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searchaux" style="display:none">Form of epic poetry</div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Hercegovac_pjeva_uz_gusle.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Hercegovac_pjeva_uz_gusle.JPG/185px-Hercegovac_pjeva_uz_gusle.JPG" decoding="async" width="185" height="340" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Hercegovac_pjeva_uz_gusle.JPG/278px-Hercegovac_pjeva_uz_gusle.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Hercegovac_pjeva_uz_gusle.JPG/370px-Hercegovac_pjeva_uz_gusle.JPG 2x" data-file-width="627" data-file-height="1153" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Serb" class="mw-redirect" title="Serb">Serb</a> sings to the gusle (drawing from 1823). Serbian epic poems were often sung to the accompaniment of this traditional bowed string instrument.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Guslar_singing_of_the_death_of_Lazar,_at_an_encampent_in_Javor.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Guslar_singing_of_the_death_of_Lazar%2C_at_an_encampent_in_Javor.jpg/220px-Guslar_singing_of_the_death_of_Lazar%2C_at_an_encampent_in_Javor.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="137" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Guslar_singing_of_the_death_of_Lazar%2C_at_an_encampent_in_Javor.jpg/330px-Guslar_singing_of_the_death_of_Lazar%2C_at_an_encampent_in_Javor.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Guslar_singing_of_the_death_of_Lazar%2C_at_an_encampent_in_Javor.jpg/440px-Guslar_singing_of_the_death_of_Lazar%2C_at_an_encampent_in_Javor.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1446" data-file-height="900" /></a><figcaption>Guslar singing of the death of Lazar, at an encampent in Javor, during the <a href="/wiki/Serbian%E2%80%93Ottoman_War_(1876%E2%80%9378)" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78)">Serbian–Ottoman War (1876–78)</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p><b>Serbian epic poetry</b> (<a href="/wiki/Serbian_language" title="Serbian language">Serbian</a>: <span lang="sr">Српске епске народне песме</span>, <small><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Serbian" title="Romanization of Serbian">romanized</a>:&#160;</small><span title="Serbian-language romanization"><i lang="sr-Latn">Srpske epske narodne pesme</i></span>) is a form of <a href="/wiki/Epic_poetry" title="Epic poetry">epic poetry</a> created by <a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbs</a> originating in today's <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Bosnia and Herzegovina">Bosnia and Herzegovina</a>, <a href="/wiki/Croatia" title="Croatia">Croatia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Montenegro" title="Montenegro">Montenegro</a> and <a href="/wiki/North_Macedonia" title="North Macedonia">North Macedonia</a>. The main cycles were composed by unknown Serb authors between the 14th and 19th centuries. They are largely concerned with historical events and personages. The instrument accompanying the epic poetry is the <i><a href="/wiki/Gusle" title="Gusle">gusle</a></i>. </p><p>Serbian epic poetry helped in developing the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_national_identity" title="Serbian national identity">Serbian national consciousness</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDragnich199429–30_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDragnich199429–30-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The cycles of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Marko" title="Prince Marko">Prince Marko</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hajduks" class="mw-redirect" title="Hajduks">Hajduks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uskoks" title="Uskoks">Uskoks</a> inspired the Serbs to restore freedom and their heroic past.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDragnich199429–30_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDragnich199429–30-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The Hajduks in particular, are seen as an integral part of national identity; in stories, the hajduks were heroes: they had played the role of the Serbian elite during Ottoman rule, they had defended the Serbs against Ottoman oppression, and prepared for the national liberation and contributed to it in the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_Revolution" title="Serbian Revolution">Serbian Revolution</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-CaseNaimark2003_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CaseNaimark2003-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_epic_poetry&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The earliest surviving record of an epic poem related to Serbian epic poetry is a ten verse fragment of a <a href="/wiki/Bugar%C5%A1tica" title="Bugarštica">bugarštica</a> song from 1497 in Southern Italy about the imprisonment of <a href="/wiki/Sibinjanin_Janko" class="mw-redirect" title="Sibinjanin Janko">Sibinjanin Janko</a> (John Hunyadi) by <a href="/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Đurađ Branković">Đurađ Branković</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Milošević-Đorđević2001_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Milošević-Đorđević2001-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> however the regional origin and ethnic identity of its Slavic performers remains a matter of scholarly dispute.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> From at least the Ottoman period up until the present day, Serbian epic poetry was sung accompanied by the <i><a href="/wiki/Gusle" title="Gusle">gusle</a></i> and there are historical references to Serb performers playing the gusle at the <a href="/wiki/Polish%E2%80%93Lithuanian_Commonwealth" title="Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth">Polish–Lithuanian</a> royal courts in the 16th and 17th centuries, and later on in Ukraine and Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Hungarian historian <a href="/wiki/Sebesty%C3%A9n_Tin%C3%B3di_Lantos" title="Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos">Sebestyén Tinódi</a> wrote in 1554 that "there are many gusle players here in Hungary, but none is better at the Serbian style than <a href="/wiki/Dimitrije_Karaman" title="Dimitrije Karaman">Dimitrije Karaman</a>", and described Karaman's performance to Turkish lord Uluman in 1551 in <a href="/wiki/Lipova_(Vrnja%C4%8Dka_Banja)" title="Lipova (Vrnjačka Banja)">Lipova</a>: the guslar would hold the gusle between his knees and go into a highly emotional artistic performance with a sad and dedicated expression on his face.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEPetrović2008100_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEPetrović2008100-8"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Chronicler and poet <a href="/wiki/Maciej_Stryjkowski" title="Maciej Stryjkowski">Maciej Stryjkowski</a> (1547–1582) included a verse mentions the Serbs singing heroic songs about ancestors fighting the Turks in his 1582 chronicle.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgijević2003_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgijević2003-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Bart%C5%82omiej_Zimorowic" title="Józef Bartłomiej Zimorowic">Józef Bartłomiej Zimorowic</a> used the phrase "to sing to the Serbian gusle" in his 1663 <a href="/wiki/Idyll" title="Idyll">idyll</a> <i>Śpiewacy</i> (Singers).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgijević2003_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgijević2003-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1824, <a href="/wiki/Vuk_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Vuk Karadžić">Vuk Karadžić</a> sent a copy of his folksong collection to <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Grimm" title="Jacob Grimm">Jacob Grimm</a>, who was particularly enthralled by <i><a href="/wiki/The_Building_of_Skadar" title="The Building of Skadar">The Building of Skadar</a></i>. Grimm translated it into <a href="/wiki/German_language" title="German language">German</a>, and described it as "one of the most touching poems of all nations and all times".