Wernyhora

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Wernyhora; a painting by Jan Matejko

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.

References

Geoffrey A. Hosking, George Schöpflin, Myths and nationhood, Taylor & Francis, 1997, ISBN 0-415-91973-8, Google Print, p.148

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