In history, Marko was a Serbian king who ruled from 1371 to 1395. He is the popular hero of Serbia epic poetry. King Vukasin was his father. His mother was Jevrosima. Marko was said to wear a wolf-skin cap, have a huge mustache, and be drapped in a cloak made of a shaggy wolf pelt. Legend tells of his exploits helping the weak and needy. Marko is also a hero in Bulgarian folklore. The caption for this 1923 illustration reads: They gagged Marko and bound him to his horse. This scene refers to the time the vizier's men found Marko sleeping and bound him and brought him to the vizier who had him
In history, Marko was a Serbian king who ruled from 1371 to 1395. He is the popular hero of Serbia epic poetry. King Vukasin was his father. His mother was Jevrosima. Marko was said to wear a wolf-skin cap, have a huge mustache, and be draped in a cloak made of a shaggy wolf pelt. Legend tells of his exploits helping the weak and needy. Marko is also a hero in Bulgarian folklore. The caption for this 1923 illustration reads: They gagged Marko and bound him to his horse. This scene refers to the time the vizier's men found Marko sleeping and bound him and brought him to the vizier who had him imprisoned. He was about to be beheaded when his friends saved him with trickery - offering a better sword to behead him - and then all turning on the executioners.
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Keywords: 1300s, 14th, bulgaria, bulgarian, century, folk, folklore, folktale, gagged, hero, horse, king, legend, marko, myth, mythology, serbia, serbian, tale, vukasin