<sup id="cite_ref-Dundes1996_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dundes1996-10"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Radosavljevich1919_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Radosavljevich1919-11"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>Many of the epics are about the era of the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Serbia" title="Ottoman Serbia">occupation of Serbia</a> and the struggle for the liberation. With the efforts of ethnographer Vuk Karadžić, many of these epics and folk tales were collected and published in books in the first half of the 19th century. Up until that time, these poems and songs had been almost exclusively an oral tradition, transmitted by bards and singers. Among the books Karadžić published were: </p> <ul><li>A Small Simple-Folk Slavonic-Serbian Songbook, 1814; Serbian Folk Song-Book (Vols, I-IV, Leipzig edition, 1823-8133; Vols. I-IV, Vienna edition, 1841-1862)</li> <li>Serbian Folk Tales (1821, with 166 riddles; and 1853)</li> <li>Serbian Folk Proverbs and Other Common Expressions, 1834.</li> <li>"Women's Songs" from Herzegovina (1866) - which was collected by Karadžić's collaborator and assistant <a href="/wiki/Vuk_Vr%C4%8Devi%C4%87" title="Vuk Vrčević">Vuk Vrčević</a></li></ul> <p>These editions appeared in Europe when <a href="/wiki/Romanticism" title="Romanticism">romanticism</a> was in full bloom and there was much interest in Serbian folk poetry, including from <a href="/wiki/Johann_Gottfried_Herder" title="Johann Gottfried Herder">Johann Gottfried Herder</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Grimm" title="Jacob Grimm">Jacob Grimm</a>, <a href="/wiki/Johann_Wolfgang_von_Goethe" title="Johann Wolfgang von Goethe">Goethe</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jernej_Kopitar" title="Jernej Kopitar">Jernej Kopitar</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMilošević-Đorđević1995_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMilošević-Đorđević1995-12"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gusle">Gusle</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_epic_poetry&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Gusle"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Gusle" title="Gusle">Gusle</a></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Gusle" title="Gusle">gusle</a></i> (<span title="Serbian-language text"><span lang="sr">гусле</span></span>) instrumentally accompanies heroic songs (epic poetry) in the Balkans.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELing199787_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELing199787-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The instrument is held vertically between the knees, with the left hand fingers on the neck.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELing199787_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELing199787-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> The strings are never pressed to the neck, giving a harmonic and unique sound.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTELing199787_13-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTELing199787-13"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There is no consensus about the origin of the instrument, while some researchers believe it was brought with the Slavs to the Balkans, based on a 6th-century Byzantine source.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBjeladinović-Jergić2001489_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBjeladinović-Jergić2001489-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Teodosije_the_Hilandarian" title="Teodosije the Hilandarian">Teodosije the Hilandarian</a> (1246–1328) wrote that <a href="/wiki/Stefan_Nemanji%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Stefan Nemanjić">Stefan Nemanjić</a> (r. 1196–1228) often entertained the <a href="/wiki/Medieval_Serbian_nobility" title="Medieval Serbian nobility">Serbian nobility</a> with musicians with drums and "gusle".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEVlahović2004340_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEVlahović2004340-15"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> Reliable written records about the <i>gusle</i> appear only in the 15th century.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBjeladinović-Jergić2001489_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBjeladinović-Jergić2001489-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> 16th-century travel memoirs mention the instrument in <a href="/wiki/Bosnia_(region)" title="Bosnia (region)">Bosnia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Serbia" title="Serbia">Serbia</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBjeladinović-Jergić2001489_14-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBjeladinović-Jergić2001489-14"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is known that Serbs sang to the <i>gusle</i> during the Ottoman period. Notable Serbian performers played at the Polish royal courts in the 16th- and 17th centuries, and later on in Ukraine and in Hungary.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> There is an old mention in Serbo-Croatian literature that a Serbian guslar was present at the court of <a href="/wiki/W%C5%82adys%C5%82aw_II_Jagie%C5%82%C5%82o" title="Władysław II Jagiełło">Władysław II Jagiełło</a> in 1415.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgijević2003_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgijević2003-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> In a poem published in 1612, Kasper Miaskowski wrote that "the Serbian gusle and <a href="/wiki/Gaida" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaida">gaidas</a> will overwhelm <a href="/wiki/Shrove_Tuesday" title="Shrove Tuesday">Shrove Tuesday</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgijević2003_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgijević2003-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Bart%C5%82omiej_Zimorowic" title="Józef Bartłomiej Zimorowic">Józef Bartłomiej Zimorowic</a> used the phrase "to sing to the Serbian gusle" in his 1663 <a href="/wiki/Idyll" title="Idyll">idyll</a> <i>Śpiewacy</i> ("Singers").<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGeorgijević2003_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGeorgijević2003-9"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Corpus">Corpus</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_epic_poetry&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Corpus"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The corpus of Serbian epic poetry is divided into cycles: </p> <ul><li>Non-historic cycle (Неисторијски циклус/Neistorijski ciklus) - poems about <a href="/wiki/Slavic_mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Slavic mythology">Slavic mythology</a>, characteristically about <a href="/wiki/Slavic_dragon" title="Slavic dragon">dragons</a> and <a href="/wiki/Supernatural_beings_in_Slavic_folklore" class="mw-redirect" title="Supernatural beings in Slavic folklore">nymphs</a></li> <li>Pre-Kosovo cycle (Преткосовски циклус/Pretkosovski ciklus) - poems about events that predate the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo" title="Battle of Kosovo">Battle of Kosovo</a> (1389)</li> <li>Kosovo cycle (Косовски циклус/Kosovski ciklus) - poems about events that happened just before and after the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo" title="Battle of Kosovo">Battle of Kosovo</a></li> <li>Post-Kosovo cycle (Покосовски циклус/Pokosovski ciklus) - poems about post-Battle events</li> <li>Cycle of <a href="/wiki/Prince_Marko" title="Prince Marko">Kraljević Marko</a> (Циклус Краљевића Марка/Ciklus Kraljevića Marka)</li> <li>Cycle of <a href="/wiki/Hajduk" title="Hajduk">hajduks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Uskoks" title="Uskoks">uskoks</a> (Хајдучки и ускочки циклус, Хајдучке и ускочке песме) – poems about brigands and rebels</li> <li>Poems about the liberation of Serbia and Montenegro (циклус ослобођења Србије, Песме о ослобођењу Србије и Црне Горе) - poems about the 19th-century battles against the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Turks" title="Ottoman Turks">Ottomans</a></li> <li>Unsorted (Неразврстане/Nerazvrstane) – poems that do not belong to any of the cycles mentioned above</li></ul> <p>Poems depict historical events with varying degrees of accuracy. