A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 81 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII REPORTS A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU Dorian Jurić University of Ottawa Gatineau, Canada I have the pleasure of writing to Folklorica’s readers from an extended research trip in the northwestern Krajina region of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On my way into the field, I stayed in Zagreb, Croatia, where I was once again provided access to the great wealth of data housed in the archive of the Department of Ethnology and Folklore at the Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts (Hrvatska akademija znanosti i umjetnosti, hereafter HAZU). One of my current research topics involves a significant folklore collection project conducted in this region at the end of the nineteenth century. Between the autumns of 1886 and 1888, (1) the Croatian lawyer and ethnographer, Luka Marjanović—leading a small team with a shifting roster of students, writers, and scholars from Zagreb and other regions—collected 290 epic songs (and thirty lyric songs) from thirteen Muslim singers from the Bosnian Krajina. (2) Some of these songs were recorded in the Krajina on five separate fieldtrips, some were submitted by correspondents, and a large number were collected from three singers who were brought to Matica’s main offices in Zagreb to record their songs and have their photographs taken. Marjanović’s star singer, Mehmed Kolaković, also performed for an audience of Zagreb’s high society. Over the next ten years Marjanović pored over these works, comparing variants, compiling a rich dictionary of unfamiliar terms in the songs, and selecting what he deemed to be the fifty finest to be published in the third and fourth volumes of Matica’s Hrvatske narodne pjesme [Croatian Folk Songs] collection (1898 and 1899). Although the project and subsequent publications were heralded at the time for their rigor and exactitude, subsequent scholars reviewing the manuscripts were shocked to learn the drastic alterations Marjanović applied to the songs to bring them in line with his literary aesthetic [Krstić 1956; Lord 1991: 35-36, 125; 1995: 16-18, 223; Mučibabić 1981]. I will have more to say on this in upcoming publications. Whatever his failings as an editor, though, Marjanović was a scrupulous collector for his time. Certain impositions he likely enacted on the singers during their performances cannot be removed from the collected manuscripts. But, otherwise, given that no audio recording technologies were yet available and all these songs were transcribed with pencil and paper, the manuscripts are a testament to the highly empirical collection regimen imposed by the scholar. For nearly every song collected, HAZU retains an original copy (pencil on quire) recorded during performance, which was then re-written in ink on a separate document. The originals were then carefully archived, largely unmolested, and all edits and alterations were applied only to the second copies— and those, intentionally, in such a way that the original verses are mostly legible. A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 82 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII Finally, for a few songs, a third clean copy was produced for the printers though, understandably, most of these were disposed of. What this means for a contemporary scholar of epic is that one can generally undo the editing applied by Marjanović and explore the original songs as they were first sung. This has critical implications for those influenced by the later theories and findings of the team of Milman Parry, Albert Lord, and Nikola Vujnović (and Matthias Murko before them), who based their conclusions of the Oral-Formulaic Theory on the Muslim epic songs of Bosnia-Herzegovina