Polish mythology
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Polish mythology comprises certain beliefs and myths in Poland, including witchcraft and some paganistic elements.
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[edit] The Polish pantheon
[edit] Major gods
[edit] 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
[edit] Polish supernatural spirits
- Bannik
- Boginki
- Djabelek
- Dogoda
- Dola
- Domowije
- Kikimora
- Lakanica
- Leszi
- Mamuna
- Mamony
- Mora
- Naw
- Neuri
- Nocnica
- Odmience
- Polewiki
- Południca
- Psotnik
- Raróg
- Rusałka
- Sky_Women
- Smierna - the spirit of death
- Spore
- Strzyga
- Sudice
- Tloka
- Topielec
- Treasurer/Karzelek
- Wila
- Wodjanoj
- Zors
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
