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Poland

One entry in one subarea: 1 at grade A. The points fall where the entry was collected, not where the story is set. Hover a point to see the subarea, click it to open the entry.

Poland and western Slavia, with a conservative core in Sorbian Lusatia
APołudnicaPoland — Poland and western Slavia, with a conservative core in Sorbian Lusatia

The entries, in brief

The folklore of Poland documented in this atlas: Południca. Every entry is placed on the map at the point where it was collected or attested — not where the story is set — and carries its declared grade of documentation (1 at grade A), with the sources it comes from.

Południca A
She appears at exact midday, in the hottest hour, at the edges of the wheat fields during the harvest, typically as a young woman dressed in white walking the boundaries of the fields, but also as an old hag or as a little girl.…

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