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Polish Folk Beliefs
Polish folk beliefs are a part of Polish culture concerned with traditional folk beliefs. The study of Polish folklore begun in 19th century. Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, founded in 1949, publishes a journal ''Etnografia Polska'' since 1956. Research Research on Polish folklore begins in the 19th century and is related to the fight to maintain national consciousness (see also: positivism in Poland, work at the grassroots). In 1802, Hugo Kołłątaj developed the first Polish research program on folklore, but the increase in interest in this field occurred mainly in the second half of the 19th century. Significant researchers of the 19th century include Zorian Dołęga-Chodakowski, Oskar Kolberg, Jan Karłowicz, Erazm Majewski, Zygmunt Gloger, Lucjan Malinowski, Władysław Siarkowski, Jan Świętak, Seweryn Udziela. Materials were also collected by amateur writers and ethnographers (including Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, Żegota Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Culture
The culture of Poland () is the product of its Geography of Poland, geography and distinct historical evolution, which is closely connected to History of Poland, an intricate thousand-year history. Poland has a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic majority, and Religion in Poland, religion plays an important role in the lives of many Polish people. The unique character of Polish culture developed as a result of its geography at the confluence of various European regions. It is theorised and speculated that ethnic Poles are the combination of descendants of West Slavs and people indigenous to the region including Celts, Balts and Germanic tribes which were gradually Polonization, Polonized after Poland's Baptism of Poland, Christianization by the Catholic Church in the 10th century. Over time Polish culture has been profoundly influenced by its interweaving ties with the Germanic languages, Germanic, Baltic States, Baltic, Jews, Jewish, Latinate and to a lesser extent; Byzantine Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Beliefs
In folkloristics, folk belief or folk-belief is a broad genre of folklore that is often expressed in narratives, customs, rituals, foodways, proverbs, and rhymes. It also includes a wide variety of behaviors, expressions, and beliefs. Examples of concepts included in this genre are magic, popular belief, folk religion, planting signs, hoodoo, conjuration, charms, rootwork, taboos, old wives' tales, omens, portents, the supernatural and folk medicine.Green (1997:89). Folk belief and associated behaviors are strongly evidenced among all elements of society, regardless of education level or income. In turn, folk belief is found in an agricultural, suburban, and urban environments alike.Green (1997:97). Terminology One of a variety of compounds extending from the coinage of the term ''folklore'' in 1846 (previously ''popular antiquities''), the term ''folk-belief'' is first evidenced in use by British folklorist Laurence Gomme in 1892."folk, n." OED Online. Oxford University P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Academy Of Sciences
The Polish Academy of Sciences (, PAN) is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning. Headquartered in Warsaw, it is responsible for spearheading the development of science across the country by a society of distinguished scholars and a network of research institutes. It was established in 1951, during the early period of the Polish People's Republic following World War II. History The Polish Academy of Sciences is a Polish state-sponsored institution of higher learning, headquartered in Warsaw, that was established by the merger of earlier science societies, including the Polish Academy of Learning (''Polska Akademia Umiejętności'', abbreviated ''PAU''), with its seat in Kraków, and the Warsaw Society of Friends of Learning (Science), which had been founded in the late 18th century. The Polish Academy of Sciences functions as a learned society acting through an elected assembly of leading scholars and research institutions. The Academy has also, operating throug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hugo Kołłątaj
Hugo Stumberg Kołłątaj, also spelled ''Kołłątay'' (1 April 1750 – 28 February 1812), was a prominent Polish constitutional reformer and educationalist, and one of the most prominent figures of the Enlightenment in Poland, Polish Enlightenment. He served as Deputy Chancellor (Poland), Deputy Chancellor of the Crown between 1791–92. He was a Catholic priest, social and political activist, political thinker, historian, philosopher, and polymath. Biography Early life Hugo Kołłątaj was born on 1 April 1750 in Velyki Dederkaly, Dederkały Wielkie (now in Western Ukraine) in Volhynian Voivodeship (1569–1795), Volhynia into a family of Polish nobility. Soon after, his family moved to Nieciesławice, near Sandomierz, where he spent his childhood. He attended school in Pińczów. He began his studies at the Jagiellonian University, Kraków Academy, subsequently, Jagiellonian University, where he studied law and gained a doctorate. Afterwards, around 1775 he took holy orders. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorian Dołęga-Chodakowski
Zorian Dołęga-Chodakowski (4 June 1784 – 17 November 1825), born Adam Czarnocki, was a Polish ethnographer and archaeologist. A Slavophile, he became known for his ethnographic field research and theories about the ancient Slavs, which did not convince academics but have influenced Polish cultural life. For much of his adult life he travelled the countryside without any money, collecting folk songs and other material. Chodakowski established several themes that became prominent in Polish Romanticism, notably a duality between native Slavic culture and imported Latin culture. His lifestyle as a homeless traveller inspired legends and he appears as a character in literary works from the 19th century. Chodakowski argued publicly that Christianisation of the Slavs had been a mistake and privately described himself as a pagan. He is recognised as a pioneer of Polish Native Faith. Life and work Adam Czarnocki was born on 4 June 1784 in Podhajnej near Nyasvizh, then part of the Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oskar Kolberg
