On June 15th, 1389, Miloš made his way into the Ottoman camp on the pretext of being a deserter, forced his way into the Sultan's tent and stabbed him to death. Miloš Obilic was later executed together with all other Serbian prisoners by Murad's son, Beyazid I. Another source ( Turkish ) says that the sultan Murad I was killed after a battle, when the Serbian soldier who pretended to be dead killed sultan when he got close to him.
This event and the Kosovo battle itself is deeply embedded in the Serbian national consciousness, history, and poetry. This deed was proclaimed as Miloš Obilic's inmost desire to pay tribute to his people and to sacrifice himself in order to strike a blow against tyranny.
In folk epic and legends, Miloš was celebrated as the hero of supernatural birth and strength (his mother was a fairy, demonic creature or his father was a dragon; he had got his strength from the milk of the mare).
Other variants of songs and legends state that Miloš was captured by a demonic creature similar to a witch, or old woman ("baba"), who advised the Turks how to kill Miloš's horse and find the keys of his armour, which were hidden in his moustashes.
This deed was proclaimed as Miloš Obilić's innermost desire to pay tribute to his people and to sacrifice himself in order to strike a blow against tyranny and the Christian fight against Islam.
Milos (formerly Melos, and before the Athenian genocide Malos; see also List of traditional Greek place names, Greek: ОњО®О»ОїП‚, not related with the Modern Greek word "ОјО®О»Ої" = "milo" for apple which has the second same latter but without the sigma) is a volcanic island in the Aegean Sea.
Milos is the southwesternmost island in the Cyclades group, 120 km (75 miles) due east from the coast of Laconia.
Milos was a source of obsidian during the neolithic ages for the Aegean and Mediterranean.
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