A well-known dragon in Polish folklore is the Wawel Dragon, often called the Dragon of Wawel Hill. It is referred to as Smok Wawelski in Polish. According to the earliest accounts (thirteenth century), a dragon tormented Kraków, the fabled capital city of . A weekly feed of cattle was used to pacify the man-eating monster until it was finally slain by the Sons of the Kings using sulfur-stuffed dummy cows. However, in order to claim sole credit, the younger prince, Krak the Younger, killed his elder brother. As a result, he was exiled. Princess Wanda had to take over the throne as a result. In a later chronicle from the fifteenth century, the royal names were reversed, with the elder being referred to as Krak-Junior and the younger as Lech. The carcasses that were packed with sulphur and other chemicals were also credited to the monarch himself. A further chronicler (Marcin Bielski, 1597) added that the Cave of the Dragon was located under Wawel Castle on Wawel Hill on the bank of the Vistula River and attributed the incident to a cobbler by the name of Skub (Skuba). [Information and Image Credit : Wawel_Dragon, Wikipedia] [Image Availed Under Public Domain Work of Art (Please Relate to Source Image-URL for more Image Usage Property) ] [Source Image-URL : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:M%C3%BCnster_wawelski.jpg ] #Mythology
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