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Yesha (mythology)
Jesza (read as ''Yesha''; , ) or Jasza (read as ''Yasha''; , ') is an alleged Polish people, Polish god. He was first mentioned around 1405-1412 in the sermons of Lucas of Wielki Koźmin, which warned against worshipping Jesza and other gods during spring rituals and folk performances. He owes his popularity to Jan Długosz's comparison of him to the List of Roman deities, Roman god Jupiter (mythology), Jupiter. Contemporary researchers mostly reject the authenticity of the deity. Latin names should be read as Polish ''Jesza'' or ''Jasza''. In the 15th century, the Polish voiceless retroflex fricative (''sh'' sound) was written as ''ss'' (modern Polish ''sz''). Sources The first known source mentioning the name ''Jesza'' is the ''Pentacostal Sermons'', which were written by Lucas of Wielki Koźmin around 1405-1412, without giving any specific description: Similar warnings, also without any description, are also found in: ''Statua provincialia breviter'' (1420-1422), ''Sermones ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish People
Poles,, ; singular masculine: ''Polak'', singular feminine: ''Polka'' or Polish people, are a West Slavic nation and ethnic group, who share a common history, culture, the Polish language and are identified with the country of Poland in Central Europe. The preamble to the Constitution of the Republic of Poland defines the Polish nation as comprising all the citizens of Poland, regardless of heritage or ethnicity. The majority of Poles adhere to Roman Catholicism. The population of self-declared Poles in Poland is estimated at 37,394,000 out of an overall population of 38,512,000 (based on the 2011 census), of whom 36,522,000 declared Polish alone. A wide-ranging Polish diaspora (the '' Polonia'') exists throughout Europe, the Americas, and in Australasia. Today, the largest urban concentrations of Poles are within the Warsaw and Silesian metropolitan areas. Ethnic Poles are considered to be the descendants of the ancient West Slavic Lechites and other tribes that inhabite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
