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My version of cracovian postcard :P

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A popular version of Smok Wawelski's tale takes place in Kraków during the reign of King Krak, the city's legendary founder. Each day the evil dragon would beat a path of destruction across the countryside, killing the civilians, pillaging their homes and devouring their livestock. In many versions of this story, the dragon especially enjoyed eating young girls, and could only be appeased if the townfolk would leave a young girl in front of its cave once a month. The King certainly wanted to put a stop to the dragon, but his bravest knights fell to its fiery breath. In the versions involving the sacrifice of young girls, every girl in the city was eventually sacrificed except one, the King's daughter Wanda. In desperation, the King promised his beautiful daughter's hand in marriage to anybody who could defeat the dragon. Great warriors from near and far fought for the prize and failed. One day, a poor cobbler's apprentice named Skuba Dratewka accepted the challenge. He stuffed a lamb with sulphur and set it outside the dragon's cave. The dragon ate it and soon became incredibly thirsty. He turned to the Vistula River for relief and he drank and drank. But no amount of water could quell his aching stomach, and after swelling up from drinking half of the Vistula river, he exploded. Dratewka married the King's daughter as promised and they lived happily ever after
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~klapaucyusz Feb 27, 2009
Blisko. Z numizmatyki :)
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~Jolik Feb 27, 2009  Professional Interface Designer
Aha.
Bo kiedyś na wystawach gadaliśmy o herbach i dlatego tak mi się to skojarzyło.
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~klapaucyusz Feb 27, 2009
Grzebałem się w tym w trakcie pisania pracy magisterskiej :P Na jednej z monet był wizerunek smoka.
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~Jolik Feb 27, 2009  Professional Interface Designer
Aaaa....
no bo ty pisałeś pracę z heraldyki..., tak?
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~klapaucyusz Feb 27, 2009
Hmm.. is that me at the brake in Museum ? ;)

Version with Skuba is younger. In original one that was king Krak who killed the monster.

To zresztą typowy mit założycielski w ludzkiej kuturze. Już Gilgamesz rozpruwał gada, z którego wylały się pramorza. Elementy wspólne to wróg-gad, męski czynnik sprawczy i (kobiece?) wody, z których wszystko się rodzi. Nie ja to wymyśliłem i mogłem coś pomieszać :P

To co zrobił Skuba to też bardzo stary i popularny motyw. Pierwszy smok pojawił się już na Bl.Wschodzie (nie miał skrzydeł ni palącego oddechu), a jego biblijna wersja zdechła właśnie, gdy dzielny potomek Judy nakarmił go zatrutym plackiem.
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~Jolik Feb 27, 2009  Professional Interface Designer
O kurcze,
tego nie wiedziałam.
Dzięki za wykład :)
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=teddybearcholla Feb 9, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
Interesting story...wonderful silly looking dragon, one could feel sorry for him that he blew up!!!
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~Jolik Feb 9, 2009  Professional Interface Designer
heh, heh :D :D

I'm glad you like my low IQ dragon :D
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=teddybearcholla Feb 9, 2009  Hobbyist General Artist
well he could also be an add for quitting smoking!!! :giggle: he is cute!!! :D
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~Jolik Feb 9, 2009  Professional Interface Designer
That's a good idea indeed :D

greetings from Cracow Barbara :)
:hug:
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