and whose work would not have been possible without the methodological practices and analytical findings published by Marjanović. To this day, most of the songs in this collection remain unpublished, and the pristine states of their MSS are largely unknown outside of the Balkans. For each song, Marjanović also wrote a summary page including plot points, general quality of the work, from whom the singer learned the song, original verse length and/or edited verse length, and known variants from other singers in the collection and in other works published to that day (most notably the Kosta Hörmann collection and that of Vuk Stefanović Karadžić). All of these and other useful comments peppered throughout the MSS make navigating the archive from within a very rewarding task for the historical folklorist. And yet, despite all of this, the vast and untapped material in this collection remains another hidden treasure, unintentionally obscured from the wider public. While I was pursuing a specific research question in the Marjanović collection, it occurred to me that a comprehensive list of its songs has never been published. Such a list could be of great use to scholars working with other published South Slavic collections or with the Milman Parry Collection of Oral Literature in Widener Library at Harvard. Knowing what is held in the Marjanović MSS at HAZU could be of benefit to those seeking variants/multiforms of other Bosniak epics. To that end, I decided to very quickly take note of the titles of all the songs collected by Marjanović and have produced here a comprehensive list for Folklorica’s readers. In Table 1, readers will find a full list of the songs of every singer included in Marjanović’s project, including the (when possible original) verse length of each song and the MS call number under which they are housed in the archive. I have also included a second table, Table 2, which lists the number of songs each singer provided as well as a total verse count and an average song length for each singer. This second table further expands the vague data presented by Marjanović in his first volume [1898: xi]. Because my intended audience is scholars of oral epic, I have only included analytical data for epic/narrative songs; lyric songs within these MSS have been retained in the song lists, but I have not included the few small MSS that only contain lyric songs. I have accounted here for various aberrations in the compilation of these MSS (songs in incorrect order or compiled in the wrong MS) but must otherwise admit that this list is not a critical exploration. Given the small amount of time I was able to devote to this task, I was forced to take Marjanović at his word regarding song lengths, even though I know he often miscounted by small A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 83 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII margins. (3) For some songs, he was prudent enough to list both the original sung length and his edited final length which could differ positively or negatively by hundreds of verse lines, while for others he only listed a single ambiguous number. I have done my best to provide the original song length when this was quickly discoverable, but this was not always the case. Some of these numbers will require corroboration. This same rushed pace also defined the collection of song titles. Most epic singers did not give their songs concise titles in a literary manner but only, when pressed, related the main character(s) of the song (e.g., “A Song about Dizdarević Meho”) or else gave a breakdown of the main plot points (for example, Alija Babić’s third song below is titled “Mustajbeg of the Lika Wins Two Turkish Maidens in the Horse Race Held by the Ban of Seget and Marries Them to the Two [Brothers] Elezagić”). The latter type