Paul

Role: brother · First appears: Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters

In Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters, Paul and Radool are brothers, and Yelitza is their sister. At the meadow, Paul’s youthful wife wounded his horse and accused Yelitza; Yelitza denied it, and Paul believed her. At evening, his wife killed his falcon and again blamed Yelitza, but Paul still believed his sister.

At evening meal-time, Paul’s youthful wife stole the golden knife the brothers had given Yelitza, killed their infant with it, and accused Yelitza of the murder. Paul then bound Yelitza to four horses and drove them across the desert, killing her. Flowers sprang where her blood fell, and a church arose where her body fell. Later, Paul carried his sick wife to Yelitza’s church, but a voice said it could not heal her. He then bound his wife to four wild horses and drove them across the desert, killing her.

Relationship record

Life events

• Paul's youthful wife gave Paul's steed a mortal wound and told Paul that Yelitza had stabbed it; Yelitza swore she had not, and Paul believed his sister.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters · 📍 the meadow)
  • With: Paul's youthful wife Yelitza
  • “Gave the steed a mortal wound, and hurried To her husband, whom she thus accosted:-- ‘Evil is the love thou bear'st thy sister, And thy gifts are worse than wasted to her; She has stabb'd thy courser in the meadow.’”
• Paul's youthful wife wrung the neck of Paul's falcon and told Paul that Yelitza had destroyed it; Yelitza swore she had not, and Paul still believed her.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters · 📍 the garden)
  • With: Paul's youthful wife Yelitza
  • “To the garden secretly she hasten'd, Wrung the neck of Paul's grey noble falcon,-- To her husband sped she then and told him: ‘Evil is the love thou bear'st thy sister, And thy gifts to her are worse than wasted; Lo! she has destroy'd thy favourite falcon.’”
• Paul's youthful wife stole the golden knife the brothers had given Yelitza, murdered her own infant with it, and told Paul that Yelitza had stabbed the child.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters)
  • With: Paul's youthful wife their infant Yelitza
  • “Stole the golden knife, and with it murder'd, Murder'd her poor infant in the cradle!”
• Paul bound Yelitza to four horses and drove them across the desert, killing her.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters · 📍 the distant fields)
  • With: Yelitza
  • “To the tails of four fierce steeds he bound her, And he drove them forth across the desert;-- But, where'er a drop of blood fell from her, There a flower sprang up,--a fragrant flow'ret; Where her body fell when dead and mangled, There a church arose from out the desert.”
• Paul carried his sick wife to Yelitza's church, but a voice said it could not heal her.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters · 📍 his sister's church)
  • With: Paul's youthful wife
  • “Hardly had they reach'd the church's portal, When a most mysterious voice address'd them: ‘Come not here, young woman! come not hither! For this church can neither heal nor save thee.’”
• Paul bound his wife to four wild horses and drove them across the desert, killing her.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters · 📍 the mighty desert)
  • With: Paul's youthful wife
  • “To the tails of four wild steeds he bound her; Drove them forth across the mighty desert. Wheresoe'er a drop of blood fell from her, There sprang up the rankest thorns and nettles. Where her body fell, when dead, the waters Rush'd and formed a lake both still and stagnant.”

Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters

• siblings with Radool “They were brothers, children of one mother.”
• siblings with Yelitza “One was Paul; the other brother, Radool, And, between them, Yelitza, their sister.”
• married with Paul's youthful wife “Thus she spoke unto her lord and husband:”
• enemies with Yelitza “Furiously he seized her white hand--bore her To the distant fields--the open desert: To the tails of four fierce steeds he bound her, And he drove them forth across the desert;-- But, where'er a drop of blood fell from her, There a flower sprang up,--a fragrant flow'ret; Where her body fell when dead and mangled,”
• child: their infant “Murder'd her poor infant in the cradle!”
• enemies with Paul's youthful wife “Paul then listened to his wife's entreaties: To the tails of four wild steeds he bound her; Drove them forth across the mighty desert.”

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Extracted from the original text of Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians (Chapters IV–XIII). Made with Rho MD.