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The Czech Republic

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.

Bohemia and Moravia; the motif extends into Sorbian Lusatia and Slovakia
AVodníkthe Czech Republic — Bohemia and Moravia; the motif extends into Sorbian Lusatia and Slovakia

The entries, in brief

The folklore of the Czech Republic documented in this atlas: Vodník. 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.

Vodník A
A little man of short stature, green in his clothes and often in his hair, from whose left coat-tail water drips continually. He lives in ponds, rivers and mill races. At night he sits in the tree above the water and sews his…

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