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The Kosovo Myth ( Serbian: Косовски мит / Kosovski mit ), also known as the Kosovo Cult ( Косовски култ / Kosovski kult) and the Kosovo Legend ( Косовска легенда / Kosovska legenda ), is a Serbian national myth based on legends about events related to the Battle of Kosovo (1389). It has been a subject in ...
Culture of Kosovo. Kosovo is a partially recognized state and disputed territory located in the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. The majority of Kosovars are ethnically Albanian. Kosovo has an expansive cultural heritage, including monuments, clothing items, museums, and traditional food.
Miloš Obilić is a major hero of the Serbian legend of Kosovo, whose central part is the Battle of Kosovo. According to the legend, Miloš was married with the princess Jelena, daughter of the Serbian Prince Lazar. A quarrel broke out between his wife and her sister who was married to Vuk Branković, about superiority in valour of their ...
The Dardani ( / ˈdɑːrdənaɪ /; Ancient Greek: Δαρδάνιοι, Δάρδανοι; Latin: Dardani) or Dardanians were a Paleo-Balkan people, who lived in a region that was named Dardania after their settlement there. [1] [2] They were among the oldest Balkan peoples, and their society was very complex. [3] The Dardani were the most stable ...
The Congress of Berlin (1878) was the event which caused the elevation of the narratives about the Battle of Kosovo ("Kosovo myth") in its modern status. The region of Bosnia was effectively handed out to Austria-Hungary and Serbian expansion towards that area was blocked, which in turn left southwards expansion towards Kosovo as the only ...
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Serbian national identity. The Kosovo Myth views the Serbs as martyrs and defenders of honour and Christianity. Serbia is the nation state of the Serbs, who are Serbia's dominant ethnic group. Serbs are also dominant in Republika Srpska, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the 19th century, the Serbian national identity was manifested, with ...
A fictitious character from the Kosovo Myth, he is described in Serbian epic poetry as a knight born in the Toplica region, a sworn brother (Serbian: побратим, romanized: pobratim) to Miloš Obilić and Ivan Kosančić, and promised to a girl known as the Kosovo Maiden. After the Battle of Kosovo, the latter discovered Milan's death ...