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

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