Haykoona

Also known as: the Turkish maiden / the vizier's daughter · Family: Turks · Role: the vizier's daughter · First appears: Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2

In Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch, Part 2, Haykoona was the only daughter of the Grand Vizier of Novi Bazar. Her father sent her to Stephan Yakshitch with a potion intended to make him forget his faith and marry her, but Stephan shattered the bottle without drinking or touching its contents.

Haykoona asked Stephan to become a Turk and marry her, saying, “I love thee more than my black eyes.” When he refused to abandon his Christian faith, she agreed to embrace Christianity and flee with him if he promised to love and marry her. Stephan gave her that promise, and Haykoona gave him a diamond-studded sabre for their journey. At Belgrade, twelve monks baptized her, and she and Stephan were married.

Relationship record

Life events

• The Grand Vizier of Novi Bazar sent his only daughter Haykoona to offer Stephan a potion intended to make him forget his faith and marry her.(Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2)
  • With: the Grand Vizier of Novi Bazar
  • “Take ye these to the lowest serais and open the twelve doors, closing carefully each of them in turn after thee. When thou comest to Prince Stephan give him this wonderful bottle. He will surely bathe his face with its contents and drink: then he will forget his faith, embrace Islam and marry thee!”
• Stephan shattered the bottle of water of oblivion without drinking or touching its contents.(Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2)
  • With: Stephan Yakshitch
  • “Without hesitation he shattered it against the stony wall, taking great care that not a drop of the liquid should besprinkle him.”
• Stephan refused Haykoona's request to become a Turk and marry her.(Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2)
  • With: Stephan Yakshitch
  • “I shall never turn Turk and forget my Christian faith! Yea, I am ready always to give my life for it!”
• Haykoona agreed to embrace Christianity and flee with Stephan if he promised to love and marry her.(Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2)
  • With: Stephan Yakshitch
  • “I would not for the entire wealth of this world be baptized, but if thou wilt promise me thy love and wilt marry me I will even embrace the Christian faith!”
• Stephan promised to love and be faithful to Haykoona.(Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2)
  • With: Stephan Yakshitch
  • “Thou hast my princely promise that I shall love thee and be faithful to thee--as it is the duty of a true knight so to be.”
• Twelve monks baptized Haykoona, and she and Stephan were married.(Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2 · 📍 Belgrade)
  • With: Stephan Yakshitch
  • “At dawn of the next day they reached Belgrade, and Prince Stephan immediately summoned twelve monks, who baptized the fair Turkish maiden, after which the young couple were happily united.”

Chapter X · The Captivity and Marriage of Stephan Yakshitch · Part 2

• parent: the Grand Vizier of Novi Bazar “Summoning his only daughter Haykoona, he said to her: “My darling daughter, my pure gold! Hearken to thy father's words!”
• admired: Stephan Yakshitch “Do, I pray thee, become a Turk and marry me! I love thee more than my black eyes.”
• recipient: Stephan Yakshitch “And the maiden gave Stephan a sabre studded with large diamonds--it was worth half of Novi Bazar--saying: ‘Take this sword, my darling lord: that thou mayest not be compelled to give way to inferior heroes, if we should be molested on our way!’”
• married with Stephan Yakshitch “At dawn of the next day they reached Belgrade, and Prince Stephan immediately summoned twelve monks, who baptized the fair Turkish maiden, after which the young couple were happily united.”

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