Kosovo Maiden

The girl from the Blackbird Field ( Serbian: Косовка девојка, Kosovka Devojka ) is the main character in the eponymous poem of the Serbian epic poetry:

A young beauty supplies after the Battle of Kosovo Polje (1389 ) Serbian wounded warriors and searches for her fiance, the godfather and the best man. Finally, she learns of a severely wounded warrior, that all three are killed in the battle.

The poem of the Kosovka Devojka one next to the song of the mother Jugović death of the most beautiful songs of the Kosovo cycle of the Serbian Volksepik. The poem became very popular as a symbol of feminine care, help, and charity. Uroš Predić took up the subject in 1919, and left behind an oil painting of the same name. The sculptor Ivan Mestrovic created in 1907 a marble relief entitled Kosovka Devojka as part of its Kosovo sculpture cycle.

1853, the translation of the poem by Therese of Jacob in Leipzig was released.