the Powerful proclaimed Tsar of Serbia in agreement with, 5

Vlastimir, Djoupan (Great).
Attempts to form an independent State, 2

Vo or Voll.
Equivalent, Ox, 15. See Volos

Voïnovitch, Milosh, Prince.
Identical with Milosh-the Shepherd, 168, 169

Voïnovitch, Petrashin.
Nephew of Tsar Doushan, 151;
Doushan swears to hang, 152;
Milosh-the-Shepherd brother of, 153, 154

Voïnovitch, Voukashin.
Nephew of Tsar Doushan, 151;
Doushan swears to hang, 152;
Milosh-the-Shepherd brother of, 153, 154

Voïslav, Stephen.
Ruler of Zetta, son of Dragomir, declares his independence and appropriates Zahoumlye (Hertzegovina), 3

Voïvode.
As a title of nobility corresponds to English ‘Duke,’ 7

Voïvode, Balatchko the.
The contest with Milosh-the-Shepherd, 167–169;
Milosh slays, 168

Volos. The Russian God of Cattle;
derivative appears in the Serbian word vo or voll (‘ox’), 15

Vook, Zmay-Despot.
The Zmay of Yastrebatz and, 130–133;
fear of Zmay of Yastrebatz of, 130;
village of Koopinovo on plain of Sirmia, his abode, 130;
his fight with Zmay of Yastrebatz, 131, 132;
the Zmay slain by, 132;
ruled over Sirmia, 132

Vouk Stephanovitch-Karadgitch.
Serbian national poet, 54, 55;
takes down from lips of Serbian bard the ballad of “The Marriage of King Voukashin,” 193;
records the belief of the Serbian people that no great building can be successfully erected without immuring some human being, 205;
Serbian legend “A Pavilion neither in the Sky nor on the Earth,” contributed by Prince Michel Obrenovitch III to, 220

Voukashin, King.
Defeated by Ourosh on banks of river Maritza, 6;
Prince Marko son of, 59;
Serbian ballads sing of, 60;
the bad faith of, toward Emperor Doushan, 61;
disputes the inheritance of the Empire, 65–71;
curses Marko, 71;
the marriage of, 186–194;
vassal king to the Emperor Doushan the Powerful, 186;
writes a book (letter) to Vidossava and dispatches it to Herzegovina, 186;
on the advice of Vidossava he marches a large force to Herzegovina against Momtchilo, 187–192;
his woe concerning the death of Momtchilo, 192;
weds Yevrossima 192;
Marko and Andrias born to, 193;
historical note on, 193, 194

Voutcha, General.
Prince Marko and, 89–94

Voutché of Dyakovitza.
Admires the steed Koulash, 157

Voutchitrn, Castle of.
Tsar Doushan swears to hang his nephews, the Voïnovitchs, on the gates of the, 152;
Tsar Doushan’s wedding procession passes by walls of, 152;
Milosh takes farewell of Tsar Doushan in order to return to, 168

Voyages.
The three, of the good son in the Serbian folk-tale “Good Deeds Never Perish,” 291–299

Vrzino (or Vilino) Kollo.
Dance rings of the Veele, 17

Vukashin Kraly.
Eldest of three brothers who built Skadar (Scutari), 198–205