Serbian folk heroes

Serbian heroes who changed culture forever

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There are several individuals regarded Serbian folk heroes. Most of them were medieval people, enumerated in Serbian epic poetry. The list includes:

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* Lazar of Serbia (1329–1389), ruler, fell at the Battle of Kosovo (1389).[1][2]
* Miloš Obilić (d. 1389), knight, killed Ottoman Sultan Murad I at Kosovo (1389).[3][4]
* Prince Marko (1335–1395), prince, active during the fall of the Serbian Empire.[5][6]
* Karađorđe (1768–1817), leader of the Serbian Revolution.[7]

* Lazar

* Miloš Obilić

* Marko

* Karađorđe

## See also

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* Symbols of Serbia
* National founders of Serbia

## References

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1. ^ Czesław Robotycki (2003). Cultural Identity and Ethnicity in Central Europe: Proceedings of the International Conference on Ethnic and National Minorities in Central and Eastern Europe, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, May 11-16, 2000. UJ. p. 90\. ISBN 978-83-233-1774-6.
2. ^ Charlie T. McCormick; Kim Kennedy White (2011). Folklore: An Encyclopedia of Beliefs, Customs, Tales, Music, and Art. ABC-CLIO. p. 809\. ISBN 978-1-59884-241-8.
3. ^ Tanya Popovic (1988). Prince Marko: The Hero of South Slavic Epics. Syracuse University Press. pp. 7–. ISBN 978-0-8156-2444-8.
4. ^ Wes Johnson (2007). Balkan Inferno: Betrayal, War and Intervention, 1990-2005. Enigma Books. p. 469\. ISBN 978-1-929631-63-6.
5. ^ Tanya Popovic (1988). Prince Marko: The Hero of South Slavic Epics. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 978-0-8156-2444-8.
6. ^ Velma Bourgeois Richmond (17 September 2014). Chivalric Stories as Children's Literature: Edwardian Retellings in Words and Pictures. McFarland. p. 182\. ISBN 978-1-4766-1735-0.
7. ^ Danielle S. Sremac (1999). War of Words: Washington Tackles the Yugoslav Conflict. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 35–. ISBN 978-0-275-96609-6.

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National symbols of Serbia

Official symbols|

* Flag
* Coat of arms
* Anthem
* State decoration

Names and codes|

* Names of Serbia
* Country codes of Serbia

Cultural icons|

* Heraldry
* Serbian cross
* Serbian eagle
* Triballian boar
* Mottos
* Only Unity Saves the Serbs
* Three-fingers salute
* Mother Serbia
* Regalia
* Serbian name
* National costume
* Šajkača
* Opanak
* Šubara
* Cuisine
* Ajvar
* Burek
* Ćevapčići
* Gibanica
* Karađorđeva šnicla
* Pljeskavica
* Pasulj
* Sarma
* Slatko
* Šljivovica
* Musical instruments
* Gusle
* Frula
* Tamburica
* Serbian art
* White Angel
* Kosovo Maiden
* Migration of the Serbs
* Serbian epic poetry

UNESCO|

| World Heritage Sites|

* Studenica
* Stari Ras and Sopoćani
* Gamzigrad
* Medieval Monuments in Kosovo
* Visoki Dečani
* Patriarchate of Peć
* Our Lady of Ljeviš
* Gračanica
* Stećci
* Mramorje (Perućac)
* Mramorje (Rastište)
* Grčko groblje (Hrta)

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Intangible Cultural Heritage|

* Slava
* Kolo
* Singing to the accompaniment of the gusle
* Zlakusa pottery
* Social practices and knowledge related to the preparation and use of the traditional plum spirit of šljivovica
* Naïve painting practices of Kovačica

Memory of the World|

* Nikola Tesla Archive
* Miroslav Gospel
* Telegram of Austria-Hungary's declaration of war on Serbia
* 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement Archives

Man and the Biosphere Programme|

* Nature park Golija-Studenica
* Gornje Podunavlje

Monuments and locations|

* Bač Fortress
* Belgrade Fortress
* Church of Saint Sava
* Deliblato Sands
* Đavolja Varoš
* Đerdap National Park
* Fruška Gora National Park
* Gazimestan
* Golubac Fortress
* Justiniana Prima
* Krušedol monastery
* Kopaonik National Park
* Lepenski Vir
* Maglič Fortress
* Manasija monastery
* Mileševa monastery
* Mediana
* Monument to the Unknown Hero
* Niš Fortress
* Oplenac
* Palić Lake
* Petrovaradin Fortress
* Ram Fortress
* Resava Cave
* Sirmium
* Sirogojno
* Smederevo Fortress
* Šar Mountains National Park
* Tara National Park
* Trajan's Bridge
* Viminacium
* Vinča-Belo Brdo
* Žiča monastery

People|

| Patron saints|

* Saint Sava

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Fathers of the Nation|

* Karađorđe
* Miloš Obrenović

Depicted on
Serbian dinar|

* Vuk Karadžić (Linguist)
* Petar II Njegoš (Poet)
* Stevan Mokranjac (Composer)
* Nikola Tesla (Inventor)
* Nadežda Petrović (Painter)
* Jovan Cvijić (Geographer)
* Đorđe Vajfert (Industrialist)
* Milutin Milanković (Geophysicist)
* Slobodan Jovanović (Jurist)
* Dositej Obradović (Intellectual)
* Ivo Andrić (Poet)
* Mihajlo Pupin (Physicist)

Fauna and flora|

* Wolf
* Eagle
* Plum
* Oak
* Serbian spruce
* Natalie's ramonda
* Serbian ramonda

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