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kosovo_Maiden,_Uro%C5%A1_Predi%C4%87,_1919.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kosovo_Maiden%2C_Uro%C5%A1_Predi%C4%87%2C_1919.jpg/220px-Kosovo_Maiden%2C_Uro%C5%A1_Predi%C4%87%2C_1919.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="156" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kosovo_Maiden%2C_Uro%C5%A1_Predi%C4%87%2C_1919.jpg/330px-Kosovo_Maiden%2C_Uro%C5%A1_Predi%C4%87%2C_1919.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Kosovo_Maiden%2C_Uro%C5%A1_Predi%C4%87%2C_1919.jpg/440px-Kosovo_Maiden%2C_Uro%C5%A1_Predi%C4%87%2C_1919.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3738" data-file-height="2656" /></a><figcaption><div class="center" style="width:auto; margin-left:auto; margin-right:auto;"><i><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Maiden" title="Kosovo Maiden">Kosovo Maiden</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Uro%C5%A1_Predi%C4%87" title="Uroš Predić">Uroš Predić</a><hr /><i>Dying <a href="/wiki/Pavle_Orlovi%C4%87" title="Pavle Orlović">Pavle Orlović</a> is given water by a maiden who seeks her fiancé; he tells her that her love, <a href="/wiki/Milan_Toplica" title="Milan Toplica">Milan</a>, and his two blood-brothers <a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Obili%C4%87" title="Miloš Obilić">Miloš</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ivan_Kosan%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Ivan Kosančić">Ivan</a> are dead.</i><br />—taken from the Serb epic poem</div></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_people">Notable people</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_epic_poetry&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Notable people"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Benedikt_Kuripe%C4%8Di%C4%8D" title="Benedikt Kuripečič">Benedikt Kuripečič</a> (16th century), diplomat who traveled through <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Bosnia_and_Herzegovina" title="Ottoman Bosnia and Herzegovina">Ottoman Bosnia</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Serbia" title="Ottoman Serbia">Serbia</a> in 1530 and recorded that epic songs about <a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Obili%C4%87" title="Miloš Obilić">Miloš Obilić</a> are popular not only among <a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbs</a> in Kosovo but also in Bosnia and Croatia. He also recorded some legends about the <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kosovo" title="Battle of Kosovo">Battle of Kosovo</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Ivić1996_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Ivić1996-17"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dimitrije_Karaman" title="Dimitrije Karaman">Dimitrije Karaman</a> (<abbr title="floruit (&#39;flourished&#39;&#160;– known to have been active at a particular time or during a particular period)">fl.</abbr> 1551), oldest known Serbian gusle player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avram_Mileti%C4%87" title="Avram Miletić">Avram Miletić</a> (1755–after 1826), merchant and <a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">songwriter</a> best known for writing the earliest collection of urban <a href="/wiki/Lyric_poetry" title="Lyric poetry">lyric poetry</a> in Serbian.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Rashko" title="Old Rashko">Old Rashko</a>, one of the most important sources of epic poetry recorded by <a href="/wiki/Vuk_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Vuk Karadžić">Vuk Karadžić</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filip_Vi%C5%A1nji%C4%87" title="Filip Višnjić">Filip Višnjić</a> (1767–1834), Serbian guslar dubbed the "Serbian Homer" both for his blindness and poetic gift.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Te%C5%A1an_Podrugovi%C4%87" title="Tešan Podrugović">Tešan Podrugović</a> (1783–1815), Serb <a href="/wiki/Hajduk" title="Hajduk">hajduk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Oral_storytelling" title="Oral storytelling">storyteller</a> and guslar who participated in the <a href="/wiki/First_Serbian_Uprising" title="First Serbian Uprising">First Serbian Uprising</a> and was one of the most important sources for Serbian epic poetry.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDivana_Antonijevi%C4%87" title="Živana Antonijević">Živana Antonijević</a> (d. 1822), known as "Blind Živana", one of the favorite female singers of Vuk Karadžić.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuk_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Vuk Karadžić">Vuk Karadžić</a> (1787—1864) was a <a href="/wiki/Serbs" title="Serbs">Serbian</a> <a href="/wiki/Philology" title="Philology">philologist</a> and <a href="/wiki/Linguistics" title="Linguistics">linguist</a> who was the major reformer of the <a href="/wiki/Serbian_language" title="Serbian language">Serbian language</a>. He deserves, perhaps, for his collections of songs, fairy tales, and riddles to be called the father of the study of <a href="/wiki/Serbian_folklore" title="Serbian folklore">Serbian folklore</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuk_Vr%C4%8Devi%C4%87" title="Vuk Vrčević">Vuk Vrčević</a> (1811-1882), collector of lyric poetry</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petar_Perunovi%C4%87" title="Petar Perunović">Petar Perunović</a> (1880–1952), known as "Perun", famous guslar who performed for <a href="/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla">Nikola Tesla</a> and the first to record Serbian epic poetry in a studio.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90uro_Milutinovi%C4%87_the_Blind" title="Đuro Milutinović the Blind">Đuro Milutinović the Blind</a> (1774–1844), guslar at Serbian court.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characters">Characters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_epic_poetry&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Characters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Medieval era</dt></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tsar_Du%C5%A1an" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsar Dušan">Tsar Dušan</a>, Emperor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Lazar" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Lazar">Prince Lazar</a>, Prince and legendary Emperor</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavle_Orlovi%C4%87" title="Pavle Orlović">Pavle Orlović</a>, knight</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan_Toplica" title="Milan Toplica">Milan Toplica</a>, knight</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Kosan%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Ivan Kosančić">Ivan Kosančić</a>, knight</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugovi%C4%87_brothers" title="Jugović brothers">Jugović brothers</a>, including <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bo%C5%A1ko_Jugovi%C4%87&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Boško Jugović (page does not exist)">Boško Jugović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Constantine_Draga%C5%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="Constantine Dragaš">Beg Kostadin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Vojinovi%C4%87" title="Miloš Vojinović">Miloš Vojinović</a></li> <li>Voivode Prijezda</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mali_Radojica" title="Mali Radojica">Mali Radojica</a>, hajduk</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Deli_Radivoje&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Deli Radivoje (page does