The caption for this illustration reads: The young man strove earnestly in prayer. According to the tale: A man sends his three sons out into the world with items to secure before marrying. The older ones trick the younger to go on his own. He comes to where a princess lives. Every suitor has been killed. The boy stays, prays to God, and survives. The princess helps him. The third chore from the father is for each son to find a wife. The boy goes back to the princess. That night, ghosts and vampires assail him (seen here). He prays and survives. The princess marries him.
The caption for this illustration reads: The young man strove earnestly in prayer. Accoridng to the tale: A man sends his three sons out into the world with items to secure before each can marry. The two older ones trick the younger one who must go on his own. He comes to a place where a princess lives. Her father was a mean man. Every suitor who has stayed the night has been killed. The boy stays, prays to God when dark forces comes and survives. The princess helps him do his father's bidding—twice. The third chore from the father is for each son to find a wife. The boy goes back to the princess. That night, ghosts and vampires assail him (seen here), but he prays and survives. The princess marries him and they return to his father. The illustration is from a 1921 book on Serbian myths and legends.
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Photo credit: © Ivy Close Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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Keywords: boy, evil, folktale, ghosts, legend, man, myth, mythology, praying, serb, serbia, serbian, spirits, tale, vampires