of title regularly extended to great length and often consisted of a full paragraph of character names and event details. For most of the songs in these MSS, Marjanović and his team applied or offered two or three titles, and it is never particularly clear if any of them came from the singers themselves (at least in an unprompted manner). This is both a blessing and a curse, as some of the song titles are quite long but many of them explain the events of the song well enough to make their status as variants of other songs quite clear. A more polished, publishable title might have, in fact, obscured this. I thus endeavored, when multiple titles were available, to choose the one which described the songs best while also remaining somewhat concise. It will fall to other scholars working with these songs to choose which title is most apt for their needs. There are some errors or variations in capitalization practice, spelling conventions, dialectal use of grammatical case, and more which I have simply represented as written. Some very minor edits have been applied to clear errors in spelling. I finally wish to again note the celerity with which this list needed to be compiled and beg the forgiveness of my peers if future scholarship reveals any errors. Because this list will largely be of use only to specialists, I have not provided English-language translations of the titles but only originals. Table 1. Songs List Song # Name Length MS Ibro Topić 1 Kunić Mehmedaga čini mejdan s Mandušićem Vukom 1130 MH 121a 2 Čustović Osman osvećuje svoju braću na Tinter- Latininu, ženi sebe i pobratime 876 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 84 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 3 Ograšev Alija oprošta sebe i trijest sužanja tavnice banović Matije pomoću ličkog Mustajbega i ličana 581 4 Nevjera Kozlica (Skumovanje Kozličića s Nukić-kapetanom sa Kotara) 657 5 Tamnovanje i ženidba Ibre bajraktara 583 6 Dva brata Babića sa Cetine i Jele Cmiljanića 899 7 Svađa i izmirenje Osmanagić Mehe i Alage od Novoga 1111 8 Mitar Jelina 71 9 Hrnjica Mujo izbavlja Zlatiju Bojčić del-Alije, brata Halila i dva pobratima 1092 10 Ograšev Alija osvećuje ličane i krajišnike i vodi Janju Korlatskoga Bana 1359 11 Ženidba vrebca sa sjenicom 44 12 Junaštvo i ženidba Babić Mehmedage (Bartulić serdar) 1772 13 Krvava ženidba Brdarića Alage 825 14 Mehmedbeg Ljubović trguje volove, ide za cara na mejdan i dobavlja Bosni Novoga vezira 993 15 Hrnjica Mujo traži Popović Jovana u Vratnik planini, a Hrnjica Omer brata i društvo mu 853 16 Boždarić Vuk ufatio Hrnjicu Muju 548 17 Ženidba Mehmedage od Cetine sa Zlatijom Dunavskog dizdara i velik boj s Kotarani 960 18 Ženidba i junaštvo Nukanović Ibre 790 19 Orlan buljubaša (bajraktar) izbavlja ličkog Mustajbega i 30 sužanja iz Petro[varadina] 860 20 Vlahinić Alija odvede zaručnicu svog ujaka Žagrovića 764 MH 121b 21 Krvava ženidba Osmanbega Alajbegovića od Skradina i nevjere Crnog Omerbega 939 22 Lički Mustajbeg ženi sina Bećirbega 780 23 Bosnić Meho osvećuje dva pobratima 429 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 85 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 24 Bojčić Delalija čuva Mustajbegu čardak na Vučjaku 786 25 Junaštvo i ženidba Bećirbega sina ličkog Mustajbega i dvaju Ćejvanagića 1023 26 Mejdan Ajan Osmanage od Pečuja s Puškarićem Markom od Prozora 1812 27 Ćordić Mehmedaga pomoću Unđurovaca povraća tri turske djevojke i ženi se 1292 28 Hanka dizdara budimskoga izbavlja barjaktara Osmana i 32 turska sužnja iz tavnice bana Janjočkoga 1257 29 Junaštvo i ženidba Lalić Ahmetage i Desnić Mehmedage 784 30 Omer bajraktar izbavlja Osmanbega od Kaniže i njegova ženidba 626 31 Garić bajraktar i Dizdarević Ibro od Požege otimlju Anu Požunlije bana 801 32 Ženidba i vezirstvo Omerbega od Budima 1283 33 Ženidba Mustajbega