not exist)">Deli Radivoje</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Zmaj_Ognjeni_Vuk" class="mw-redirect" title="Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk">Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk</a>" (Vuk the Fiery Dragon), based on <a href="/wiki/Vuk_Grgurevi%C4%87" title="Vuk Grgurević">Vuk Grgurević</a>, the Serbian Despot (r. 1471–85)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ailing_Doj%C4%8Din" title="Ailing Dojčin">Ailing Dojčin</a>, possibly based on despots John VII Palaiologos and Andronikos Palaiologos</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Relja_the_Winged" class="mw-redirect" title="Relja the Winged">Relja the Winged</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Pop_Milo_Jovovi%C4%87&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Pop Milo Jovović (page does not exist)">Pop Milo Jovović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajo_Pivljanin" title="Bajo Pivljanin">Bajo Pivljanin</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stari_Vujadin&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Stari Vujadin (page does not exist)">Stari Vujadin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alil-Aga" class="mw-redirect" title="Alil-Aga">Alil-Aga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hunyadi" title="John Hunyadi">Sibinjanin Janko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vratko_Nemanji%C4%87" title="Vratko Nemanjić">Jug Bogdan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Janko_Mitrovi%C4%87" title="Janko Mitrović">Janko od Kotara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Starina_Novak" title="Starina Novak">Starina Novak</a> (partly)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musa_Kesed%C5%BEija" title="Musa Kesedžija">Musa Kesedžija</a>, enemy of Kraljević Marko, he is the result of merging several historical people including <a href="/wiki/Musa_%C3%87elebi" title="Musa Çelebi">Musa Çelebi</a> son of <a href="/wiki/Bayezid_I" title="Bayezid I">Bayezid I</a> and Musa from the <a href="/wiki/Muzaka_family" title="Muzaka family">Muzaka</a> <a href="/wiki/Albanian_nobility" title="Albanian nobility">Albanian noble family</a> while <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Tomi%C4%87" title="Jovan Tomić">Jovan Tomić</a> believes he is based on the supporter of Jegen Osman Pasha</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Djemo_the_Mountaineer" title="Djemo the Mountaineer">Djemo the Mountaineer</a>, enemy of Kraljević Marko, a member of <a href="/wiki/Muzaka_family" title="Muzaka family">Muzaka noble family</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=Gjin_Muzaka&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Gjin Muzaka (page does not exist)">Gjin Muzaka</a>) or maybe <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> military person Jegen Osman Pasha</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Vu%C4%8Da" title="General Vuča">General Vuča</a>, enemy of Kraljević Marko, Tanush Dukagjin, a member of <a href="/wiki/Dukagjini_family" title="Dukagjini family">Dukagjini noble family</a> or <a href="/wiki/Prince_Eugene_of_Savoy" title="Prince Eugene of Savoy">Prince Eugene of Savoy</a> or <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Doci&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Doci (page does not exist)">Peter Doci</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philip_the_Magyar" class="mw-redirect" title="Philip the Magyar">Philip the Magyar</a>, enemy of Kraljević Marko, <a href="/wiki/Pipo_of_Ozora" class="mw-redirect" title="Pipo of Ozora">Pipo of Ozora</a>, an <a href="/wiki/Italians" title="Italians">Italian</a> <a href="/wiki/Condottiero" title="Condottiero">condottiero</a>, general, strategist and confidant of King <a href="/wiki/Sigismund_of_Hungary" class="mw-redirect" title="Sigismund of Hungary">Sigismund of Hungary</a>.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnaut_Osman" title="Arnaut Osman">Arnaut Osman</a></li></ul> <p>Hajduk cycle </p> <ul><li>Ognjen Hadzovic, hajduk, main character in <i>Ženidba Hadzovic Ognjena</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaradžić1833265–271_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaradžić1833265–271-18"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Srbin Tukelija, hajduk, main character in <i>Boj Arađana s Komadincima</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaradžić1833271–276_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaradžić1833271–276-19"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Many other heroes of Serbian epic poetry are also based upon historical persons: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Strahinja_Banovi%C4%87" title="Strahinja Banović">Strahinja Banović</a> — <a href="/wiki/%C4%90ura%C4%91_II_Stracimirovi%C4%87_Bal%C5%A1i%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Đurađ II Stracimirović Balšić">Đurađ II Stracimirović Balšić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jug_Bogdan" class="mw-redirect" title="Jug Bogdan">Jug Bogdan</a> — <a href="/wiki/Vratko_Nemanji%C4%87" title="Vratko Nemanjić">Vratko Nemanjić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beg_Kostadin" class="mw-redirect" title="Beg Kostadin">Beg Kostadin</a> — <a href="/wiki/Constantine_Draga%C5%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="Constantine Dragaš">Constantine Dragaš</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibinjanin_Janko" class="mw-redirect" title="Sibinjanin Janko">Sibinjanin Janko</a> — <a href="/wiki/John_Hunyadi" title="John Hunyadi">John Hunyadi</a></li> <li>Petar Dojčin — <a href="/wiki/Petar_Doci" class="mw-redirect" title="Petar Doci">Petar Doci</a></li> <li>Maksim Crnojević — <a href="/wiki/Skenderbeg_Crnojevi%C4%87" class="mw-redirect" title="Skenderbeg Crnojević">Staniša Skenderbeg Crnojević</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajo_Pivljanin" title="Bajo Pivljanin">Bajo Pivljanin</a> - Bajo Nikolić</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihajlo_Svilojevi%C4%87" title="Mihajlo Svilojević">Mihajlo Svilojević</a> — <a href="/wiki/Michael_Szil%C3%A1gyi" title="Michael Szilágyi">Michael Szilágyi</a></li> <li>Janko od Kotara - <a href="/wiki/Janko_Mitrovi%C4%87" title="Janko Mitrović">Janko Mitrović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manojlo_Gr%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Manojlo Grčić">Manojlo Grčić</a> - <a href="/wiki/Manuel_I_Komnenos" title="Manuel I Komnenos">Manuel I Komnenos</a></li> <li>Relja the Winged - <a href="/wiki/Hrelja" title="Hrelja">Hrelja</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grujica_%C5%BDeravica" title="Grujica Žeravica">Grujica Žeravica</a></li></ul> <p>Some heroes are paired with their horses, such as <a href="/wiki/Prince_Marko" title="Prince Marko">Prince Marko</a>—Šarac, <a href="/wiki/Momchil" title="Momchil">Vojvoda Momčilo</a>—Jabučilo (a winged horse), <a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Obili%C4%87" title="Miloš Obilić">Miloš Obilić</a>—Ždralin, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Damjan_Jugovi%C4%87&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Damjan Jugović (page does not exist)">Damjan Jugović</a>—Zelenko, <a href="/wiki/Banovi%C4%87_Strahinja" class="mw-redirect" title="Banović Strahinja">Banović Strahinja</a>—Đogin, <a href="/wiki/Hajduk-Veljko" class="mw-redirect" title="Hajduk-Veljko">Hajduk-Veljko</a>—Kušlja, <a href="/wiki/Jovan_Kursula" title="Jovan Kursula">Jovan Kursula</a>—Strina, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sr%C4%91a_Zlopogle%C4%91a&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Srđa Zlopogleđa (page does not exist)">Srđa Zlopogleđa</a>—Vranac.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Excerpts">Excerpts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_epic_poetry&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: Excerpts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slavic_antithesis" title="Slavic antithesis">Slavic antithesis</a>:</li></ul> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>There two pines were growing together,<br />and among them one thin-topped fir;<br />neither there were just some two green pines<br />nor among them one thin-topped fir,<br />but those two were just some two born brothers<br />one is Pavle, other is Radule<br />and among them little sis' Jelena.