Vidossava

Role: consort of Voivode Momtchilo · First appears: Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin · Part 1

In Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin, Part 1, at Skadar on Boyana, King Voukashin urged Vidossava to betray her husband, Momtchilo, promising, “I will gladly espouse thee and thou shalt become my queen.” At Pirlitor she gave Voukashin a plan to defeat Momtchilo, then burned the wings of Yaboutchilo and tied what remained beneath the steed’s belt. She also dipped Momtchilo’s favourite sword in salted blood.

In Part 2, Vidossava cut the linen as Momtchilo climbed, and he fell among Voukashin’s forces. After Momtchilo was killed, she welcomed Voukashin to her tower and offered him wine and food. Voukashin ordered his servants to bind her to four horses; she was torn to pieces alive.

Relationship record

Life events

• Voukashin secretly urged Vidossava to betray Momtchilo and promised to marry her.(Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin · Part 1 · 📍 Skadar on Boyana)
  • With: King Voukashin
  • “Why shouldst thou not give poison to thy husband or betray him unto me? Then mightest thou fly to me on this level sea-coast in my white city on Boyana. I will gladly espouse thee and thou shalt become my queen.”
• Vidossava replied with a plan to help Voukashin defeat Momtchilo.(Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin · Part 1 · 📍 Pirlitor)
  • With: King Voukashin Momtchilo
  • “But attend to me, O King Voukashin! Gather a numberless army together; bring thy heroes to the lake, and hide there in the woods.”
• Vidossava burned Yaboutchilo's wings and bound what remained beneath the steed's belt.(Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin · Part 1 · 📍 the stables)
  • With: Momtchilo
  • “Vidossava anointed the pinions with the fat and tar and set fire to them with the flame of her candle. What did not burn she bound tightly under the belt of the steed.”
• Vidossava dipped Momtchilo's favourite sword into salted blood.(Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin · Part 1 · 📍 the armoury)
  • With: Momtchilo
  • “This done, she, the youthful one, went to the armoury and dipped Momtchilo's favourite sword into salted blood.”
• Vidossava burned Yaboutchilo’s wings and tied what remained beneath his belt.(Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin · Part 2)
  • With: Momtchilo
  • “Last night she burnt the pinions of my two wings. What did not burn she tied tightly under my belt.”
• Vidossava cut the linen as Momtchilo climbed, causing him to fall among Voukashin’s forces.(Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin · Part 2)
  • With: Momtchilo
  • “his faithless spouse ran thither swiftly and, with a sharp sword, cut the linen above Momtchilo's hands.”
• Voukashin ordered Vidossava bound to four horses and torn to pieces alive.(Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin · Part 2)
  • With: King Voukashin
  • “So saying, he called loudly to his servants, who took Vidossava and bound her fair limbs to the tails of four horses and drove them from the castle Pirlitor. Thus, dreadful fate! she was torn to pieces alive.”

Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin · Part 1

• admirer: King Voukashin “I will gladly espouse thee and thou shalt become my queen.”
• married with Momtchilo “the lonely consort of Voivode Momtchilo.”

Chapter XI · The Marriage of King Voukashin · Part 2

• married with Momtchilo “My consort Vidossava has betrayed me; give me a sword!”
• enemies with Momtchilo “By this time the forces of Voukashin had come up, and Momtchilo was precipitated upon their swords and lances. Seeing the hero fall, the king hastened to the spot, and with a fierce thrust ran him through the heart.”
• recipient: King Voukashin “After she had greeted him she led the way to her white tower and gave him a seat at her golden table. She offered him fine wines and many lordly dishes.”
• enemies with King Voukashin “So saying, he called loudly to his servants, who took Vidossava and bound her fair limbs to the tails of four horses and drove them from the castle Pirlitor. Thus, dreadful fate! she was torn to pieces alive.”

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