- In [[Polish mythology]], '''sky women''' were the warm-weather incarnations of the rusalki. Slavi [[Category:Polish mythology]]584 bytes (97 words) - 16:01, 18 April 2007
- In Polish mythology, the '''Wila''' (VEE-lah) are reputed in Poland to be female fairy-like spi [[Category:Polish mythology]]2 KB (297 words) - 18:51, 18 April 2007
- '''Poludnica''' or '''Pscipolnitsa''' is a noon demon in Slavic mythology. Referred to as Południca in Polish, Полудница (Poludnica) in Serbian, Polednice in Czech, Poludnica i2 KB (385 words) - 22:11, 8 October 2010
- ...movoi''' are house [[Spiritual being|spirits]] found in [[:Category:Slavic mythology|Slavic folklore]]. They are usually pictured as [[gnome|gnomelike]]: small * Polish: '''Domowoj'''4 KB (627 words) - 17:26, 18 April 2007
- A '''zmej''' or '''zmaj''' is a male dragon in Slavic mythology. ...milar figure, derived from the Slavic dragon and named '''[[zmeu]]''' . In Polish and Belarussian culture there is also '''smok''', which comes from the Indo4 KB (603 words) - 17:20, 1 January 2008
- ...n of Wawel Hill''' or simply '''The Wawel Dragon''', is a famous dragon in Polish folklore. ...statue of Smok Wawelski and a plaque commemorating his defeat by Krakus, a Polish prince who, according to the plaque, founded the city and his palace over t3 KB (499 words) - 21:12, 26 June 2008
- In [[Slavic mythology]], a '''rusalka''' was a female ghost, water nymph, [[succubus]] or [[merma Another Polish tradition considers rusalki tree spirits which could be found on nights whe7 KB (1,038 words) - 03:17, 23 October 2007
- '''Baba Yaga''' (Ба́ба-Яга́), is, in [[:Category: Slavic mythology|Slavic mythology]], the wild old woman; the [[witch]]; and mistress of magic. She is also se ...within the various Slavic languages. "Baba Yaga" is spelled "Baba Jaga" in Polish and as "Ježibaba" in Czech, and Slovak. In Slovene, the words are reversed5 KB (925 words) - 15:22, 28 February 2022
- In Greek mythology the Sirens or Seirenes (Greek Σειρῆνας) were Naiads (sea nymphs) w ...fish). The fact that in some languages (such as Spanish, French, Italian, Polish or Portuguese) the word for mermaid is Siren, Sirena, Syrena or Sereia adds4 KB (642 words) - 16:39, 18 April 2007
- '''Rübezahl''' (Polish: '''Liczyrzepa''', Czech: '''Krakonoš''') is a capricious giant, gnome or [[Category: Germanic mythology]]3 KB (451 words) - 15:04, 19 March 2011
- ...an ''[[strix]]'', Italian ''strega''; compare also Romanian ''strigă'' and Polish ''strzyga''. [[Category:Albanian mythology]] [[Category:Vampires]] [[Category:Shapeshifters]] [[Category:Witches and w3 KB (522 words) - 23:10, 30 April 2012
- ===German and Polish Lore=== Pomerania (Polish Pomorze, German Pommern) is a historic region lying mostly in today's north13 KB (2,348 words) - 14:03, 18 May 2011
- *''Abaddon'' is the name of a Polish band [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/poland/abaddon_main.html] [[Category:Christian mythology]]9 KB (1,427 words) - 05:10, 12 June 2010
- The Coat of Arms of Warsaw features a [[siren]] (identified in Polish as a ''syrenka'') very much like a depiction of Melusine, brandishing a swo [[Category:Celtic mythology]] [[Category:Water]] [[Category:Hybrids]] [[Category:Snake people]]10 KB (1,558 words) - 10:06, 29 March 2009
- ...d with ''bebok'' (''babok'', ''bobok''), a bogeyman-like creature from old Polish legends. [[Category:European mythology]]9 KB (1,541 words) - 10:07, 17 January 2011
- ...ngs, derived from one of the most famed example: the ''gigantes'' of Greek mythology. ==Giants in Greek Mythology==16 KB (2,487 words) - 21:18, 10 July 2010
- And bakes the [[Polish plait|elflock]]s in foul sluttish hairs, <br> [[Category: English mythology]]8 KB (1,285 words) - 15:45, 15 March 2011
- In [[Category:Greek mythology]] the '''Sirens''' or '''Seirenes''' were [[Naiad]] (sea [[nymph]]s) approa In some languages (such as Spanish, French, Italian, Polish and Portuguese) the word for mermaid is ''Siren'', ''Sirena'', ''Syrena'' o13 KB (2,091 words) - 11:49, 31 August 2010
- *In Roman mythology, [[Aeneas]] lulled Cerberus to sleep with drugged honeycakes. A similar dog, '"Garm'", is guarding the house of deaths in the Norse mythology. These monsters were all probably inspired from the dogs that haunted the b17 KB (2,859 words) - 05:00, 12 June 2010
- ...ing attempts to reconcile mythology with science; many have theorized that mythology can and does contain grains of truth in the form of a highly distorted "fol ...it is conceivable that a folk memory of these creatures survived by way of mythology. In addition, it appears that the very last Neanderthals adopted some of th18 KB (3,044 words) - 14:47, 5 September 2009
- ...nt or other reptile, with [[magic]]al or [[Spirit|spiritual]] qualities. [[Mythology|Mythological]] creatures possessing some or most of the characteristics typ ...rse exceptions to these rules). Malevolent dragons also occur in [[Persian mythology]] and other cultures.23 KB (3,729 words) - 08:50, 19 January 2009
- ...Bulgarian вампир (vampir), Croatian upir /upirina, Czech and Slovak upír, Polish wąpierz, and (perhaps East Slavic-influenced) upiór, Ukrainian упир ( ...al wolf that could devour the sun and moon (similar to [[Fenris]] in Norse mythology), and later became connected with werewolves rather than vampires. The pers34 KB (5,579 words) - 23:26, 20 July 2010
- ...se terms--as a giant, physically larger than the [[Titan]]s of Greco-Roman mythology. Like the ancient epics of Homer, Paradise Lost begins in the midst of thi *In the late 1970s, the Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki wrote an opera based on ''Paradise Lost'', an31 KB (5,303 words) - 17:56, 18 April 2007
- ...chemists to borrow the terms and symbols of [[Bible|biblical]] and pagan [[mythology]], [[astrology]], [[kabbalah]], and other mystic and esoteric fields; so th ...wn alchemist was Michael Sendivogius (''Michał Sędziwój'', 1566 - 1636), a Polish alchemist, philosopher, medical doctor and pioneer of chemistry. According57 KB (8,662 words) - 04:38, 18 July 2010