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…

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…

I want to show other people my vision of slavic mythology in comic story. This will be my first big comics project, and have hope, I do it to the end. Slavic mythology is very interesting and I'm really surprised that in polish school any theachers

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.

Slavic symbols, and ornaments designed by Polish fashion designer Dagmara Czarnecka. EDIT: for the interested, here’s a translation of the symbols’ meaning: • powietrze - air / element męski - male...

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

Second part of my planned short series describing the symbolism of colors in Polish folklore. Like before, I'll start with a bit of vocabulary and etymology for the interested (you might skip these few points to go right to the text below): white (noun): biel adjectives: (she) biała, (he) biały, (it) białe [full declension here at wiktionary]…

These Slavic gods and goddesses most likely never existed. They were either a misinterpretation of really existing traditions, or different kinds of translation mistakes. And sometimes—little more than wishful thinking and fiction. However, these are nice concepts, so I decided to visualize them even though they aren’t actual deities. Of course, this isn’t an exhaustive list. There are more, and also some of the Slavic deities are somewhat in the gray area: there are authentic sources…

Drawing protective or decorative symbols with sand is an old custom from the rural parts of Poland, first described by ethnographers in 19th century. In Polish it’s usually called ‘sypa…