the maiden from Kossovo

Also known as: maiden of Kossovo · Family: Serbians · Role: maiden · First appears: Chapter IV · Prince Marko Abolishes the Wedding Tax · Part 1

Life events

The maiden could not wed her sweetheart because her brothers could not pay her tax.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko Abolishes the Wedding Tax · Part 1 · 📍 Kossovo)
- “My brothers are poor and have not the money necessary to pay my tax, therefore I am unable to wed my sweetheart”
Prince Marko gave the maiden thirty ducats to pay her wedding tax.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko Abolishes the Wedding Tax · Part 1 · 📍 Kossovo)
- With: 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”

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!’”
with the Moorish Lord (The Moorish Lord imposes a wedding tax that the maiden cannot pay.) “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.”

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