Jugović brothers

Jug Bogdan and the Nine Jugović, work by Adam Stefanović.

The Jugović brothers (Serbian: Браћа Југовићи), or Nine Jugović (Девет Југовића), commonly known as the Jugovići, the nine sons of Jug Bogdan (Vratko Nemanjić), are popular mythological characters of Serbian epic poetry. In poems, the Jugović brothers and their blood brother Miloš Obilić fight to their death in the Battle of Kosovo (1389), dying as heroes.[1] This is based on historical accounts, in which Miloš Obilić and other knights lost their life "in glory as martyrs".[1] One of the earliest accounts of the battle was the Florentine chancellor Coluccio Salutati (died 1406) who described twelve Christian noblemen who broke through the Ottomans, one of whom killed the Sultan (in later accounts, that knight was named identified as Miloš Obilić).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Anamaria Dutceac Segesten (16 September 2011). Myth, Identity, and Conflict: A Comparative Analysis of Romanian and Serbian Textbooks. Lexington Books. pp. 208–209. ISBN 978-0-7391-4865-5.
  2. ↑ Emmert 1996; V. V. Makušev (1871), "Prilozi k srpskoj istoriji XIV i XV veka", Glasnik srpskog učenog društva 32, pp. 174–5

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