PolishForums.com
POLAND . The Unofficial Guide
 Unanswered | Archives
Welcome to Poland! Witamy, Guest | PF Members | Gold Members

Polish Forums / Society, Culture /

Polish folklore/legends


page 1 of 2:  1  2  Next » posts: 40

El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 19, 08, 22:55    #1
Are there any Polish legends or folklore that aren't too popular to those who aren't in Poland? I already know about the Dragon of Wawel Hill and all those good things.

haunted places, mythical creatures, legendary hereos, etc. Educate me if you will. I love hearing these stories and would like to hear about them if you know them. Before anybody says Google, I've already tried before. I always get the same results.
plk123Threads: 30
Posts: 6,412
Joined: Aug 29, 07  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		Edited by: plk123  Jan 19, 08, 23:02    #2
do you know the one about lech, czech, and rus?

do you speak polish?

if you do then here is more
El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:05    #3
plk123 wrote:
do you know the one about lech, czech, and rus?


I wouldn't consider myself Polish if I didn't. Their like Poland's Romulus and Remus. Except 2 of them form other countries and nobody dies. :]
EurolaThreads: 6
Posts: 2,647
Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:08    #4
I was hunted by a Rah-Rah when I was a kid... It had a long, red, bleeding theeth...I never seen it, but every time i wanted to venture outside (when it was dark), my mum was warning me...it is going to abduct you and you never come home...scary.

(How are you kiddo?) I'm glad to see the mysterious cat appearing from time to time.
El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:10    #5
Eurola wrote:
my mum was warning me...it is going to abduct you and you never come home...scary


Like the baba-jaga! :]

Eurola wrote:
(How are you kiddo?) I'm glad to see the mysterious cat appearing from time to time.


Great. I got to spend some time with NCAA coaches and trained with a couple of Pros. down in West Virginia for 2 weeks. One of the greatest experiences of my life :]. Well worth the trip.

How have you been?
EurolaThreads: 6
Posts: 2,647
Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:13    #6
Pretty good I'd say but think something also. :)

So, will I ever see your last name a national TV?
El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:17    #7
Eurola wrote:
So, will I ever see your last name a national TV?


Hopefully. I'm sure as hell gonna give it a try. I'm trying to decide between University of North Carolina or Ohio State. Both have excellent football programs, but don't really know which one has a better Architecture major. Oh well. I've got time.


So any other children eating legends? Does bigfoot sneak into Polish villages and kidnap the women???
plk123Threads: 30
Posts: 6,412
Joined: Aug 29, 07  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		Edited by: plk123  Jan 19, 08, 23:22    #8
check my first post again as i editted it.

in the mountains there was Janosik
english version


Andrzejki

what's the one with candles in wreaths sent down river?

what's the ritual of sending off winter?
El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		Edited by: El Gato  Jan 19, 08, 23:28    #9
plk123 wrote:
Janosik


I like that one. Never heard of it before. Good post. :]

All good reads. Thanks. Are there any good haunted places or Polish ghost stories I could read about?
plk123Threads: 30
Posts: 6,412
Joined: Aug 29, 07  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:35    #10
you may have to google around but there is an imprint of "his" foot in the middle of the Dunajec River somewhere too.
El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:36    #11
plk123 wrote:
you may have to google around but there is an imprint of "his" foot in the middle of the Dunajec River somewhere too.


By "his," you mean Janosik?
plk123Threads: 30
Posts: 6,412
Joined: Aug 29, 07  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:39    #12
.yes.
El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:44    #13
Found pictures of him, and the river, but no footprint.

I like that story though, thanks. :] (they were all good reads by the way)


Anybody know any others?
EurolaThreads: 6
Posts: 2,647
Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:45    #14
Janosik was a good guy, he took from the rich and gave it to the poor. Zorro like character. Where is he now? Lots of people could use his services.
El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:47    #15
Eurola wrote:
Where is he now?


Laying low. Waiting for a rich oil merchant to walk by and he's gonna steal his Visa, ATM, and passport.
EurolaThreads: 6
Posts: 2,647
Joined: Dec 2, 06 ♀ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:51    #16
El Gato wrote:
baba-jaga!


Where the heck is my broom. I'd show Harry Potter what to do with it. Really.
I lived about a 100 km from Łysa Góra in Poland. The witches were flying by so often, you had to be careful not get into an accident with them old broads.
El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 19, 08, 23:52    #17
Eurola wrote:
you had to be careful not get into an accident


Mid air collisions are the worst.
El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 28, 08, 21:27    #18
So anyone have any other Polish legends? I like reading about stuff like that.

