Polish mythology

Biesy (singular: bies) are a personification of all the undefined evil forces in the nature. Once they were placed amongst the most dangerous and the oldest demons in the central and eastern Europe…

Last post, we talked about Stribog/Strzybóg, the Slavic god of the wind, and this Slavic Saturday, we’re going back to the earth. International Women’s DayRead MoreDziewanna/Devana – Slavic Goddess of the Wilds and Hunt – Slavic Mythology Saturday

Zmory [singular form: zmora] are vicious half-demonic creatures. They’re emaciating the living by feeding on their vital forces but aren’t able to kill them directly. Zmory are night cr…

Latawce [pronounced la-tav-tse] and their female counterparts latawice [la-ta-vee-tse] were demons believed to be souls of the aborted or stillborn children, but also of people who died suddenly (f…

Scary Creatures in Polish Folklore – Discover the most terrifying creatures from Polish folklore, from mythical monsters to eerie spirits.

Probably the most ancient cult, along with the cult of the ancestors🌳 An important thing to be said about all my Slavic folklore and mythology posts: the names, the terms, the traditions strongly vary. There is no monolith canonical lore. There are a lot of places, peoples, cultures, local variations, etc. To summarize it I sometimes need to oversimplify things, and I am sorry for that. When I read anthropological research, I see that even two different families living in the same village…

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Learn about Polish mythology including creatures, monsters, and folk tales. Discover the most famous myths and legends.

Polewik in Polish mythology is field spirit that appears as a deformed dwarf with different coloured eyes and grass instead of hair. They appear either at noon or sunset and wear either all black or all white suits. According to local beliefs they lead wandering people in a field astray, give them diseases or ride them over with their horses if they are found asleep.

This is going to be a series of articles describing the symbolism of colors in Polish folklore. Red seems to me to be an obvious choice for a start of the series – it’s among the most m…