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The brothers Lech and Czech, founders of West Slavic lands of Lechia and Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic) in "Chronica Polonorum" (1506). Lech, Czech and Rus (Czech pronunciation: [lɛx tʃɛx rus], Polish pronunciation: [lɛx t͡ʂɛx rus]) refers to a founding legend of three Slavic brothers who founded three Slavic peoples: the Poles, the Czechs, and the Ruthenians [1] (Belarusians ...
The legend describes three brothers, Lech, Čech, and Rus – who founded three Slavic nations: Poland (also known as Lechia), Bohemia (Čechy, now known as the Czech Republic), and Rus . In this legend Lech was the founder of Gniezno. Three brothers Lech, Czech and Rus were exploring the wilderness to find a place to settle.
Gniezno is one of the historic centers of the Greater Poland region, the cradle of the Polish state. Like Rome, Gniezno was founded on seven hills, including the Lech Hill [], which is the location of the Gniezno Cathedral, and the Panieńskie Hill, which is the location of the Rynek (Market Square).
Cosmas of Prague describes Czech paganism in his Chronica Boemorum through the Interpretatio Romana: "Therefore, sacrifice to your gods an ass so that they become your succour. Those who wish you to make this offering are Jupiter , most important of the gods, Mars himself, his sister Bellona and the son-in law of Ceres (i.e. Pluto ).
The Czech and Slovak equivalent is called a vodník, Polish is a wodnik, in Russian it is vodyanoy and vodyanyk in Ukrainian. A South Slavic equivalent is vodenjak. He is viewed to be particularly malevolent, existing almost exclusively to drown swimmers who have angered him by their boldness.
Rus' Khaganate, a ninth-century Eastern European state; Ruthenia; Vladimirian Rus', or Vladimir-Suzdal, an East Slavic medieval state, centered in Vladimir; Halychian Rus', or Principality of Halych, an East Slavic medieval state, in region of Halych; Volhynian Rus', or Principality of Volhynia, an East Slavic medieval state, in regions of Volhynia
The Czech hedgehog is an antitank defense that, for Americans and Russians alike, evokes images of World War II. Moscow has a monument of Czech hedgehogs to mark the farthest that Nazi soldiers ...
The female personality and number three can be found also in three daughters (youngest Libuše) of Duke Krok from Chronica Boemorum (12 century), two sons and daughter (Krakus II, Lech II, and Princess Wanda) of Krakus legendary founder of Kraków from Chronica seu originale regum et principum Poloniae (12–13th century), and three brothers ...