Saint Nicholas is a legendary figure in European folklore based on the Greek early Christian bishop Nicholas of Myra, patron saint of children. On Saint... 6 KB (587 words) - 22:49, 13 December 2023 |
does not glow, but rather makes the land bloom through its song. In Czech folklore, it is called Pták Ohnivák (Fire-like Bird) and appears, for example... 14 KB (1,819 words) - 06:26, 13 April 2024 |
Nachtkrapp (category Czech folklore) scare children into going to bed. Similar legends exist in Hungary, the Czech Republic [citation needed] , Poland, and Russia. Several versions of the... 3 KB (358 words) - 02:23, 29 January 2024 |
Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales,... 81 KB (9,723 words) - 09:36, 10 April 2024 |
Рарог) is a fire demon, often depicted as a fiery falcon. According to Czech folklore, a raroh can hatch from an egg that was incubated on a stove for nine... 2 KB (230 words) - 04:50, 5 March 2024 |
Folklore is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was a surprise album, released on July 24, 2020, via Republic Records... 245 KB (19,089 words) - 18:36, 28 April 2024 |
Maslenitsa) Mermaid Naiad Nix (or Nyx) Nymph Samodiva Water sprite Czech folklore Rusalka Máchal, Jan (1918). "Slavic Mythology". In L. H. Gray (ed.)... 14 KB (1,671 words) - 01:13, 10 April 2024 |
Czech writers of the period often looked to the countryside for inspiration. In a similar fashion to how the Brothers Grimm recorded German folklore,... 8 KB (864 words) - 01:51, 18 December 2023 |
Rübezahl (category Czech folklore) Rzepolicz; Czech: Krakonoš) is a folkloric mountain spirit (woodwose) of the Giant Mountains (Czech: Krkonoše, Polish: Karkonosze, hence his name in Czech and... 20 KB (2,080 words) - 03:39, 27 April 2024 |
Vila (fairy) (category Czech folklore) víly [ˈviːli]; Bulgarian: vila, diva, juda, samovila, samodiva, samojuda; Czech: víla, samodiva, divoženka; Old East Slavic: vila; Polish: wiła; Serbo-Croatian:... 12 KB (1,573 words) - 03:43, 7 February 2024 |
Easter whip (category Czech folklore) chorvatských svátků" (PDF) (in Czech). Retrieved 26 July 2020. Silverman, Deborah Anders (2000). Polish-American Folklore. University of Illinois Press... 5 KB (518 words) - 14:18, 26 April 2024 |
Morana (goddess) (category Czech folklore) Morė (in Lithuanian), Marena (in Russian), Mara (in Ukrainian), Morana (in Czech, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian), Morena (in Slovak and Macedonian) or Mora... 21 KB (2,559 words) - 00:29, 15 April 2024 |
Golem (category Czech folklore) גּוֹלֶם, romanized: gōlem) is an animated, anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud.... 53 KB (5,612 words) - 15:03, 29 April 2024 |
ISSN 1583-6819. Pavelčík, Nina; Pavelčík, Jiří (2001). "Myths of the Czech Gypsies". Asian Folklore Studies. 60 (1): 21–30. doi:10.2307/1178696. JSTOR 1178696.... 8 KB (754 words) - 05:33, 3 May 2024 |
Karel Jaromír Erben (category CS1 Czech-language sources (cs)) české písně a říkadla ("Czech Folk Songs and Nursery Rhymes"), a five-part book that brings together most of Czech folklore. He was born on 7 November... 6 KB (573 words) - 06:20, 2 January 2024 |
Judah Loew ben Bezalel (category Czech folklore) in northern Israel, was established by Czech Jewish immigrants and named in his honour. In April 1997, Czech Republic and Israel jointly issued a set... 25 KB (3,000 words) - 03:10, 26 April 2024 |
Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (category Czech folklore) Wenceslaus I (Czech: Václav [ˈvaːtslaf] ; c. 907 – 28 September 935), Wenceslas I or Václav the Good was the Prince (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until... 23 KB (2,478 words) - 19:27, 28 April 2024 |
This is a list of dragons in mythology and folklore. This is a list of European dragons. Azazel from the Abrahamic religions, is described as a dragon... 44 KB (873 words) - 22:25, 19 February 2024 |
supernatural, spectral, or demonic hellhound originating from English folklore that has also been seen throughout Europe and the Americas. It is usually... 49 KB (6,778 words) - 12:22, 29 April 2024 |
Ice Saints (section Folklore) Austrian, Belgian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Hungarian, North-Italian, Polish, Slovak, Slovene and Swiss folklore. In parts of the Northern... 4 KB (466 words) - 16:18, 13 April 2024 |
Cup (category CS1 Czech-language sources (cs)) developed in north-west Bohemia during the 17th century and are now part of Czech folklore. In the Christian ritual of Communion, adherents drink from a cup of... 20 KB (1,909 words) - 23:20, 23 April 2024 |
Jára Cimrman (category CS1 Czech-language sources (cs)) modest caricature of the Czech people, history, and culture, he became an immensely popular protagonist of modern Czech folklore, and an ersatz national... 24 KB (3,266 words) - 17:23, 28 April 2024 |
Baba Yaga (category Russian folklore characters) Baba Yaga is an enigmatic or ambiguous character from Slavic folklore (or one of a trio of sisters of the same name) who has two opposite roles. In some... 23 KB (2,564 words) - 17:52, 3 April 2024 |
In folklore, giants (from Ancient Greek: gigas, cognate giga-) are beings of humanoid appearance, but are at times prodigious in size and strength or bear... 32 KB (3,721 words) - 08:21, 7 March 2024 |
Saint Wenceslas Chorale (category Czech folklore) Wenceslas Chorale (Czech: Svatováclavský chorál) or simply Saint Wenceslas is the church hymn and one of the oldest known Czech songs and Czech religious anthems... 3 KB (268 words) - 05:49, 17 April 2024 |
Moravian Slovakia (category Czech folklore) Slovak region of Záhorie) and Austria. It is known for its characteristic folklore, music, wine, costumes and traditions. The area forms part of both the... 4 KB (426 words) - 04:09, 3 March 2024 |