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R esearchers in Poland have published a cartometric map that shows the distribution of supernatural beings from Polish ...
From the ancient lore of the Slavic peoples through the Polish Romantic literature of Mickiewicz up to ... agree that the concept of the vampire came to Western culture from the folklore of Slavic ...
The burials may sound gruesome, but they are befitting of early medieval Polish folklore’s particularly grisly interpretation of the vampire myth. “Specific to Polish vampires is that they are ...
The rose is an ever-present motif in Slavic mythology, reflecting the poetry of the romantic era as well as Polish folklore. In her latest collection, Butrym hopes to invite a larger audience than ...
Upon arriving in Poland, the Bui sisters began to discover the mysteries of Polish Romanticism, and were stricken with awe. Their fascination with Slavic mythology, culture, and folklore led them ...
Kasia puts this decline in numbers down to the fact that folklore is not seen as fashionable and traditional dancing is perceived to be outdated. And though Manchester's Polish population has ...