The Four Elements of Nature - FIRE
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Transcript of The Four Elements of Nature - FIRE
SLAVIC MYTHOLOGY
SLAVIC CULT OF FIRE
SWARÓG (English: Svarog)
GODS OF THE SUN AND
FIRE
GODS OF THE SUN AND
FIRESWAROŻYC
(English: Svarožič)
– A SON OF SWARÓG
Festival of Slavs and Vikings
Slavs
THE FIRST POLISH SETTLEMENT - BISKUPIN
BONFIRES, DANCES AND FUN
POLISH TRADITIONS - WHIT
ST. JOHN’S EVE– MIDSUMMER
St. Anne’s Hill Polish extinct volcano
BAKING TRADITIONAL POLISH BREAD
Poles used to be great smiths
They would produce some of the best weapons
Polish knights – heroes of every princess
Polish cannons – witnesses of some wars and historical events
THE INVENTOR OF THE SORCERER’S STONE?
TRUTHOR
MYTH? Polish Alchemist Michał Sędziwój
( 1566 – 1636)
THE POLISH IDEA – PETROLEUM REFINING
Ignacy Łukasiewicz
It helped him invent a gas lamp…
… and illuminate the whole of Europe
The first Polish trains were steam trains
SOMETIMES FIRE DESTROYS
Warsaw during World War II (1939-1945)
Poland was the first to fight
Poles rebuilt the Polish capital after World War II
The Warsaw Main Square is on UNESCO list
The Summer Festival of Fire in Ostróda
POLISH FIREDANCERS
Unfortunately summer fires of forests and buildings are still a big
problem
But we have also some of the best firefighters in the world!
They work all year – even in
the winter
POLISH SCOUTING AND CAMPS
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION