the Sultana

Family: Turks · Role: the Sultan's wife · First appears: Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 1

Life events

The Sultana dreamed that Prince Marko could vanquish the Moor and save her daughter.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 1)
- With: Marko
- “That night the Sultana had a strange dream, in which the figure of a man appeared before her, saying: ‘There is within the Empire of Serbia a vast plain Kossovo; in that plain there is a city Prilip; and in that city dwells the Royal Prince Marko who is known among all men as a truly great hero.’”
The Sultana told the Sultan of her dream.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 1)
- With: the Sultan (Marko's father-in-God)
- “The next morning she sped to the Sultan's apartments and told him of her dream.”
The Sultan and the Sultana send Marko a sumptuous meal and abundant wine.(Chapter IV · Prince Marko and a Moorish Chieftain · Part 2 · 📍 the inn)
- With: the Sultan (Marko's father-in-God) Marko
- “When the Sultan and the Sultana knew that Marko had come to their aid, they were much comforted, and immediately ordered a sumptuous repast to be sent to him, especially good red wine in abundance.”

child: the Sultan's daughter (The chapter identifies the daughter as the Sultana's daughter in the section heading, but this passage calls her the Sultan's daughter; the Sultana is presented as her mother by context.) “When the Sultan's daughter heard of her father's desperate resolution, she shrieked and exclaimed bitterly: ‘Alas! Behold my sorrow, O almighty Allah! For whom have I been taught to prize my beauty? For a Moor? Can it be true that a Moor shall imprint a kiss upon my visage?’”

child: the Sultan's daughter “do not tell others that thou hast seen me here, but request the Sultan and thy mother to have supper prepared and sent to the inn for me”

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