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    Czech folklore is the folk tradition which has developed among the Czech people over a number of centuries. Czech folklore was influenced by a mix of Christian...
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    Hungarian folklore Montenegrin folklore Romanian folklore Slavic folklore Polish culture Czech folklore Russian folklore Ukrainian folklore Serbian folklore Bulgarian...
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    Saint Nicholas is a legendary figure in European folklore based on the Greek early Christian bishop Nicholas of Myra, patron saint of children. On Saint...
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    Czech writers of the period often looked to the countryside for inspiration. In a similar fashion to how the Brothers Grimm recorded German folklore,...
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    Рарог) is a fire demon, often depicted as a fiery falcon. According to Czech folklore, a raroh can hatch from an egg that was incubated on a stove for nine...
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    does not glow, but rather makes the land bloom through its song. In Czech folklore, it is called Pták Ohnivák (Fire-like Bird) and appears, for example...
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    Maslenitsa) Mermaid Naiad Nix (or Nyx) Nymph Samodiva Water sprite Czech folklore Rusalka Máchal, Jan (1918). "Slavic Mythology". In L. H. Gray (ed.)...
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  • Nachtkrapp (category Czech folklore)
    scare children into going to bed. Similar legends exist in Hungary, the Czech Republic,[citation needed] Poland, and Russia. Several versions of the Nachtkrapp...
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    Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales,...
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    Rübezahl (category Czech folklore)
    Rzepolicz; Czech: Krakonoš) is a folkloric mountain spirit (woodwose) of the Giant Mountains (Czech: Krkonoše, Polish: Karkonosze, hence his name in Czech and...
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    Vila (fairy) (category Czech folklore)
    víly [ˈviːli]; Bulgarian: vila, diva, juda, samovila, samodiva, samojuda; Czech: víla, samodiva, divoženka; Old East Slavic: vila; Polish: wiła; Serbo-Croatian:...
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    Karel Jaromír Erben (category CS1 Czech-language sources (cs))
    české písně a říkadla ("Czech Folk Songs and Nursery Rhymes"), a five-part book that brings together most of Czech folklore. He was born on 7 November...
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    Golem (category Czech folklore)
    ‎גּוֹלֶם, romanized: gōlem) is an animated anthropomorphic being in Jewish folklore, which is created entirely from inanimate matter, usually clay or mud....
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  • list of alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects or UFOs in the Czech Republic. In 1976 a family saw a triangular UFO similar to boomerang while...
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    Cup (category CS1 Czech-language sources (cs))
    developed in north-west Bohemia during the 17th century and are now part of Czech folklore. In the Christian ritual of Communion, adherents drink from a cup of...
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    Saint Wenceslas Chorale (category Czech folklore)
    Wenceslas Chorale (Czech: Svatováclavský chorál) or simply Saint Wenceslas is a church hymn and one of the oldest known Czech songs and Czech religious anthems...
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    Wenceslaus I, Duke of Bohemia (category Czech folklore)
    Wenceslaus I (Czech: Václav [ˈvaːtslaf] ; c. 907 – 28 September 935), Wenceslas I or Václav the Good was the Prince (kníže) of Bohemia from 921 until...
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    Easter whip (category Czech folklore)
    chorvatských svátků" (PDF) (in Czech). Retrieved 26 July 2020. Silverman, Deborah Anders (2000). Polish-American Folklore. University of Illinois Press...
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    Morana (goddess) (category Czech folklore)
    Morana (in Czech, Slovene and Serbo-Croatian), Morena (in Slovak and Macedonian), Mora (in Bulgarian), Mara (in Ukrainian), Morė (in Lithuanian), Marena...
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    Judah Loew ben Bezalel (category Czech folklore)
    in northern Israel, was established by Czech Jewish immigrants and named in Loew's honour. In April 1997, Czech Republic and Israel jointly issued a set...
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  • ISSN 1583-6819. Pavelčík, Nina; Pavelčík, Jiří (2001). "Myths of the Czech Gypsies". Asian Folklore Studies. 60 (1): 21–30. doi:10.2307/1178696. JSTOR 1178696....
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    In traditional Japanese folklore a kappa (河童, "river-child")—also known as kawatarō (川太郎, "river-boy"), komahiki (駒引, "horse-puller"), with a boss called...
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  • Folklore is the eighth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. It was surprise-released on July 24, 2020, via Republic Records. Swift...
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    Moravian Slovakia (category Czech folklore)
    Slovak region of Záhorie) and Austria. It is known for its characteristic folklore, music, wine, costumes and traditions. The area forms part of both the...
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    Yakshagana Czech folklore Bauman, Richard (1971). "Differential Identity and the Social Base of Folklore". The Journal of American Folklore. 84 (331):...
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    Jára Cimrman (category CS1 Czech-language sources (cs))
    modest caricature of the Czech people, history, and culture, he became an immensely popular protagonist of modern Czech folklore, and an ersatz national...
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  • This is a list of dragons in mythology and folklore. This is a list of European dragons. Azazel from the Abrahamic religions, is described as a dragon...
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    other sets of words with a particular theme have been thought up in Czech folklore, such as the following alcohol-themed set: In Polish, which does not...
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  • Pérák, the Spring Man of Prague (category Czech folklore)
    camp. The 2022 book "Spring Man. A Belief Legend between Folklore and Popular Culture" by Czech folklorist and anthropologist Petr Janeček published by...
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    Demographic features of the population of the Czech Republic include population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic...
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