</i></p></blockquote> <ul><li>(<a href="/wiki/Prince_Marko" title="Prince Marko">Kraljević Marko</a> speaks: )</li></ul> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>"I'm afraid that there will be a brawl.<br />And if really there will be a brawl,<br />Woe to one who is next to Marko!"</i></p></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>"Thou dear hand, oh thou my fair green apple,<br />Where didst blossom? Where has fate now plucked thee?<br />Woe is me! thou blossomed on my bosom,<br />Thou wast plucked, alas, upon Kosovo!"</i></p></blockquote> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>"Oh my bird, oh my dear grey falcon,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup><br />How do you feel with your wing torn out?"<br />"I am feeling with my wing torn out<br />Like a brother one without the other."</i></p></blockquote> <p>Modern example of Serbian epics as recorded in 1992 by film director <a href="/wiki/Pawe%C5%82_Pawlikowski" title="Paweł Pawlikowski">Paweł Pawlikowski</a> in a documentary for the <a href="/wiki/BBC" title="BBC">BBC</a> <i>Serbian epics</i>; an anonymous <i>gusle</i> singer compares Radovan Karadžić, as he prepares to depart for <a href="/wiki/Geneva" title="Geneva">Geneva</a> for peace talk, to <a href="/wiki/Kara%C4%91or%C4%91e" title="Karađorđe">Karađorđe</a>, who had led the <a href="/wiki/First_Serbian_Uprising" title="First Serbian Uprising">First Serbian Uprising</a> against the Turks in 1804:<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>"Hey, Radovan, you man of steel!<br />The greatest leader since Karađorđe!<br />Defend our freedom and our faith,<br />On the shores of <a href="/wiki/Lake_Geneva" title="Lake Geneva">Lake Geneva</a>."</i></p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Quotes">Quotes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_epic_poetry&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: Quotes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>The ballads of Serbia occupy a high position, perhaps the highest position, in the ballad literature of Europe. They would, if well known, astonish Europe... In them breathes a clear and inborn poetry such as can scarcely be found among any other modern people.</i></p></blockquote> <a href="/wiki/Jacob_Grimm" title="Jacob Grimm">Jacob Grimm</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1244412712"><blockquote class="templatequote"><p><i>Everyone in the West who has known these poems has proclaimed them to be literature of the highest order which ought to be known better.</i></p></blockquote> <a href="/wiki/Charles_Simic" title="Charles Simic">Charles Simic</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Modern_Serbian_epic_poetry">Modern Serbian epic poetry</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_epic_poetry&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Modern Serbian epic poetry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Epic poetry is recorded still today. Some modern songs are published in books or recorded, and under <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a>, but some are in <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a>, and modified by subsequent authors just like old ones. There are new songs that mimic old epic poetry, but are humorous and not epic in nature; these are also circulating around with no known author. In the latter half of the 19th century, a certain MP would exit the Serbian parliament each day, and tell of the debate over the monetary reform bill in the style of epic poetry. Modern epic heroes include: Radovan Karadžić, Ratko Mladić and Vojislav Šešelj. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">9 September</span> 2013</span>. <q>Бенедикт Курипечић. пореклом Словенаи, који између 1530. и 1531. путује као тумач аустријског посланства, у свом Путопису препричава део косовске легенде, спомиње епско певање о Милошу Обилићу у крајевима удаљеним од места догађаја, у Босни и Хрватској, и запажа настајање нових песама.</q></cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Istorija+srpske+kulture&amp;rft.pages=160&amp;rft.pub=De%C4%8Dje+novine&amp;rft.date=1996&amp;rft.isbn=9788636707920&amp;rft.au=Pavle+Ivi%C4%87&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dr3FpAAAAMAAJ&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaradžić1833265–271-18"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaradžić1833265–271_18-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKaradžić1833">Karadžić 1833</a>, pp.&#160;265–271.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEKaradžić1833271–276-19"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKaradžić1833271–276_19-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFKaradžić1833">Karadžić 1833</a>, pp.&#160;271–276.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-20"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-20">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Политикин забавник 3147, p. 4</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-21"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-21">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/Black_Lamb_and_Grey_Falcon" title="Black Lamb and Grey Falcon">Black Lamb and Grey Falcon</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Rebecca_West" title="Rebecca West">Rebecca West</a> is the title of one of the best-known books in English on the subject of Yugoslavia.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-22"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-22">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJudah,_Tim1997" class="citation book cs1">Judah, Tim (1997). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/serbs00timj"><i>The Serbs - History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia</i></a></span>. New Haven and London: Yale University Press.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Serbs+-+History%2C+Myth+and+the+Destruction+of+Yugoslavia&amp;rft.place=New+Haven+and+London&amp;rft.pub=Yale+University+Press&amp;rft.date=1997&amp;rft.au=Judah%2C+Tim&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fserbs00timj&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_epic_poetry&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBjeladinović-Jergić2001" class="citation book cs1">Bjeladinović-Jergić, Jasna (2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=EQcSAQAAIAAJ&amp;pg=PA489"><i>Зборник Етнографског музеја у Београду: 1901-2001</i></a>. 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Rastko.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.jtitle=The+history+of+Serbian+Culture&amp;rft.atitle=The+oral+tradition&amp;rft.date=1995&amp;rft.aulast=Milo%C5%A1evi%C4%87-%C4%90or%C4%91evi%C4%87&amp;rft.aufirst=Nada&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.rastko.rs%2Fisk%2Fnmilosevic-oral_tradition.html&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPetrović2008" class="citation book cs1">Petrović, Sonja (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=dPBPHVf3kdoC&amp;pg=PA85">"Oral and Written Art Forms in Serbian Medieval Literature"</a>. In Mundal, Else; Wellendorf, Jonas (eds.). <i>Oral Art Forms and Their Passage Into Writing</i>. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp.&#160;85–108. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-87-635-0504-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-87-635-0504-8"><bdi>978-87-635-0504-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=bookitem&amp;rft.atitle=Oral+and+Written+Art+Forms+in+Serbian+Medieval+Literature&amp;rft.btitle=Oral+Art+Forms+and+Their+Passage+Into+Writing&amp;rft.pages=85-108&amp;rft.pub=Museum+Tusculanum+Press&amp;rft.date=2008&amp;rft.isbn=978-87-635-0504-8&amp;rft.aulast=Petrovi%C4%87&amp;rft.aufirst=Sonja&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DdPBPHVf3kdoC%26pg%3DPA85&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPopović1988" class="citation book cs1">Popović, Tatyana (1988). