Yelitza
Role: sister · First appears: Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters
In Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters, Yelitza is the sister of Paul and Radool. When Paul's youthful wife mortally wounded Paul’s steed in the meadow and accused Yelitza of stabbing it, Yelitza swore she had not, and Paul believed her. At evening, his wife killed his falcon and made the same accusation; Yelitza again denied it, and Paul still believed her. Jealous of the gifts the brothers gave Yelitza, Paul’s wife asked Radool's wife for a plant to destroy their sister, but she refused.
At evening meal-time, Paul’s wife stole the golden knife the brothers had given Yelitza, killed her own infant with it, and accused Yelitza of stabbing the child. Paul seized Yelitza, bound her to four horses, and drove them across the desert, killing her. Flowers sprang where her blood fell, and a church arose where her body fell.
Relationship record
Life events
- Paul's youthful wife gave Paul's steed a mortal wound and told Paul that Yelitza had stabbed it; Yelitza swore she had not, and Paul believed his sister.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters · 📍 the meadow)
- With: Paul's youthful wife Paul
- “Gave the steed a mortal wound, and hurried To her husband, whom she thus accosted:-- ‘Evil is the love thou bear'st thy sister, And thy gifts are worse than wasted to her; She has stabb'd thy courser in the meadow.’”
- Paul's youthful wife wrung the neck of Paul's falcon and told Paul that Yelitza had destroyed it; Yelitza swore she had not, and Paul still believed her.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters · 📍 the garden)
- With: Paul's youthful wife Paul
- “To the garden secretly she hasten'd, Wrung the neck of Paul's grey noble falcon,-- To her husband sped she then and told him: ‘Evil is the love thou bear'st thy sister, And thy gifts to her are worse than wasted; Lo! she has destroy'd thy favourite falcon.’”
- Paul's youthful wife stole the golden knife the brothers had given Yelitza, murdered her own infant with it, and told Paul that Yelitza had stabbed the child.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters)
- With: Paul's youthful wife their infant Paul
- “Stole the golden knife, and with it murder'd, Murder'd her poor infant in the cradle!”
- Paul bound Yelitza to four horses and drove them across the desert, killing her.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters · 📍 the distant fields)
- With: Paul
- “To the tails of four fierce steeds he bound her, And he drove them forth across the desert;-- But, where'er a drop of blood fell from her, There a flower sprang up,--a fragrant flow'ret; Where her body fell when dead and mangled, There a church arose from out the desert.”
- Flowers sprang where Yelitza's blood fell, and a church arose where her body fell.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters · 📍 the desert)
- “But, where'er a drop of blood fell from her, There a flower sprang up,--a fragrant flow'ret; Where her body fell when dead and mangled, There a church arose from out the desert.”
- Jealous of the gifts the brothers gave Yelitza, Paul's young wife asked Radool's wife for a plant that would destroy their sister; Radool's wife refused.(Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters)
- With: Paul's youthful wife Radool's wife
- “Dost thou know some plant of demon-virtue, Which may bring our sister to perdition?”
Chapter XIII · The Stepsisters
- siblings with Paul “One was Paul; the other brother, Radool, And, between them, Yelitza, their sister.”
- siblings with Radool “One was Paul; the other brother, Radool, And, between them, Yelitza, their sister.”
- enemies with Paul “Furiously he seized her white hand--bore her To the distant fields--the open desert: To the tails of four fierce steeds he bound her, And he drove them forth across the desert;-- But, where'er a drop of blood fell from her, There a flower sprang up,--a fragrant flow'ret; Where her body fell when dead and mangled,”
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Extracted from the original text of Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians (Chapters IV–XIII). Made with Rho MD.