Serbians — Minor Figures

13 figures from Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians (Chapters IV–XIII) who appear only briefly. Each keeps their own page; this one gathers them so they can be read together.

Archdeacon Nedelyko

archdeacon · first appears Chapter IV · Prince Marko Tells Whose the Empire Shall Be · Part 1

• Chapter IV · Prince Marko Tells Whose the Empire Shall Be · Part 1 · pupil: Marko “Marko, as ye may remember, learned from me how to read and write; later he was secretary to the Emperor and he was then entrusted with the care of the records, and he will surely know to whom the empire was entrusted.”

the maiden from Kossovo

maiden · first appears Chapter IV · Prince Marko Abolishes the Wedding Tax · Part 1

• Chapter IV · Prince Marko Abolishes the Wedding Tax · Part 1 · benefactor: Marko “Marko plunged his hand into his pocket, took out a purse and handed it to the maiden saying: ‘O sister! take these thirty ducats, go home and await in peace for what may befall thee; only kindly point out to me the castle of the Moor, for I am going to pay him thy wedding tax!’”
• Chapter IV · Prince Marko Abolishes the Wedding Tax · Part 1 · with the Moorish Lord “He has taken possession of the whole field of Kossovo and has imposed, among other extortions, a terrible tax of thirty ducats to be paid by all brides, and thirty-four ducats by all bridegrooms.”

Petrashin

nephew of Doushan · first appears Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty · Part 1

• Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty · Part 1 · elder kin: Doushan “but request him in my name that under no circumstances shall he bring with him his nephews the two Voinovitchs, Voukashin and Petrashin,”

Golouban

Lazarus's servant · first appears Chapter IX · Tsar Lazarus and the Tsarina Militza · Part 1

• Chapter IX · Tsar Lazarus and the Tsarina Militza · Part 1 · employer: Tsar Lazarus “Glancing quickly right and left he beheld Golouban, his trusty servant, and called to him: “O Golouban, my faithful servant!”
• Chapter IX · Tsar Lazarus and the Tsarina Militza · Part 1 · animal: Laboud “as he dismounted from his Laboud.”

Miloutin

wounded Serbian warrior · first appears Chapter IX · Tsar Lazarus and the Tsarina Militza · Part 1

• Chapter IX · Tsar Lazarus and the Tsarina Militza · Part 1 · lord: Tsar Lazarus “Hast thou then betrayed thy tsar on Kossovo the level field?”

Vouk Brankovitch

lord · first appears Chapter IX · Tsar Lazarus and the Tsarina Militza · Part 2

• Chapter IX · Tsar Lazarus and the Tsarina Militza · Part 2 · elder kin: Tsar Lazarus “Vouk Brankovitch, who was one of the sons-in-law of Tsar Lazarus.”
• Chapter IX · Tsar Lazarus and the Tsarina Militza · Part 2 · enemies with Tsar Lazarus “He betrayed our tsar on Kossovo, leading astray, O my lady! twelve thousand fierce cuirassiers of our people!”