Henryk Oskar Kolberg (22 February 1814 – 3 June 1890) was a Polish ethnographer, folklorist, and composer active in Partitioned Poland.Oskar Kolberg Institute homepage. Poland, 2014. Life Kolberg was born in , the son of the German Julius(z) Kolberg, a professor of the Warsaw University, and Fryderyka '''' Mercoeur, Warsaw-born while being of French descendance. His family's acquaintances included[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Karłowicz
Jan Aleksander Ludwik August Karłowicz (May 28, 1836 – June 14, 1903) was Polish ethnographer, musicologist, composer, linguist, folklorist, lexicographer, dialectologist, one of the first Lithuanianists. Books Most of his books are available online at the resource polona.pl. *O Żydzie wiecznym tułaczu (1873) *O języku litewskim (1875) *Piękna Meluzyna i królewna Wanda (1876) (Beautiful Melusine and Princess Wanda) *Słoworód ludowy (1878) *Przyczynek do zbioru przysłów, piosenek, ucinków i przypowieści od nazw rodowych i miejscowych (1879) *Przysłowia od nazwisk (1879) *O imieniu Polaków i Polski (1881) *Die Mythen, Sagen und Legenden der Zamaiten (1883, 2 volumes) *Chata polska (1884) *Systematyka pieśni ludu polskiego (1885) *Podania i bajki ludowe zebrane na Litwie (1887) *Imiona własne polskich miejsc i ludzi od zatrudnień (1887) *Słownik wyrazów obcego a mniej jasnego pochodzenia (1894–1905, 3 volumes) *Słownik gwar polskich (1900–1911, 6 volumes) (Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erazm Majewski
Erazm Majewski (2 June 1858 — 14 November 1922) was a Polish archaeologist, biologist, sociologist, philosopher, economist, ethnographer, and novelist. He laid the foundations of archaeology in Poland; he was a pioneer in the protection of archaeological artefacts in the Polish lands. Biography Erazm Majewski was born on 2 June 1858, in Lublin, to Hipolit Majewski and Maria Zembrowskich. He started school in Lublin and then continued in Warsaw after his family moved there. Majewski's first scientific interests were in the field of natural science. He wrote a work entitled ''Neuroptera Polonica'', which was the first systematic description of vein-winged insects, and ''Słownik nazwisk zoologicznych polskich'', in which he systematised and enriched the natural science terminology. It was not until around 1891 that he became interested in ethnography and archaeology. Around 1906, influenced by the Russian Revolution of 1905, he turned his attention to the problems of sociolog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zygmunt Gloger
Zygmunt Gloger (3November 184516August 1910) was a Polish historian, archaeologist, geographer and ethnographer, bearer of the Wilczekosy coat of arms. Gloger founded the precursor of modern and widely popular Polish Tourist and Sightseeing Society ( PTTK).Zygmunt Gloger - Starożytnik z Jeżewa. Internet Archive. Life He was a son of engineer and Michalina née Wojno. Under the professional influence of historians and geographers Julian Bartoszewicz as well as Józef Ignacy Krasicki, and later |
Lucjan Malinowski
Lucjan Feliks Malinowski (; 27 May 1839 – 15 January 1898) was a Polish linguist, a researcher of regional dialects of Silesia, a traveller, a professor of Jagiellonian University, from the 1887 principal Seminar Slavic languages. Malinowski studied the history of the Polish language and etymology. He was the father of anthropologist Bronisław Malinowski. He is recognized as the father of Polish dialectology. Biography Born in 1839 in a territorial family in Jaroszewice. He was the son of Julian Malinowski ( Pobóg coat of arms) and Ewa née Górski (granddaughter of Marcin Koźmian, who was the uncle of Kajetan Koźman, a literary critic and poet). His family lost its estate due to repression by partitioning powers, but also due to their own irresponsibility. He had to earn a living by education. He finished grammar-school with highest estimations from all objects. In 1861 he started Preparatory Courses in Warsaw, and the following year he joined the Warsaw Univ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karol Baliński
Karol Baliński (born 21 May 1817 in Dzierzkowice, Lublin region of Poland – 10 January 1864 in Lwów Poland), also known as his pseudonym Karol z Jarosławca was a Polish poet, revolutionary activist, and member of radical national liberation groups such as Stowarzyszenie Ludu Polskiego. Biography His father was Tomasz Baliński – a legionary of General Jan Henryk Dąbrowski and a doctor in the Napoleonic Wars, his mother was Maria Anna Orian – born in Madrid, Spain. He graduated from elementary school in Hrubieszów and the Liceum in Warsaw. Career He was an activist in post-revolutionist and pro-independence Polish-oriented organizations. In 1839, he was exiled to the Kazah Steppe in Siberia (initially sentenced to death), where he met Gustaw Zieliński and Adolf Januszkiewicz. Released after three years in 1842, he was arrested again in 1846 and released in April 1847, on the basis of a medical declaration of imminent death. Then he went to Eastern Lesser Polan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucjan Siemieński
Lucjan Hipolit Siemieński (13 August 1807 in Kamienna Góra near Żółkiew – 27 November 1877 in Kraków) was a Polish Romantic poet, prose writer, translator and literary critic. See also *List of Poles This is a partial list of notable Polish people, Polish or Polish language, Polish-speaking or -writing people. People of partial Polish heritage have their respective ancestries credited. Physics *Miedziak Antal * Czesław Białobrzesk ... External links * *''Podania i legendy polskie, ruskie i litewskie'' L. Siemieńskiego online * 1807 births 1877 deaths Polish male writers Polish male poets November Uprising participants Polish literary critics Polish translators Academic staff of Jagiellonian University Participants of the Slavic Congress in Prague 1848 Poets from the Austrian Empire Poets from Austria-Hungary {{Poland-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
