Serbian folklore is the folk traditions among ethnic Serbs. The earliest examples of Serbian folklore are seen in the pre-Christian Slavic customs transformed into Christianity.
In Krajište and Vlasina there are epic stories of the extermination of Romans in a battle, and of the settling of Serbs (Antes)[2][3]
Unlike East Slavic mythology, south slavic mythology distinguishes between two different kinds of dragons: the benevolent zmej and the malevolent ala.[4]
Serbian Epic poetry
Serbian epic poetry is a form of epic poetry written by Serbs originating in today's Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. The main cycles were composed by unknown Serb authors between the 14th and 19th centuries. They are largely concerned with historical events and personages.
The corpus of Serbian epic poetry is divided into cycles:
Non-historic cycle
Pre-Kosovo cycle - poems about events that predate the Battle of Kosovo - songs about royal family-Nemanjići and folk songs
^Komatina, Predrag (2015). "The Church in Serbia at the Time of Cyrilo-Methodian Mission in Moravia". Cyril and Methodius: Byzantium and the World of the Slavs. Thessaloniki: Dimos. pp. 711–718.
^Николић 1912: 165-167
^"Пројекат Растко: Đorđe Janković : The Slavs in the 6th century North Illyricum".
^Pócs, Éva (1989). Fairies and Witches at the Boundary of South-Eastern and Central Europe. FF Communications 243. p. 18. ISBN 9789514105975.
External links
Serbian folk dance group Archived 2016-03-12 at the Wayback Machine
Serbian folk dance in Canada - SCA Opleanc
"Christian Serbia maintains its faith in folklore", BBC Radio, February 4, 2010