Delibegovića od Požege sa Zlatijom Zaima alajbega od Kaniže 1248 34 Bešlagić Mujaga traži dvoje djece Smail- alajbega od Kaniže i njegova ženidba 854 35 Junaštvo i ženidba Mehmedbega od Ostruga 914 Ahmed Čaušević 1 Mejdan i ženidba Malete serdara i Musić bajraktara 2540 MH 122 2 Mejdan i ženidba Lipovače Mehe 4043 3 Hrnjica Mujo i Babić Husein 2837 4 Tamnovanje, izbavljenje i ženidba Dizdarevića Mehe 4268 5 Dizdarević Meho odvede Jelu Mandušića a Mandušić Ilija Zlatu kninskoga dizdara 2410 6 Dizdarević Meho ženi oca, dopada tamnice, izbavlja ga kahvedžija Ibro 4447 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 86 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 7 Čustović Osman osvećuje svog ujaka Alagu od Ribnika 1246 8 Ženidba Bojčić Delalije s Anom ledeničkog bana 1404 Ibro Karabegović 1 Smail-alajbeg i sin mu Osmanbeg od Glasinca 1029 MH 123 2 Hrnjica Mujo i Zrinjević ban 1085 3 Fazlagić Alaga odvede Ružu Pilipa oberstara sa Primorja 1542 4 Ženidba Hrnjice Halila sa Jelom Smiljanića 1886 5 Sorguč Omerbeg i ban janjočki 1773 6 Mejdan i ženidba Mladalijć Ćehaje 446 7 Komoranski ban popali Varad[in]. Odvede Bejzadu Dautbegovu i pogubi ju u potjeri 460 Alija Babić 1 Ibro bajraktar izbavlja brata i sestru iz Zadra 2172 MH 124 2 Ženidba i mejdan Mustajbega Delibegovića od Požege 2109 3 Lički Mustajbeg dobiva na obdulji Segetlije bana dvije Turkinje djevojke s kojima ženi dva Elezagića 1602 Ibro Hrnjić 1 Ahmetbeg od Budima i Zlata Kaniškog dizdara 1554 MH 124 Omer (H)Ukić 1 Ženidba i junaštvo Jelačković-Muje 725 MH 124 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 87 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII Ibro Dervišević 1 Osman Čustović i Vuk Brinjanin 514 MH 124 2 Pet pobratima Turaka osvećuju se Vidu Latininu radi Zlatije Mahmut-tefterdara 1287 3 Bosnić Meho osvećuje otca i pobratima 539 4 Ženitba Bajagić Omera 1121 5 Plinski serdar odvodi Zlatiju Kunićevu a povrati je Dizdarević Meho 640 Hasan Majetić 1 Mujo od Jelače i Ana Pilip kapetana 1068 MH 124 2 Čustović Osman i Ribnik 787 3 Ženidba Đulić bajraktara 1515 4 Sužanjstvo Muje Merdanagića 860 5 Dizdarević Meho i Zadarski bane 1547 6 Svatovanje Grge kapetana 1035 7 Hrnjica Mujo i Kostreš harambaša 520 8 Mejdan Musić Mehmedage i Bosnić Mehmedage 1217 9 Hrnjica Mujo i Vuk Bilobrk [fragment] 280 Vele Ahmetović 18 Kurtagić Hasan i ban Zadranin 161 MH 124 19 Milan čobanin i dva hajduka 181 20 Hrnjica Halil i Ćirko harambaša 221 21 Krvava ženidba Komnena kaurina 247 22 Junaštvo i ženidba Lipovače Mehe 741 23 Hrnjica Mujo oslobađa Turkinju djevojku iz Senja i Napulja 738 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 88 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 24 Udbinjani izbavljaju ličkog Mustajbega iz tavnice bana zadarskoga 446 25 Halil i Mujo Hrnjica s Krajišnici i Udbinjani oslobađaju Musić-bajraktara 475 26 Ajka Udbinjkinja izbavlja brata i dragoga iz tavnice zadarskoga bana 513 27 Nejačak Omer (Hrnjica) i Ana Zadranina bana 299 28 Ženidba i junaštvo gojena Halila 715 29 Kraljević Marko i ljuba Anđelija 137 30 Kraljević Marko, Maleta hajduk i ljuba Markova Anđelija 158 31 Gojeni Halil odnese na obdulji Anu od Kotluka bana 344 Bećir Islamović 1 Omeraga Poprženović izbavlja zaručnicu s Malete 704 MH 125a 2 Teferič Mustajbegovice 507 3 Lički Mustajbeg vraća najam Jankoviću Stojanu 684 4 Vrcić bajraktar odvodi Jelu Vladikića i sastaja se s Mehmedbegom bratom ličkog Mustajbega 1025 5 Ajka Hrnjičina ide na mejdan Vladikić Jovanu 1214 6 Ajka Hrnjičina ide za cara na mejdan 713 7 Nakić Husein dobiva obdulju u svatovih Kunić- Hasanage 914 8 Dvije sultanije robinje u Kandiji 363 9 Đulić bajraktar oslobađa Alagu Zenkovića iz tavnice Gale-kapetana 875 10 Hrnjica Omer traži braću na Malti 883 11 Druga ženidba Hrnjice Halila sa 2 djevojke 1235 12 Junaštvo i ženidba Dizdarević