:]
plk123Threads: 30
Posts: 6,412
Joined: Aug 29, 07  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		 Jan 28, 08, 23:14    #19
El Gato wrote:

So anyone have any other Polish legends?

i am thinking we have too much history to have legends.
skathyThreads: 1
Posts: 5
Joined: Jan 28, 08 ♀ 		 Jan 29, 08, 06:51    #20
Hi. Maybe you already know this stories but I will write. There is a story about Devil Boruta, about Halina Krępianka (she saved her town from Tatars), story about golden duck from Warsaw (not about our Presinednt or Prime Minister:P-people who know something about Poland will understand), story about Bartek the doktor, about the mountain from glass, about the Wadna who didn't want a german husband and many more :)
z_dariusThreads: 22
Posts: 5,091
Joined: Oct 18, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 29, 08, 07:53    #21
Eurola wrote:
I lived about a 100 km from Łysa Góra in Poland. The witches were flying by so often, you had to be careful not get into an accident with them old broads.

Hey mate! I was born in the area too.
Indeed, lotsa witches all over the place :)
plk123Threads: 30
Posts: 6,412
Joined: Aug 29, 07  Pictures: 2 ♂ 		 Jan 30, 08, 14:15    #22
z_darius post in another thread
PiorunThreads: -
Posts: 741
Joined: Nov 11, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 30, 08, 15:06    #23
Here you will find a ton of Polish legends.
PODANIA I LEGENDY POLSKIE RUSKIE I LITEWSKIE
Legendy spod Giewontu
amiriteThreads: -
Posts: 2
Joined: Jan 30, 08 ♂ 		 Jan 30, 08, 16:13    #24
i heard its on satuday
Mikhail  Jan 30, 08, 16:14    #25
Have you heard about the one about the polish builders? Oh wait all polish people are builders
El GatoThreads: 9
Posts: 459
Joined: Sep 21, 07 ♂ 		 Jan 30, 08, 16:15    #26
Mikhail wrote:
Have you heard about the one about the polish builders? Oh wait all polish people are builders


The ones in the US atleast. Lol. Is it like that in the UK too?
kimw1700Threads: -
Posts: 3
Joined: Jan 30, 09 ♀ 		 Jan 30, 09, 15:35    #27
Thread attached on merging:
Folklore

Hi all. Sorry if this is a double post, I'm not quite sure what I'm doing yet.

I'm doing a semester project on oral tradition, and Polish tradition is my main subject matter. And I need some help finding some of these tales. I can find this book: Polish Folktales and Folklore by Michal Malinowski/Anne Pellowski, but I don't want the tales to be highly edited. So I figured what better place to look than here for tales that are not "Americanized".

If anyone can help, it'd be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!
SeanBMThreads: 41
Posts: 8,727
Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂ 		 Jan 30, 09, 15:37    #28
Just for an example do you mena like the tale of the dragon who lived under the Wawel castle in krakow or more kind of historical tales?
kimw1700Threads: -
Posts: 3
Joined: Jan 30, 09 ♀ 		 Jan 30, 09, 15:40    #29
Honestly, anything that is told over and over in modern times that originated a long time ago.

I also forgot to mention that if anyone can recommend books that would help out it would be great. Or if anyone would be willing to tell the tales themselves and to be cited as a source, that'd be helpful too.
SeanBMThreads: 41
Posts: 8,727
Joined: Mar 10, 08 ♂ 		 Jan 30, 09, 15:45    #30
It seems while you have posted your data, the thread was moved or closed and your data cannot be posted. Sorry!

Message:

kimw1700:
I also forgot to mention that if anyone can recommend books that would help out it would be great.

In English only?, just to clarify.

Have you googled it?.
There are lots of legends here in Poland, I am not qualified to tell them but I may be of service to give you key words to google.
The dragon in Wawel.
The sleeping knight in Zakopane.
The two brothers who built the cathedral in Rynek glowny Krakow.
The Mongol who shot the trumpeter with an arrow, while he was warning the town.

I don't know any books but I hope these help you.

page 1 of 2:  1  2  Next »

Home / Society, Culture / Unanswered [this forum] | Similar


Similar discussions:

What was the culture of Poland prior to the advent of Catholicism?  Polish mentality towards Pakistan


Random: A question about perfective vs. imperfective?

Only registered and logged-in users may post here. Please log in or register.


34 [Guests - 29 / Members - 5] users on live forums now


Home | Unanswered | Archives | Random | Statistics Time in Poland: 03:29 / May 27

About Us | Contact Us | Rules, Privacy | Poland Advertising
© 2005-12 PolishForums.com