Vasso

Role: igouman (abbot) of Mount Athos · First appears: Chapter IV · The Death of Prince Marko · Part 2

Life events

• Marko's body lay beside the spring until Vasso found him and took his body away.(Chapter IV · The Death of Prince Marko · Part 2 · 📍 the shore)
  • With: Marko
  • “The body of Marko lay beside the spring day after day till a whole week had passed.”
• Vasso travelled from the white church Vilindar, attended by Issaya.(Chapter IV · The Death of Prince Marko · Part 2 · 📍 Mount Athos)
  • With: Issaya
  • “Vasso the igouman (abbot) of Mount Athos, rode that way from the white church Vilindar attended by the youthful Issaya his deacon.”
• Vasso read Marko's inscription and discovered that Marko was dead.(Chapter IV · The Death of Prince Marko · Part 2)
  • With: Marko
  • “He drew near cautiously and read the message. Then he dismounted hastily from his horse and seized Marko's hand--but the hero moved not!”
• Vasso took the three purses from Marko's girdle and hid them beneath his belt.(Chapter IV · The Death of Prince Marko · Part 2)
  • With: Marko
  • “After a time he took the three purses from the hero's girdle and hid them beneath his belt.”
• Vasso brought Marko's body to Vilindar and buried it beneath the church's centre.(Chapter IV · The Death of Prince Marko · Part 2 · 📍 the white church Vilindar)
  • With: Marko
  • “In due course he arrived safely with it at the white church Vilindar, and having sung the customary hymns and performed those rites which are fitting he interred Marko's body beneath the centre of the church.”
• Vasso left Marko's grave without a monument to keep its location secret from foes.(Chapter IV · The Death of Prince Marko · Part 2)
  • With: Marko
  • “There the aged igouman buried Marko but he raised no monument over the tomb, lest foes should learn the whereabouts of the hero's grave and take vengeance on the dead.”

Chapter IV · The Death of Prince Marko · Part 2

• servant: Issaya (Vasso is Issaya's abbot.) “attended by the youthful Issaya his deacon”

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