title: Polish folk beliefs
text: 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.
  
  Further reading
  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
  
  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
  
   
  Folk culture