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=ok93aZ27r-oC"><i>Prince Marko: The Hero of South Slavic Epics</i></a>. New York: Syracuse University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780815624448" title="Special:BookSources/9780815624448"><bdi>9780815624448</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Prince+Marko%3A+The+Hero+of+South+Slavic+Epics&amp;rft.place=New+York&amp;rft.pub=Syracuse+University+Press&amp;rft.date=1988&amp;rft.isbn=9780815624448&amp;rft.aulast=Popovi%C4%87&amp;rft.aufirst=Tatyana&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dok93aZ27r-oC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFVlahović2004" class="citation book cs1">Vlahović, Petar (2004). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Dx4qAQAAMAAJ"><i>Serbia: the country, people, life, customs</i></a>. Ethnographic Museum. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-86-7891-031-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-86-7891-031-9"><bdi>978-86-7891-031-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Serbia%3A+the+country%2C+people%2C+life%2C+customs&amp;rft.pub=Ethnographic+Museum&amp;rft.date=2004&amp;rft.isbn=978-86-7891-031-9&amp;rft.aulast=Vlahovi%C4%87&amp;rft.aufirst=Petar&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DDx4qAQAAMAAJ&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Serbian_epic_poetry&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239549316"><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBurić1989" class="citation journal cs1">Burić, Ranko (1989). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.anthroserbia.org/Content/PDF/Articles/ES-X_(1989)_11_Ranko_Buric.pdf">"KOSOVSKI CIKLUS"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. <i>Etnološke sveske</i>. <b>10</b>: 119–125.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Etnolo%C5%A1ke+sveske&amp;rft.atitle=KOSOVSKI+CIKLUS&amp;rft.volume=10&amp;rft.pages=119-125&amp;rft.date=1989&amp;rft.aulast=Buri%C4%87&amp;rft.aufirst=Ranko&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.anthroserbia.org%2FContent%2FPDF%2FArticles%2FES-X_%281989%29_11_Ranko_Buric.pdf&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJakobson1966" class="citation book cs1">Jakobson, Roman (1966). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=j4BpFO2ARCsC"><i>Slavic Epic Studies</i></a>. Walter de Gruyter. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-3-11-088958-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-3-11-088958-1"><bdi>978-3-11-088958-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Slavic+Epic+Studies&amp;rft.pub=Walter+de+Gruyter&amp;rft.date=1966&amp;rft.isbn=978-3-11-088958-1&amp;rft.aulast=Jakobson&amp;rft.aufirst=Roman&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3Dj4BpFO2ARCsC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLocke1997" class="citation book cs1">Locke, Geoffry N. W. (1997). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=SwNjAAAAMAAJ"><i>The Serbian epic ballads: an anthology</i></a>. Nolit. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9788619021562" title="Special:BookSources/9788619021562"><bdi>9788619021562</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=The+Serbian+epic+ballads%3A+an+anthology&amp;rft.pub=Nolit&amp;rft.date=1997&amp;rft.isbn=9788619021562&amp;rft.aulast=Locke&amp;rft.aufirst=Geoffry+N.+W.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DSwNjAAAAMAAJ&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMeredith1861" class="citation book cs1">Meredith, Owen (1861). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/serbskipesmeorn00lyttgoog"><i>Serbski Pesme, Or, National Songs of Serbia</i></a>. London: Chapman and Hall.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Serbski+Pesme%2C+Or%2C+National+Songs+of+Serbia&amp;rft.place=London&amp;rft.pub=Chapman+and+Hall&amp;rft.date=1861&amp;rft.aulast=Meredith&amp;rft.aufirst=Owen&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fserbskipesmeorn00lyttgoog&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain</a>)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNoyesBacon1913" class="citation book cs1">Noyes, George Rapall; Bacon, Leonard (1913). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/heroicballadsofs00noyeiala"><i>Heroic Ballads of Servia</i></a>. Boston: Sherman, French &amp; Company.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Heroic+Ballads+of+Servia&amp;rft.place=Boston&amp;rft.pub=Sherman%2C+French+%26+Company&amp;rft.date=1913&amp;rft.aulast=Noyes&amp;rft.aufirst=George+Rapall&amp;rft.au=Bacon%2C+Leonard&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fheroicballadsofs00noyeiala&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Public Domain)</span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPerić2013" class="citation journal cs1">Perić, Dragoljub Ž. (2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/ft.aspx?id=0350-76531344159P">"Temporal formulas in Serbian oral epic songs"</a>. <i>Balcanica</i>. <b>44</b> (44): 159–180. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2298%2FBALC1344159P">10.2298/BALC1344159P</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Balcanica&amp;rft.atitle=Temporal+formulas+in+Serbian+oral+epic+songs&amp;rft.volume=44&amp;rft.issue=44&amp;rft.pages=159-180&amp;rft.date=2013&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2298%2FBALC1344159P&amp;rft.aulast=Peri%C4%87&amp;rft.aufirst=Dragoljub+%C5%BD.&amp;rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.doiserbia.nb.rs%2Fft.aspx%3Fid%3D0350-76531344159P&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPetrović2005" class="citation journal cs1">Petrović, Sonja (2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2298%2FBALC0536051P">"Charity, good deeds and the poor in Serbian epic poetry"</a>. <i>Balcanica</i>. <b>XXXVI</b> (36): 51–71. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2298%2FBALC0536051P">10.2298/BALC0536051P</a></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Balcanica&amp;rft.atitle=Charity%2C+good+deeds+and+the+poor+in+Serbian+epic+poetry&amp;rft.volume=XXXVI&amp;rft.issue=36&amp;rft.pages=51-71&amp;rft.date=2005&amp;rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2298%2FBALC0536051P&amp;rft.aulast=Petrovi%C4%87&amp;rft.aufirst=Sonja&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.2298%252FBALC0536051P&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPetrovitch2007" class="citation book cs1">Petrovitch, Woislav M. (2007) [1915]. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=5axDirx6IbAC"><i>Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians</i></a>. Cosimo, Inc. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a>&#160;<a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-60206-081-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-60206-081-4"><bdi>978-1-60206-081-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=book&amp;rft.btitle=Hero+Tales+and+Legends+of+the+Serbians&amp;rft.pub=Cosimo%2C+Inc.&amp;rft.date=2007&amp;rft.isbn=978-1-60206-081-4&amp;rft.aulast=Petrovitch&amp;rft.aufirst=Woislav+M.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3D5axDirx6IbAC&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFPetrovitch1915" class="citation web cs1">Petrovitch, Woislav M. (1915). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/stream/herotaleslegends00petr">"Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians"</a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&amp;rft.genre=unknown&amp;rft.btitle=Hero+Tales+and+Legends+of+the+Serbians&amp;rft.date=1915&amp;rft.aulast=Petrovitch&amp;rft.aufirst=Woislav+M.&amp;rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fstream%2Fherotaleslegends00petr&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASerbian+epic+poetry" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(illustrated)</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">Public domain</a>)</span></li></ul></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMiodrag_StojanovićRadovan_Samardžić1984" class="citation book cs1">Miodrag Stojanović; Radovan Samardžić (1984). