Legendary Persons
- Krakus, a legendary prince and founder of Kraków.
- Lech, a legendary founder of the Polish nation.
- Piast the Wheelwright (Piast Kołodziej), a semi-legendary figure in prehistoric Poland (9th cent. AD), the founder of the Piast dynasty.
- Popiel, a semi-legendary 9th century ruler of western Polans, the last member of the Popielids.
- Abraham Prochownik, a legendary Jewish figure, to have been nominated prince of western Polans, after the death of Popiel, in 842 CE.
- John Scolvus, a semi-legendary sailor of the late 15th century.
- Pan Twardowski, a semi-legendary Faust-like sorcerer; in Polish legend, the first man on the Moon (the 16th century).
- Janek Wiśniewski, freedom fighter, hero of 1970 Gdynia riots.
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“By many a legendary tale of violence and wrong, as well as by events which have passed before their eyes, these people have been taught to look upon white men with abhorrence.... I can sympathize with the spirit which prompts the Typee warrior to guard all the passes to his valley with the point of his levelled spear, and, standing upon the beach, with his back turned upon his green home, to hold at bay the intruding European.”
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—Bible: New Testament, Luke 15:7.