Polish mythology

Polish mythology

Polish mythology comprises certain beliefs and myths in Poland, including witchcraft and some paganistic elements.

The Polish pantheon

Major gods

*Dadźbóg
*Yarilo
* Piorun
*The Zorya
*Marzanna
*Swietowit
*Swaróg
*Triglav
*Weles
* Zaria

Other gods

*Białobóg
*Czarnobóg
*Dziewona
*Dzydzilelya
*Baba Yaga
*Kupala
*Lada and Lado
*Marzyana
*Matka Gabia
*Miesiąc
*Mokosz
*Oynyena Maria
*Percunatel
*Porvata
*Rodzanica
*Siliniez
*Sorrowful God
*Stribog
*Sudz
*Syrena
*Tawals
*Trishna
*Zemina
*Zewana
*Zizilia
*Złota Baba
*Zwezda Dnieca
*Zwezda Wieczoniaia
*Zwezda Polnoca
*Zywie

Polish supernatural spirits

*Bannik
*Boginki
*Djabelek
*Dogoda
*Dola
*Domowije
*Kikimora
*Lakanica
*Leszi
*Mamuna
*Mamony
*Mora
*Naw
*Neuri
*Nocnica
*Nocnitsa
*Odmience
*Polewiki
*Południca
*Psotnik
*Raróg
*Rusałka
*Sky_Women
*Smierna - the spirit of death
*Spore
*Strzyga
*Sudice
*Tloka
*Topielec
*Treasurer/Karzelek
*Wila
*Wodjanoj
*Zors

Polish folk magic

"Main article: Polish folk beliefs"

*Circles
*Crossroads
*Czarownica
*Divination
*Fire Flowers
*Herbs
*Knots
*Ladanki
*Lechebnik
*The Magic Belt of Poland
*Matka Ziemia
*Pisanka
*Spoiling
*Szeptem
*Thresholds
*Zagavory
*Zawlanie
*Znak
*Znakhari

Book resources

*Chrypinski, Anna, editor. Polish Customs. Friends of Polish Art: Detroit, MI, 1977.
*Contoski, Josepha K., editor. Treasured Polish Songs with English Translations. Polanie Publishing Co.: Minneapolis, MN, 1953.
*Estes, Clarissa Pinkola, Ph.D. Women Who Run With the Wolves. Ballantine Books: New York, 1992.
*Gimbutas, Marijas. The Slavs. Preager Publishers: New York, 1971.
*Knab, Sophie Hodorowicz. Polish Customs, Traditions, & Folklore. Hippocrene Books: New York, 1993.
*Knab, Sophie Hodorowicz. Polish Herbs, Flowers, and Folk Medicine. Hippocrene Books: New York, 1995.
*Krasicki, Ignacy (tr by Gerard Kapolka) Polish Fables : Bilingual. 1997
*Leland, Charles Godfrey. Gypsy Sorcery and Fortune Telling. New York: University Books, 1962
*Zajdler, Zoe. Polish Fairy Tales. Chicago, Ill: Follett Publishing, 1959
*Sekalski, Anstruther J. Old Polish Legends. 1997
*Singing Back The Sun: A Dictionary of Old Polish Customs and Beliefs, Okana, 1999

ee also

*Slavic mythology
*Wendish mythology


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