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Kocourkov (film)
In Czech culture, Kocourkov is a fictional place, whose inhabitants are attributed with doing various stupid things, similar to stories about other towns of fools: (how they sowed salt, how they dragged a bull to the church roof to graze the grass, etc.)Cecílie Havlíková, "O lidových humorkách zvláště kocourkovských", IKRAJSKÉ STŘEDISKO LIDOVÉHO UMĚNÍ VE STRÁŽNICI 1970 - ČÍSLO 3-4/ref> The name of the town derives from the word "Kocour", "tomcat" in Czech, so it literally means "Tomcat's. Ethnographer Cecílie Havlíková terms the "town of fools" stories as "Kocourkov stories" and classifies them into three categories. Some of them are "classic" stories present in nearly the same form in nearly every European culture. Others are adapted to the realities of a particular culture and thus may change quite considerably. The third category are tales peculiar only to a certain country and often only to a certain locality. She lists several other Czech and Slovak loca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Prokop may mean either of two Hussite generals, both of whom died in the 1434 battle of Lipan: * Prokop the Great * Prokop the Lesser Other people who bore the name Prokop: * Procopius, 6c historian * Saint Prokop, or Procopius of Sázava (died 1053), a Czech saint * Prokop, bishop of Kraków (1292–1294) * Adolf Prokop, German football referee * Bohumír Prokop, Czech handballer * František Prokop, Czech sport shooter * Gerhard Prokop, German football manager * Gert Prokop, German writer * Hubert Prokop (basketball), Czech basketball player * Joe Prokop (born 1960), American football player * Joe Prokop (halfback) (1921–1995), American football player * Ladislav Prokop, Czech basketball player * Liese Prokop, Austrian athlete and politician * Luke Prokop (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player * Martin Prokop, Czech rally driver * Matt Prokop, American actor * Skip Prokop, Canadian musician * Stanley A. Prokop, U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania (1959–1961) Places * Prok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |