Old Rashko

Old Rashko
Born
Рашко Колашинац

c. 1770
Old Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire
DiedUnknown
NationalitySerbian
Other namesOld man Raško
CitizenshipOttoman, Serbian
Occupation(s)a Serbian storyteller and gusle player (guslar)

Old Rashko or Old man Raško[1] (Serbian: Старац Рашко; Старац Рашко Колашинац)[2] was a Serbian storyteller and gusle player (guslar) known as one of the most important sources of the epic poetry recorded by Vuk Karadžić.

  1. ^ Willem G. Weststeijn (1994). Dutch Contributions to the Eleventh International Congress of Slavists, Bratislava, August 30-September 9, 1993: Literature. Rodopi. p. 10. ISBN 978-90-5183-657-8. Retrieved 4 March 2013.
  2. ^ Radosav Medenica (1975). Nasa narodna epika i njeni tvorci. Obod. p. 94. Retrieved 3 March 2013.