Wernyhora

Wernyhora; a painting by Jan Matejko
Wernyhora; a painting by Jacek Malczewski

Wernyhora is a legendary 18th century Cossack bard (bandurist) who prophesied [pl] the fall of Poland and its subsequent rebirth and flourishing, "from Black to White sea".

He has been a subject of several folklore tales and poems (particularly in the 19th century romanticism in Poland). He often comes up in reference to the Polish peasant uprising Koliivshchyna.[1] Most notably he has been a character in works of Seweryn Goszczyński (Vernyhora), Michał Czajkowski (Wernyhora wieszcz ukraiński: powieść historyczna z roku 1768 (1838)), Juliusz Słowacki (Salomea's Silver Dream [pl]) and Stanisław Wyspiański (The Wedding), as well as a subject of a paintings by Jan Matejko and Jacek Malczewski.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Davies, Norman (1977). "Polish National Mythologies". In Schöpflin, George; Hosking, Geoffrey (eds.). Myths and Nationshood. Hurst & Co.


 

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