Mehe 895 13 Hrnjice izbavljaju Šarca Mehmedagu 986 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 89 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 14 Gračanlija Alija i Četić Osmanaga izbavljaju Turke sužnje iz tavnice zadarskoga bana (Jovan kapetana) 842 15 Ženidba Ćejvanagić Mehe sa Katijom silen Osmanbega od Osika 1133 16 Hrnjica Omer traži braću Muju i Halila u Vratniku 710 17 Nevjera Kozlice Huremage 773 18 Bosić buljubaša i Karlovčani 783 19 Ženidba Grge kapetana Antunića 718 20 Zlatija Đunlagić junaštvo i udaja 1266 21 Harambaša Janja i Hlivnjanin Alaga 495 MH 125b 22 Bosnić Meho osvećuje ujaka i pobratima 300 23 Ženidba Bajagića Omera kćerju od Klise Mustajbega 434 24 Turci izbavljaju svoje sužnje iz tavnice Bože kapetana 330 25 Ličani Turci oslobađaju dvi Turkinje djevojke sa morskih škuljeva 379 26 Đulić bajraktar odvodi Jelu Konjevića iz Senja 1109 27 Alibeg Šestokrilović i njegov bajraktar Ibro izbavljaju turske sužnje iz Beča 1433 28 Šeh Gaibija i njegov babo proriču gubitak Budima i Unđurima 129 29 Žunić kapetan i lički Mustajbeg (Cifrić Omeraga itd.) 948 30 Đerzelez Alija i Porča sa Havale 111 31 Đerzelez Alija carev mejdandžija 251 32 Dvostruka ženidba Sokolović Ibre 1175 32b Junaštvo i ženidba Sokolovića Ibre s Jelom bana Komorhanskoga 1175 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 90 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 33 Bordžulović Ibro od Skradina (sa Podnovlja) i Kapetan djevojka (ili B. I. izbavlja troje djece Hodži Muminage) 961 34 Ajka Bajagića izbavlja brata Omera iz tavnice Pilip-kapetana 515 35 Junaštvo i ženidba Hadžagić Mujage i pobre mu Velagić-Ahmeta iz Nadina 1392 36 Pogibija djece Kune Hasanage i mladoga Delibegovića (sina Alibegova) od braće Vučkovića 363 37 Babić Osmanaga izbavlja i ženi šure Čengić Alibega 1279 38 Ženidba Civića Huseina s Katkom dizdar Mehmedage u Cetini 348 39 Junaštvo i ženidba Pandžić Mehmedage (od Knina, inače Gračanin) 792 40 Hrnjica Mujo i Babić Husein idu na Maltu i ženidba ovoga 535 41 Hrnjica Mujo i Kostreš harambaša 356 42 Bosnić Mehmedaga izbavlja Rankovića Ibru i sestru mu Ajku i Crnac-Mehmedagu iz tavnice dubrovničkog bana 606 43 Ženidba dvaju Ćejvanagića 1664 44 Ćesar i Kralj hoće da išćera cara iz Carigrada, bojevi u Unđurskoj i boj na Kosovu, smrt cara Murata od ruke Miloša Kobilića 1065 45 Smrt Jankovića Stojana 290 46 Smrt Hrnjice Muje 99 47 Smrt ličkog Mustajbega 173 Mehmed Kolaković 1 Ženidba Bojčić Delalije i Ličkog Mustajbega 878 MH 126a 2 Ženidba i mejdan Bajagića Omera i boj s Kotarani 1017 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 91 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 3 Janković Stojan i Hodžić Husein 1057 4 Janković Stojan udaje posestrimu Turkinju djevojku 768 5 Dizdarević Meho vodi iz Zadra dvi djevojke 755 6 Babić Osmanaga i Gavran kapetan 608 7 Pandžić Mehmedaga izbavlja Bojagić Alagu, i ženidba njihova 785 8 Krvava ženidba sirotka Alije 580 9 Teferič ličkog Mustajbegovice 875 10 Janković Stojan i Vidimljić Meho 443 11 Dizdar Osmanaga i Mujo bajraktar 460 12 Budimlijć Alije i Gavran kapetan 1121 13 Čaušević Meho i Katulić Ivan 459 14 Hrnjica Mujo izbavi pobratima Šarca Mehmedagu iz tamnice zadranina bana 1002 15 Ivan kapetan ženi Bećira sina ličkog Mustajbega 615 16 Konjević Mujaga otvara pute u Kotare 1093 17 Nevjera plemena Kozlica i njihova kazna 1254 18 Mejdan Hrnjice Muje sa Vukom Brinjaninom 765 19 Lički Mustajbeg odnese veliku obdulju Zadranina bana i ženi dva Elezagića 866 20 Maljković Stipan oslobađa Merdanagića Muju iz tavnice brinjskog kapitana 1260 21 Zašto je Maljković Stipan pobjegao u Turke 790 MH 126b 22 Jug Brinjanin udara na Ribnik (4) 720 23 Nuhan Đulić dolazi u službu ličkog Mustajbega 438 24 Janković Stojan razbija svatove Hruste Atlagića 465 25 Borčulović Ibro i kapetan djevojka 1296 26 