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Historija > Heavenly Serbia - From Myth to Genocide
Heavenly Serbia traces Serbia's expansionist impulses to Serbian
national mythology. The dominant myth - that of "Heavenly Serbia" -
appeared soon after the Battle of Kosovo in 1389. It attributed the
Serb's defeat by the Turks and the loss of the medieval Serbian state
to the Serb's preference for moral salvation over military victory. By
emphasizing their commitment to the heavenly kingdom and promising an
eventual restoration of the Serbian empire, this myth helped the Serbs
to bear their centuries-long domination by a foreign power. Though they
ultimately shed the Turkish yoke and regained statehood in the
nineteenth century, the Serbs, according to Anzulovic, retained this
central myth in the form of feelings of superiority to their neighbors,
and a sense of destiny ordaining them to become the dominant power in
the Balkans. The myth has been perpetuated by political and religious
leaders, historians, novelists, and artists, and has found acceptance
abroad as well.
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