Editing Miloš Obilić (section)

===Albanian traditions===
In [[Albanian epic poetry]], the hero is known as Millosh Kopiliqi, a version of the which corresponds to the original name attested in Slavic. He is thought to have been born in the village of Kopiliq in the [[Drenica]] region of Kosovo.<ref name="Di Lellio"/><ref name="DiLellio1"/> In Albanian epic poetry, Prince Lazar is not existent in most variants. Instead Milosh Kopiliq, presented as a Christian Albanian warrior, is the sole killer of Sultan Murat. In the story, after Murat's death he is betrayed by an old Slavic woman (''[[shkije|shkina]]'' in the original) and then is decapitated by the Ottomans.{{sfn|Di Lellio|2013|p=155|ps=:Kopiliq’s fantastic story—here a synopsis based on the longest variant —is the geste of a Christian, Albanian warrior who decided to fight to his death, against the better judgment of cautious and ready-to-compromise unnamed leaders. No Prince Lazar partakes in this story, with the exception of a mention in one variant. Kopiliq killed the Sultan, refusing to bow to his request for submission. He was subsequently decapitated by Turkish soldiers after being betrayed by an old Slav woman who revealed the secret place where he was hiding the key to his armor: his whiskers. Carrying his head under his arm, Kopiliq walked away, but died when two women saw him and caused him to drop his head.}} [[Gligorije Elezović]] recorded the Albanian version in the 1920s in Kosovo as sung by folk singers. [[Albert Lord]], an expert in Balkan epic poetry, considered the tale of Milos Kobilić as a "mainly Albanian folk expression which traced its major elements to Albanian oral traditions". By comparing the Slavic and Albanian traditions about Kobilić, Lord came to the conclusion that they developed independently, but also borrowed from each other. Lord considers this cultural meeting point to have happened in [[Sandžak]], where Albanians and Slavs lived as neighbours.<ref name="Schwartz">{{cite book |last1=Schwartz |first1=Stefan |title=Kosovo: Background to a War |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jL4tAQAAIAAJ |date=2000 |publisher=Anthem Press |isbn=978-1898855569 |page=38 |quote=The tale told to us by Berisha corresponds to an Albanian - language Kosovo ballad recorded by the folklorist G. Elezović in the 1920s and later commented upon anew by Lord . Indeed, Lord treats the tale of Murat and Milos Kobilić as a mainly Albanian folk expression, tracing its major elements to Albanian oral traditions and noting their absence from the canon elaborated by the famous Serb linguist Vuk Stefanović Karadžić. Lord argues that two traditions, Slav and Albanian, developed independently but then borrowed from each other, meeting in the Sandžak region. Cultural influences went in both directions with the story of the old woman and her advice to the Turks being considered by Lord as essentially Albanian but appearing as far north as eastern Croatia. Lord argued persuasively that this folk image emerged from ancient Albanian lore associated with the land and the origins of rivers.}}</ref>