Crnkić Sulejman razbija svatove Vuka Bilobrka 466 27 Mejdan Lipovača Mehe i Vučkana kapetana 702 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 92 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 28 Umija Kozlić Hurem-age [?] Tanković Osmanaga 545 29 Mejdan i pobratimstvo Bišćanina bana i Duralagić Ibre 697 30 Hrnjica Mujo vodi Kostreš harambašu u Stambul 686 31 Ženidba Hrnjice Muje s Malte, a Babić Huseina s Like 1059 32 Žunić kapetan i lički Mustajbeg 1054 33 Mejdan i ženidba Odobašić Mehe 629 34 Pavišić Luka se osvećuje Hajser-generalu 628 35 Omeraga Babahmetović izbavlja šuru Alibeg Čengića i druge Turke sužnje iz tavnice zadarskoga bana 978 36 Bećiragić Meho i Ana zadranina bana 642 37 Čelebija Hasan izbavlja ličkog Mustajbega iz sužanjstva 728 38 Nesretno udaranje kapetana Stanića na Vrhovac 475 39 Nesrećna ženitba Hadžagić Mujage s nevjerna Kozlica 414 40 Janković Stojan i Smailbeg od Duvna 316 41 Mazul Alibeg postaje beg Sokulović od Glasinca 406 42 Ženidba Mustajbeg Delibegovića s Janjom Ćurčibaše-kneza 558 43 Šarić kapetan i Vrcić bajraktar 410 44 Đulić bajraktar i harambaša Bilobrka 505 45 Sužanjstvo Mehmedbeg brata ličkog Mustajbega 1207 46 Čustović Osman i Ninka Tintor Latinina 739 MH 126c 47 Ivan kapetan odpušta Turke sužnje i djevojke 485 48 Maleta serdar i Musić bajraktar 334 49 Ženidba Ahmeta Velagića Zlatijom Ahmedbega Kanižkoga 871 50 Čustović Osman i Ribnik 573 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 93 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 51 Brehulja Šimun i Šuvel-efendija 751 52 Ženidba Alage od Novoga i Ćerim bajraktara 415 53 Ženidba dvoju Ćejvanagića sa dvije turkinje i dvije Mostarkinje 744 54 Glumčević Alija i berber udovica 1306 55 Mali Mehmedaga i Glendić Osmanaga 809 56 Mali Mehmedaga i Glendić Osmanaga [the same song?] 809 57 Nesretna ženidba Grge kapetana Antunića 1035 58 Kako je Budalina (Šušnjar) Tale došao u Liku 579 59 Sužanjstvo sedam Hrnjičića kod Senjanina Ivana 526 60 Bosnić Novljanin osvećuje ujaka i pobratime 765 61 Lički Mustajbeg brani Liku od dva bana 725 62 Ženidba i mejdan Mehmedage Kunića 841 63 Ćejvanagić Meho odvodi/odvede Vidu Vidovića 1052 64 Kumalijć Mujaga ženidba i junaštvo 705 65 Hrnjica Mujo i Halil pomažu Durutagić Ibri izbavljati sestru 698 66 Sorić kapetan i Kumalijć Alaga 925 67 Mehmedbeg Alibegović osvećuje netijake sinove Kune Hasanage 425 68 Jusufbeg Alajbeg od Rakitne osvećuje dva sina na Miladinu Knezu 678 Salko Vojniković-Pezić 1 Janković Stojan se turči i dolazi u Kotare 1324 MH 127a 2 Junaštvo Bećiragića Mehe i njegova ženidba s Anom Zadarskoga bana 1471 3 Baša Husein i Obro bajraktar izbavljaju dvi sinovke Osmanbega od Kaniže 3353 4 Janković Stojan i Korić bajraktar 1134 5 Ajka Bajagić izbavlja braću 2436 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 94 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 6 Lov i mejdan Skopljančića Muje i Livaka Omera i njihov mejdan sa Savom od Jasena i Trivunom od Brloga 358 26 Bašagić Ahmet povraća svoju jaukliju od Nakić i Jović kapetana 554 7 Ogrošev Alija i Gal-kapetan 2595 MH 127b 8 Ženidba Ahmetbega Delibegovića sa Zlatkom Ahmetbega od Budima 2440 9 Gerzelez Alija ide na mejdan Sibinjaninu Janku za cara Murata 1428 10 Osmanbeg sin Dobojskoga kapetana dijeli mejdan s Bartulić-serdarom 1133 11 Oklada bana Zadranina i Gavran-kapetana za mejdan Matije zadranina i Tankovića Osmana 687 12 Mejdan Jančik-kapetana i Šahdanović-Ibre 456 13 Car od Stambola i Lehovkinja Mara 1645 14 Kotar Alibeg ide za cara na mejdan i dolazi na Bosnu 684 MH 127c 15 Hasanpaša Predojević osvaja Bihać 906 16 Grubeša serdar i Ferizagić Ahmo 557 17 Ženidba Cirić Hasange sa Zlatkom od Cetine 531 18 Vidinljić Meho izbavlja turske sužnje od Janković-Stojana 777 19 Rahman buljubaša osvetio dva sina Zaim Hasanbega sa Rakita 774 20 Nesretno vojevanje