Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians

Yovo

Also known as: the infant Yovo / the little nursling · Role: infant · First appears: Chapter XIII · The Building of Skadar (Scutari) · Part 2

Life events

  • After she is immured, Goiko's wife suckles Yovo until her voice falls silent.(Chapter XIII · The Building of Skadar (Scutari) · Part 2)
    • With: young wife of Goiko
    • “So they built the heavy wall about her, And then brought the infant in his cradle, Which a long, long while his mother suckled. Then her voice grew feeble--then was silent: Still the stream flow'd forth and nursed the infant: Full a year he hung upon her bosom;”
  • A stream continues to flow from the immured woman's breast and nurse the infant.(Chapter XIII · The Building of Skadar (Scutari) · Part 2)
    • “Still the stream flow'd forth--and still it floweth.”

Chapter XIII · The Building of Skadar (Scutari) · Part 2

  • parent: young wife of Goiko “Goiko's youthful wife at home is tarrying, For she has an infant in the cradle Not a full moon old; the little nursling:”
  • parent: Voivode Goyko “Why hast thou our little one abandoned?”

Also listed in Other Figures — Minor Figures

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

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