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=whcMAAAAIAAJ"><i>Хајдуци и клефти у народном песништву</i></a>. 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title="Frula">Frula</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamburica" title="Tamburica">Tamburica</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_art" title="Serbian art">Serbian art</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_Angel" title="White Angel">White Angel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Maiden" title="Kosovo Maiden">Kosovo Maiden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Migration_of_the_Serbs_(painting)" title="Migration of the Serbs (painting)">Migration of the Serbs</a></li></ul></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Serbian epic poetry</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">UNESCO</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_World_Heritage_Sites_in_Serbia" title="List of World Heritage Sites in Serbia">World Heritage Sites</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Studenica_Monastery" title="Studenica Monastery">Studenica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stari_Ras" title="Stari Ras">Stari Ras</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sopo%C4%87ani" title="Sopoćani">Sopoćani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gamzigrad" title="Gamzigrad">Gamzigrad</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Medieval_Monuments_in_Kosovo" title="Medieval Monuments in Kosovo">Medieval Monuments in Kosovo</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Visoki_De%C4%8Dani" title="Visoki Dečani">Visoki Dečani</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Patriarchate_of_Pe%C4%87_(monastery)" title="Patriarchate of Peć (monastery)">Patriarchate of Peć</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Our_Lady_of_Ljevi%C5%A1" title="Our Lady of Ljeviš">Our Lady of Ljeviš</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gra%C4%8Danica_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Gračanica monastery">Gračanica</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ste%C4%87ci" class="mw-redirect" title="Stećci">Stećci</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mramorje_(Peru%C4%87ac)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mramorje (Perućac)">Mramorje (Perućac)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mramorje_(Rasti%C5%A1te)&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Mramorje (Rastište) (page does not exist)">Mramorje (Rastište)</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gr%C4%8Dko_groblje&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Grčko groblje (page does not exist)"> Grčko groblje (Hrta)</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/UNESCO_Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_Lists" title="UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists">Intangible Cultural Heritage</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Slava_(tradition)" title="Slava (tradition)">Slava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kolo_(dance)" title="Kolo (dance)">Kolo</a></li> <li>Singing to the accompaniment of the <a href="/wiki/Gusle" title="Gusle">gusle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zlakusa_pottery" title="Zlakusa pottery">Zlakusa pottery</a></li> <li>Social practices and knowledge related to the preparation and use of the traditional plum spirit of <a href="/wiki/%C5%A0ljivovica" class="mw-redirect" title="Šljivovica">šljivovica</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Memory_of_the_World_Programme" title="Memory of the World Programme">Memory of the World</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Tesla_Museum" title="Nikola Tesla Museum">Nikola Tesla Archive</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miroslav_Gospel" title="Miroslav Gospel">Miroslav Gospel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/July_Crisis#Austria-Hungary_declares_war_on_Serbia_(28_July)" title="July Crisis">Telegram of Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Man_and_the_Biosphere_Programme" title="Man and the Biosphere Programme">Man and the Biosphere Programme</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nature_park_Golija-Studenica" class="mw-redirect" title="Nature park Golija-Studenica">Nature park Golija-Studenica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gornje_Podunavlje" title="Gornje Podunavlje">Gornje Podunavlje</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Monuments and locations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ba%C4%8D_Fortress" title="Bač Fortress">Bač Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Belgrade_Fortress" title="Belgrade Fortress">Belgrade Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Church_of_Saint_Sava" title="Church of Saint Sava">Church of Saint Sava</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deliblatska_Pe%C5%A1%C4%8Dara" title="Deliblatska Peščara">Deliblato Sands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90avolja_Varo%C5%A1" title="Đavolja Varoš">Đavolja Varoš</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90erdap_National_Park" title="Đerdap National Park">Đerdap National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fru%C5%A1ka_Gora" title="Fruška Gora">Fruška Gora National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gazimestan" title="Gazimestan">Gazimestan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golubac_Fortress" title="Golubac Fortress">Golubac Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justiniana_Prima" title="Justiniana Prima">Justiniana Prima</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kru%C5%A1edol_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Krušedol monastery">Krušedol monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kopaonik_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Kopaonik National Park">Kopaonik National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lepenski_Vir" title="Lepenski Vir">Lepenski Vir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Magli%C4%8D" title="Maglič">Maglič Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manasija_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Manasija monastery">Manasija monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mile%C5%A1eva_monastery" class="mw-redirect" title="Mileševa monastery">Mileševa monastery</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mediana" title="Mediana">Mediana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monument_to_the_Unknown_Hero" title="Monument to the Unknown Hero">Monument to the Unknown Hero</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ni%C5%A1_Fortress" title="Niš Fortress">Niš Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oplenac" title="Oplenac">Oplenac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Pali%C4%87" title="Lake Palić">Palić Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petrovaradin_Fortress" title="Petrovaradin Fortress">Petrovaradin Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ram_Fortress" title="Ram Fortress">Ram Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Resava_Cave" title="Resava Cave">Resava Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirmium" title="Sirmium">Sirmium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sirogojno" title="Sirogojno">Sirogojno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smederevo_Fortress" title="Smederevo Fortress">Smederevo Fortress</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharr_Mountains_National_Park_(Kosovo)" class="mw-redirect" title="Sharr Mountains National Park (Kosovo)">Šar Mountains National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tara_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Tara National Park">Tara National Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Trajan%27s_Bridge" title="Trajan&#39;s