bana Ošpergana na Ferhad- pašu od Banje Luke 432 21 Janković Stojan zarobio Duvnjak Mustajbega kod Sužice i povratak ovoga poslije 13 godine 958 22 Dvaju pobratima Selima mejdan sa Savom i Ostojom u svatovih bega Atlagića 655 23 Hajser general gradi kulu Bojčić-Delaliji 641 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 95 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 24 Kako je Maljković Stipan sa dva pobratima pogubio Vučkovića serdara i za Alagu Zenkovića doveo njegov alata 331 25 Janko kapetan i turski sužnji 795 27 Glumčević Alija i berber-udovica 1846 28 Mejdan ličkog Mustajbega i bana Zadarskoga[,] Ajka sestra Hrnjičića[,] bajraktar paši Radosliji 1504 29 Vid Marušić i Blažević Omer čuvaju čardak ličkog Mustajbega 532 30 Plačković vojvoda osvećuje se Zirić-Šahinagi 483 31 Ženidba Đulić-bajraktara s Jelom Smiljanića i Bejzom Pločanskog Alage 435 MH 127d 32 Nesrećna ženidba sirotka Tanković Alije od Nadina sa Zlatkom skradinskoga dizdara i kako je ova djevojka odhranila Tankovića Osmana 734 33 Četovanje Blaževića Omera i Glendića bajraktara i ženidba 713 34 Janković Stojan udara na Cetinu a odbi ga sopta Husein i paša Radoslija 913 35 Teferič gospoje ličkog Mustajbega 1250 36 Čelebijć Hasan izbavlja iz sužanjstva ličkog Mustajbega 990 37 Šabanagić Meho traži mati i sestru 574 38 Janković Stojan udaje posestrimu Turkinju djevojku za Kurtagić-Hasana 1067 39 Janković Stojan i Hadžić Husein 1364 40 Ženidba Bojčić-Delalije s Ajkom ličkog Mustajbega 1428 41 Bosić buljubaša otvara Mustajbegu pute u Kotare 1284 42 Braća Ibro Bajraktar i Sopta Husein otimlju dvi banove kćeri 683 43 Zukan bajraktar Poprženovića Mujage iz Bišća izbavlja Alibega od Cetine sa Malte, dovodi Anu Maltezlije kralja i dobiva sestru Alibegovu 1107 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 96 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 44 Mejdan Bosnić-Mehmedage s braćom Popovići 705 MH 127e 45 Džanan buljubaša osvećuje dvoje djece dizdara Udvinjskoga na Pavešiću knezu 480 46 Ženidba dvoju Ćejvanagića s 2 turkinje i 2 kaurkinje 1143 47 Četić Osmanaga i Šaban bajraktar od Novog otimlju 60 kotarskih djevojaka 403 48 Babić Mehmedaga ostavlja na Udbini ženu i dva sina, priženi se na Glasinac Zlatiji Zajim Hasanbega ali se za 9 godina vrati na Udbinu 412 49 Mejdan Lipovače Mehe s Jugović-Stojanom 934 50 Bojčić Delalija osvećuje brata 415 51 Smrt ličkog Mustajbega (5) 292 / 340 52 Durutbeg od Gračaca izbavlja pobratima Bajagić-Alagu i kazni njegovu ljubu 440 53 Tale (Šušnjar) dolazi u Liku 278 54 Ženidba Hrnjice Halila sa Zlatkom dizdara od Udbine 745 55 Ženidba Hrnjice Halila s Anom Zadranina bana 1003 56 Hrnjica Mujo i Tanković Osman i Brehulja Šimun 471 57 Hrnjica Mujo brani kulu od Zrilovića bana i Kajsar generala, dolazi mu u pomoć Mustajbeg i Fazlipaša bihaćki 827 58 Hrnjica Mujo uhvati Kostreš harambašu i vodi u Stambol 938 59 Hrnjica Mujo čuva čardak ličkoga Mustajbega na Veljun planini 379 60 Hrnjica Mujo i Omer pomažu Durutagić Ibri osloboditi sestru njegovu na obdulji Karlović Ivana 676 61 Hrnjica Mujo pogiba od zlatna zrna Katurice Meha 252 MH 127f A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 97 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 62 Hrnjica Halil povrati Turkinje djevojke, što jih je Tomić Mihajlo bio zarobio 349 63 Hrnjica Omer traži brata Halila 826 64 Ženidba Hrnjice Halila sa Savkom Save Samardžije 500 65 Sužanjstvo sedam Hrnjičića kod Senjanina Ivana 649 66 Ženidba Mustajbega (Delibegovića) s Janjom Ćurčibaše kneza 363 67 Ženidba Jelečković Muje s Anom Crnobrnje Marka 654 68 Hercegovina dolazi pod cara 208 69 Tanković Osman dolazi u službu ličkog Mustajbega 349 70 Smrt Janković Stojana 215 71 Cifrić Omeraga od Kaniže okaja svoga otca na Žunić-kapetanu pomoću Ličana 1211 72 Ženidba Odobašić Mehe 1079 73 Junaštvo i ženidba sirote