"Sunce se djevojkom ženi" or "Sun marrying the girl" is a
Mythological
lyric of Serbian folk literature.
Tabanovic
- tabanovic website for Literature It dates from the Middle-ages. This lyric was recorded by Vuk Stefanović Karadžić in the 19th century in the ijekavian accent of Stokavian dialect. "Sunce se djevojkom ženi" is in the curriculum
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s in Serbia
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(in readers).
Content
The song is about the sublime beauty of a girl, who is quite conceited about it – she provokes the sun in the following verse: ''"Bright sun, I am more beautiful than you"''. (Sun symbolizes the source of life on earth, heat, light...). Then, there is the motive of passion for the beauty of the Maiden
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of sun when it has seen the beautiful Maiden (girl). After, the sun has taken away the girl to take her as its lover; from the girl, then, became the morning star.
Literature
*Reader for 1st class of High schools; authors: Mr Ljiljana Nikolić, Bosiljka Milić, Institute for Textbooks and Teaching Aids, Belgrade (Original Title: ЧИТАНКА са књижевнотеоријским појмовима за 1. разред средње школе; аутори: мр Љиљана Николић и Босиљка Милић. Завод за уџбенике Београд.)
References
Poetry anthologies
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