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Polish folk beliefs are a part of Polish culture concerned with traditional folk beliefs. The study of Polish folklore begun in 19th century. Pioneers of that field include Hugo Kołłątaj, Zorian Dołęga-Chodakowski, Oskar Kolberg, Jan Karłowicz, Erazm Majewski, Zygmunt Gloger, Lucjan Malinowski, Władysław Siarkowski, Jan Świętek, Seweryn Udziela, Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, Żegota Pauli, Karol Baliński and Lucjan Siemieński).

Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, founded in 1949, publishes a journal Etnografia Polska since 1956.

Research on Polish folklore begins in the 19th century and is related to the fight to maintain national consciousness (see also: positivism in Poland, work at the grassroots). In 1802, Hugo Kołłątaj developed the first Polish research program on folklore, but the increase in interest in this field occurred mainly in the second half of the 19th century.

Significant researchers of the 19th century include Zorian Dołęga-Chodakowski, Oskar Kolberg, Jan Karłowicz, Erazm Majewski, Zygmunt Gloger, Lucjan Malinowski, Władysław Siarkowski, Jan Świętak, Seweryn Udziela. Materials were also collected by amateur writers and ethnographers (including Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, Żegota Pauli, Karol Baliński, Lucjan Siemieński).

In the interwar period of the 20th century, research on Polish regional folklore was developed, and the folklore of social groups was also distinguished (Polish peasant folklore, Polish workers' folklore, etc.).

• Ethnographic Museum of Kraków
• Polish proverbs
• Waligóra and Wyrwidąb

• Chrypinski, Anna, editor. Polish Customs. Friends of Polish Art: Detroit, MI, 1977.
• Contoski, Josepha K., editor. Treasured Polish Songs with English Translations. Polanie Publishing Co.: Minneapolis, MN, 1953.
• Knab, Sophie Hodorowicz. Polish Customs, Traditions, & Folklore. Hippocrene Books: New York, 1993.
• Knab, Sophie Hodorowicz. Polish Herbs, Flowers, and Folk Medicine. Hippocrene Books: New York, 1995.
• Krasicki, Ignacy (tr by Gerard Kapolka) Polish Fables : Bilingual. 1997
• Deborah Anders Silverman (2000). Polish-American Folklore. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 978-0-252-02569-3.
• Sekalski, Anstruther J. Old Polish Legends. 1997
• Singing Back The Sun: A Dictionary of Old Polish Customs and Beliefs, Okana, 1999
• Zajdler, Zoe. Polish Fairy Tales. Chicago, Ill: Follett Publishing, 1959

• PAN Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography
• Polish Folklore at Polish Traditions portal

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