Voukashin (son of Voin)
Also known as: Vankashin / Voukashin · Family: Serbians · Role: nephew of Doushan · First appears: Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty · Part 1
In Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty, Part 1, Doushan vowed to have Voukashin and Petrashin hanged after the wedding festivities, saying, “I shall, immediately after the wedding festivities, have them both hung on the gates of their castle Voutchitrn”. In Part 2, Voukashin and his brother Peter asked their younger brother Milosh Voinovitch, whom their mother said was the greatest hero among them, to join the wedding procession and help their uncle; Milosh agreed. Their mother was the wife of Voin, whose lance, mace and sword the brothers fetched.
Relationship record
Life events
- Doushan vowed to hang his nephews after the wedding festivities for bringing shame to his name.(Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty · Part 1)
- Peter and Vankashin ask Milosh-the-shepherd to join Tsar Doushan's wedding procession and help their uncle.(Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty · Part 2)
- With: Milosh Voinovitch Peter
- “O, our dear brother Milosh! Go thou with the tsar, yea, although thou art not invited.”
- Milosh-the-shepherd agrees to go with the tsar and help their uncle.(Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty · Part 2)
- With: Milosh Voinovitch Peter
- “I will go, O my brothers!”
Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty · Part 1
- elder kin: Doushan “but request him in my name that under no circumstances shall he bring with him his nephews the two Voinovitchs, Voukashin and Petrashin,”
Chapter VIII · The Marriage of Tsar Doushan the Mighty · Part 2
- parent: the mother of the Voinovitchs (Petrovitch identifies Vankashin as one of the two Voinovitch brothers later in the chapter.) “Thereupon their aged mother spoke thus: “O my children, ye two Voinovitchs! Ye have a brother in the mountains, Milosh-the-shepherd; though the youngest, he is the greatest hero of ye all and will find some way to uphold the honour of our name.”
- siblings with Peter (Peter and Vankashin are the two Voinovitchs.) “Thereupon their aged mother spoke thus: “O my children, ye two Voinovitchs! Ye have a brother in the mountains, Milosh-the-shepherd; though the youngest, he is the greatest hero of ye all and will find some way to uphold the honour of our name.”
- siblings with Milosh Voinovitch “Thereupon their aged mother spoke thus: “O my children, ye two Voinovitchs! Ye have a brother in the mountains, Milosh-the-shepherd; though the youngest, he is the greatest hero of ye all and will find some way to uphold the honour of our name.”
- elder kin: Doushan “Then his brothers related the story of their uncle's betrothal and how he was proceeding to the Venetian land without having invited his two nephews to ride in the wedding procession, and they besought him in this wise:”
- parent: Voin “The brothers now fetched a warrior's lance and mace and the trusty sword of their old father Voin.”
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Extracted from the original text of Hero Tales and Legends of the Serbians (Chapters IV–XIII). Made with Rho MD.