Alije Muje bajraktara od Kaniže 882 74 Vidimljić Alija i Gavran kapetan 2749 75 Junaštvo i ženidba bega Ahmetbega Mahmutpašin sina od Budima 1035 MH 127g 76 Buljubaša Mujo povraća svoju jaukliju od Janjočkoga bana 550 77 Tamnovanje i ženidba Kunoglić Alije od Budima s Anom Janjočkoga bana 464 78 Dva brata Velagića i Pilip Madžarin 660 79 Vojevanje Morkovčića Kralja s budimskim vezirom i mejdan kraljev sa Zrinjičić- Osmanagom 773 80 Zadnji i najbolji budimski vezir i zašto su Turci Budim i Unđurovinu izgubili 1777 81 Oršankinja Ana i Osmanbeg od Osika 1112 82 Osman bajraktar ženi Omerbega od Pečuja 992 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 98 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 83 Velagić Alage ženi pobratima Hadžagić Mujagu, nevjerni Kozličići u svatovih zovu jih na džilit, izdaju jih Pilip Obrstaru, zatim boj i ženidba 642 84 Mejdan Sorić kapetana i Kumalijć Alage 613 MH 127h 85 Alibeg Šestokrilović od Požege izbavlja turske sužnje iz Beča 2400 86 Silen Osmanbeg brani Osik od Tokulije i Zrilovića bana i Hajsar generala 955 87 Bošnjaci na Kosovu 381 88 Kraljević Marko i Musa Harbonosa 330 89 Kako se je prepao Kraljević Marko 78 90 Ajka Durutbega i Maunić Omer 203 91 Brat mora mrtvom bratu glavu sjeći 226 92 Momak Alija i dvije djevojke 62 93 Dva Đulagića i dvi djevojke 94 94 Dva pobratima i dvi sirote djevojke 106 95 Djevojka prodaje paši cvijeće i bude mu ženom 93 96 Jedinjak Mujo i jedinica Fata 49 97 Djevojka Jagoda i Alibeg 42 98 Mujo i Janja 24 99 Nesretno ašikovanje 48 100 Dilber Duda i sopta Alija 45 101 Tuđa majka 26 102 Od ašika otmica lipe Nazle 44 103 Četovanje bega Nadilbega od stojna Gradiškoga na eskije (ustaše) prije okupacije Bosne 150 104 Pjesma o bosanskoj buni 1876. 2218 A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 99 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII Table 2. Narrative/Epic Song Totals Singer # of Epic Songs Total # of Verses Average Song Length Ibro Topić 33 31,481 954 Ahmed Čaušević 8 23,195 2,899 Ibro Karabegović 7 8,221 1,174 Alija Babić 3 5,883 1,961 Ibro Hrnjić 1 1,554 1,554 Omer (H)Ukić 1 725 725 Ibro Dervišević 5 4,101 820 Hasan Majetić (6) 9 8,829 1,069 Vele Ahmetović 14 5,376 384 Bećir Islamović 47 34,755 740 Mehmed Kolaković (7) 67 49,456 738 Salko Vojniković- Pezić 94 82,162 874 TOTAL 289 255,738 13,892 AVERAGE 1,158 NOTES 1 Technically, twenty-two of these songs were collected on a follow-up trip in 1898. 2 Marjanović lists 290 epic songs in the foreword to his introduction [1898: vi], but by my count there are 289 in the archive. Songs fifty-five and fifty- six by Mehmed Kolaković appear to be exact copies despite being assigned separate numbers. All my accounting above reflects the 289 songs that I was able to locate but I retain Marjanović’s total, trusting he would not publish such an error. The discrepancy requires further investigation. 3 The songs of Ahmed Čaušević are an exception to this rule. I have been working closely with the manuscript and the verse lengths here are all corrected to the original MS. 4 Kolaković’s song twenty-two is not located in the proper place but was mistakenly bound in Bećir Islamović’s MS, MH 125a, between songs two and three. A Complete List of Luka Marjanović’s Bosniak Epics Housed at HAZU 100 FOLKLORICA 2023, Vol. XXVII 5 There are two versions of this song included here with different total lengths. It is not clear from my brief review of the MS which is the original, so I have included both. I used the longer song length in calculating Vojniković- Pezić’s total and average song lengths. 6 The average here does not include song number nine which is a fragment. 7 Song fifty-six is not included in these numbers because it appears to be a copy of song fifty-five. See note 1 above. 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