Bridge">Trajan's Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viminacium" title="Viminacium">Viminacium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vin%C4%8Da-Belo_Brdo" title="Vinča-Belo Brdo">Vinča-Belo Brdo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C5%BDi%C4%8Da" title="Žiča">Žiča monastery</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Serbs" title="List of Serbs">People</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Patron saints</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Sava" title="Saint Sava">Saint Sava</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Fathers of the Nation</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kara%C4%91or%C4%91e" title="Karađorđe">Karađorđe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Obrenovi%C4%87_I_of_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Miloš Obrenović I of Serbia">Miloš Obrenović</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Depicted on<br /><a href="/wiki/Serbian_dinar" title="Serbian dinar">Serbian dinar</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Vuk_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Vuk Karadžić">Vuk Karadžić</a> (Linguist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Petar_II_Petrovi%C4%87-Njego%C5%A1" title="Petar II Petrović-Njegoš">Petar II Njegoš</a> (Poet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevan_Mokranjac" title="Stevan Mokranjac">Stevan Mokranjac</a> (Composer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nikola_Tesla" title="Nikola Tesla">Nikola Tesla</a> (Inventor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nade%C5%BEda_Petrovi%C4%87" title="Nadežda Petrović">Nadežda Petrović</a> (Painter)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jovan_Cviji%C4%87" title="Jovan Cvijić">Jovan Cvijić</a> (Geographer)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%90or%C4%91e_Vajfert" title="Đorđe Vajfert">Đorđe Vajfert</a> (Industrialist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milutin_Milankovi%C4%87" title="Milutin Milanković">Milutin Milanković</a> (Geophysicist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slobodan_Jovanovi%C4%87" title="Slobodan Jovanović">Slobodan Jovanović</a> (Jurist)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dositej_Obradovi%C4%87" title="Dositej Obradović">Dositej Obradović</a> (Intellectual)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivo_Andri%C4%87" title="Ivo Andrić">Ivo Andrić</a> (Poet)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mihajlo_Pupin" title="Mihajlo Pupin">Mihajlo Pupin</a> (Physicist)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Fauna_of_Serbia" title="Fauna of Serbia">Fauna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Flora_of_Serbia" class="mw-redirect" title="Flora of Serbia">flora</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gray_wolf" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray wolf">Wolf</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eagle" title="Eagle">Eagle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Plum" title="Plum">Plum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oak" title="Oak">Oak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Serbian_Spruce" class="mw-redirect" title="Serbian Spruce">Serbian Spruce</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramonda_nathaliae" title="Ramonda nathaliae">Natalie's ramonda</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ramonda_serbica" title="Ramonda serbica">Serbian ramonda</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a href="/wiki/Category:National_symbols_of_Serbia" title="Category:National symbols of Serbia">Category</a></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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title="Vidovdan">Vidovdan</a> (date)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_curse" title="Kosovo curse">Kosovo curse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lazar_of_Serbia" title="Lazar of Serbia">Tsar Lazar</a> and <a href="/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Obili%C4%87" title="Miloš Obilić">Miloš Obilić</a> (main heroes)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Turks</a> (main enemy) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Murad_I" title="Murad I">Murad I</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bajazet_I" class="mw-redirect" title="Bajazet I">Bajazet</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuk_Brankovi%C4%87" title="Vuk Branković">Vuk Branković</a> (depiction of a traitor)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Princess_Milica_of_Serbia" title="Princess Milica of Serbia">Tsaritsa Milica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jugovi%C4%87_brothers" title="Jugović brothers">Jugović brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vratko_Nemanji%C4%87" title="Vratko Nemanjić">Jug Bogdan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kosovo_Maiden" title="Kosovo Maiden">Kosovo Maiden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Musi%C4%87_noble_family" title="Musić noble family">Musić brothers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milan_Toplica" title="Milan Toplica">Milan Toplica</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ivan_Kosan%C4%8Di%C4%87" title="Ivan Kosančić">Ivan Kosančić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pavle_Orlovi%C4%87" title="Pavle Orlović">Pavle Orlović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stevo_Vasojevi%C4%87" title="Stevo Vasojević">Stevo Vasojević</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strahinja_Banovi%C4%87" title="Strahinja Banović">Strahinja Banović</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Prince_Marko" title="Prince Marko">Prince Marko</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingship_and_kingdom_of_God" title="Kingship and kingdom of God">Kingdom of Heaven</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chosen_people" title="Chosen people">Chosen people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fall_of_the_Serbian_Empire" title="Fall of the Serbian Empire">Fall of the Serbian Empire</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Sources and<br />literature</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i>The Narration about Prince Lazar</i> by <a href="/wiki/Danilo_III_(patriarch)" title="Danilo III (patriarch)">Danilo III</a></li> <li><i>The Encomium of Prince Lazar</i> by <a href="/wiki/Jefimija" title="Jefimija">Jefimija</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Life_of_Despot_Stefan_Lazarevi%C4%87" title="Life of Despot Stefan Lazarević">Life of Despot Stefan Lazarević</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Constantine_of_Kostenets" title="Constantine of Kostenets">Constantine of Kostenets</a></li> <li><i>Memoirs of a Janissary</i> by <a href="/wiki/Konstantin_Mihailovi%C4%87" title="Konstantin Mihailović">Konstantin Mihailović</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Bugar%C5%A1tica" title="Bugarštica">Bugarštica</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benedikt_Kuripe%C4%8Di%C4%8D" title="Benedikt Kuripečič">Benedikt Kuripečič</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Trono%C5%A1a_Chronicle" title="Tronoša Chronicle">Tronoša Chronicle</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_the_Slavs" title="Kingdom of the Slavs">Kingdom of the Slavs</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Mavro_Orbini" title="Mavro Orbini">Mavro Orbini</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Filip_Vi%C5%A1nji%C4%87" title="Filip Višnjić">Filip Višnjić</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vuk_Karad%C5%BEi%C4%87" title="Vuk Karadžić">Vuk Karadžić</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Art and<br />popular culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gusle" title="Gusle">Guslar poems</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Mountain_Wreath" title="The Mountain Wreath">The Mountain Wreath</a></i> (1847) by <a href="/wiki/Petar_II_Petrovi%C4%87-Njego%C5%A1" title="Petar II Petrović-Njegoš">Petar II Petrović-Njegoš</a></li> <li><i><a 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