Serbian Epic Poetry

Ultimo aggiornamento: 25 maggio 2021

Lew M.D.

Serbian Epic Poetry

Rastko, Belograd 1999


Mark D. Lew, aiming to create a more complete view of Serbian history by using folktales as the key to its understanding, collected traditional stories in the form of epic poetry around the myth of the Battle of Kosovo, 1389,  which determined the fate of Serbia for the following centuries.

Contents:
Introduction
The Epic Poems
-The Fall of the Serbian Empire
-Tsar Lazar and Tsaritsa Militsa
-The Banquet on the Eve of the Battle
-Kossanschitch and Milosh
-Musitch Stefan
-Tsaritsa Militsa and the Voyvoda Vladeta 
-The Maiden of Kossovo
-The Death of the Mother of the Jugovitch 
-The Miracle of Tsar Lazar 
Note on Spelling
Historical notes
Glossary
Footnotes

Link
http://www.rastko.rs/kosovo/umetnost/serbepic/index.htm