Banović Strahinja

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Banović Strahinja ( Serbian - Cyrillic Бановић Страхиња or Strahinjić Ban ; * around 1350 ; † June 28, 1389, according to legend, Amselfeld ) is a person from the Serbian folk epics and as such a Serbian national hero from the late 14th century. Along with Lazar Hrebeljanović and Miloš Obilić, Strahinja is considered to be the central figure of the Serbian resistance against the foreign rule of the Ottoman Empire . Strahinja died in the Battle of the Blackbird Field (1389) .

Life and legend

According to the Volksepen, Strahinja belonged to the Serbian landed gentry and ruled over a small province in the region of today's Kosovo . His beloved wife Anđelija was the daughter of the Serbian nobleman Jug Bogdan (perhaps Vratko Nemanjić ). After an attack on his castle, Vlah Alija , commander of an Ottoman unit, kidnapped Strahinja's wife. Strahinja asked the father of his wife Jug Bogdan and his nine sons to help him find his wife. Jug Bogdan refused, because Anđelija, if she would spend a night with the Ottoman, would love him and even help the Ottoman to kill Strahinja. With a few faithful, Strahinja went to look for his wife in the Goleč Mountains region. Strahinja managed to defeat the unit of Vlah Alija with his few men. In the fight with Vlah Alija, Strahinja killed the opponent and bit his throat. With his wife, who had betrayed him, he returned to his father-in-law, Jug Bogdan. Bogdan's sons then wanted to blind their sister Anđelija because she had brought shame on the family. Strahinja prevented this by forgiving her in front of the Bogdan family. Strahinja gave all his belongings to his wife in case he did not return from the battle in the blackbird field , since he had nothing more to lose in the world and, moreover, it was not her but her family who were to blame for their betrayal. In the battle on the Blackbird Field, Strahinja and the entire Serbian nobility are said to have been killed by the Ottoman troops.

Film adaptations

Web link

  • Banović Strahinja - full Serbian text [1]

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Falke (1981) in the Internet Movie Database (English)
personal data
SURNAME Strahinja, Banović
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Strahinja; Страхиња, Бановић (Serbian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian folk hero
DATE OF BIRTH around 1350
DATE OF DEATH June 28, 1389
Place of death Blackbird field