The Přemyslid dynasty and the Czech people collectively are said to have a legendary ancestor named Libuše. She formed the Přemyslid dynasty with a ploughman named Přemysl, and in the eighth century, she prophesied and laid the foundation for Prague. She was the youngest but wisest of her three sisters and succeeded her father as Queen. The fabled Czech monarch Krok is claimed to have had a youngest daughter named Libuše. According to mythology, she was the most knowledgeable of the three sisters; while Teta and Kazi were magicians and healers, respectively, she possessed the gift of prophecy and was chosen by her father to succeed him as the leader of the people to judge them. She is said to have made predictions from her castle at Libušín, however subsequent stories claim it was Vyšehrad. According to legend, Libuše appeared on a rocky outcrop above the Vltava and made a prophecy that she saw a vast city whose splendour would reach the stars. She gave the order to erect a castle and the town of Prague there. The male members of the tribe insisted that she get married despite the fact that she had already proven herself to be a smart chieftain. However, she had fallen in love with a ploughman named Přemysl and refused to marry them. She then described a vision in which she saw a farmer ploughing a field while wearing one broken sandal, or in other accounts of the legend, while dining from an iron table. By setting a horse free at a crossroads, she gave her councilmen the instructions to locate this person. They tracked the horse to Stadice, where they saw Přemysl doing exactly what she had predicted—either ploughing a field or using an iron plough as a makeshift table. Přemysl the Ploughman was brought to the princely palace by the two grandees who found him, where Libuše wed him and made him the new king. They had three sons in the future—Radobyl, Lidomir, and Nezamysl—who carried on the Přemyslid dynasty in the Czech lands. According to another account, she gave her councillors orders to start a city where they discovered a man making the best use of his teeth at noon. A man was sawing a block of wood (by using the teeth of his saws) while everyone else was eating when they arrived, and when they asked him what he was making, he said, — Prah, which is Czech for — Threshold. Thus, Libuše gave the city the name Prague! [Information and Image Credit : Libuše , Wikipedia ; Wikipedia-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libu%C5%A1e ] [Image : Princess Libuše Prophesies the Glory of Prague by Joseph Mathauser] [The Work (Image) is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the Life of Author plus 70 years or fewer. The Work (Image) is possibly in the public domain in the United States as well. (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property)] [Wikipedia-Source Image-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Josef_Mathauser_-_Kn%C4%9B%C5%BEna_Libu%C5%A1e_v%C4%9B%C5%A1t%C3%AD_sl%C3%A1vu_Prahy.jpg ]
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