Wernyhora is a legendary 18th century Cossack bard (bandurist) who prophetized the fall of Poland as well as its eventual rebirth. He has been a subject of several folklore tales and poems (particularly in the 19-th century romanticism in Poland). Most notably he has been a character in works of Juliusz Słowacki and Stanislaw Wyspiański (Wesele), as well as a subject of a painting by Jan Matejko.