Hitar Petar

Hitar Petar or Itar Pejo (Itar Petar) (Bulgarian: Хитър Петър, Macedonian: Итар Пејо or Итар Петар),[1][2][3] meaning "Crafty Peter"[4] or "Clever Peter", is a character of Bulgarian and Macedonian folklore.

He is the perpetual antagonist of either the rich nobles, clerics and money lenders or the "typical Ottoman" — Nasreddin, whom he always manages to outwit.

Slaveykov, Vasil Cholakov and Dimitar Manchov also recorded folk tales about Hitar Peter at that time.

There are many prose and poetry in which Itar Pejo appears as the main hero, and it was a common theme for Macedonian humor and cartoonists.

In North Macedonia, it is thought that Itar Pejo is a native of the region of Mariovo, and a monument to the character was built in Prilep.

Monument of Itar Pejo that was set up in the old town of Prilep, North Macedonia in 2008.
Monument of Hitar Petar in front of the House of Humour and Satire in Gabrovo, Bulgaria which was built in 1981.