Sacred-Texts Legends & Sagas
Heroic Ballads of Servia
translated by
George Rapall Noyes
and
Leonard Bacon
1913
Title Page
PREFACE
CONTENTS
HEROIC BALLADS OF SERVIA
INTRODUCTION
A BALLAD OF SERVIA BEFORE THE TURKISH CONQUEST
THE BUILDING OF SKADAR
BALLADS OF KÓSOVO FIELD
THE BUILDING OF RAVÁNITSA
BAN STRAHIN
TSAR LAZAR AND TSÁRITSA MÍLITSA
FRAGMENTS OF KÓSOVO BALLADS
THE BATTLE OF KÓSOVO
HOW MILOSH ÓBILICH SLEW THE SULTAN MURAD
MUSICH STEVAN
THE DEATH OF THE MOTHER OF THE YÚGOVICHI
TSÁRITSA MÍLITSA AND VLÁDETA THE VOÝVODA
THE MAID OF KÓSOVO
THE HEAD OF TSAR LAZAR
BALLADS OF MARKO KRÁLYEVICH
UROSH AND THE SONS OF MARNYÁVA
PRINCE MARKO AND THE VILA
PRINCE MARKO AND THE SWORD OF VUKÁSHIN
PRINCE MARKO AND THE EAGLE
THE MARRIAGE OF PRINCE MARKO
PRINCE MARKO AND ALIL AGA
PRINCE MARKO AND MINA OF KOSTUR
PRINCE MARKO AND BEY KOSTADIN
PRINCE MARKO AND THE DAUGHTER OF THE MOORISH KING
PRINCE MARKO’S PLOWING
MARKO DRINKS WINE IN RAMAZÁN
THE DEATH OF MARKO KRÁLYEVICH
BALLADS OF SERVIA UNDER TURKISH RULE
THE MAIDEN MÁRGITA AND RAYKO THE VOÝVODA
HOW STARÍNA NOVAK BECAME A HAYDUK
STARÍNA NOVAK AND THE BOLD RÁDIVOYE
THE DEATH OF IVO OF SENYE
THE MARRIAGE OF STOYAN YÁNKOVICH
THE CAPTIVITY OF STOYAN YÁNKOVICH
A MONTENEGRIN BALLAD
THE WAR OF THE MONTENEGRINS WITH MAHMUD PASHA
BALLADS WITHOUT HISTORICAL FOUNDATION
PREDRAG AND NENAD
SISTER AND BROTHER
MUYO AND ALIYA
THE MIRACLE OF ST. NICHOLAS
THE SERPENT BRIDEGROOM
THE WIFE OF HASAN AGA