Złota Kaczka (Polish for "Gold Duck") is the heroine of a folk tale which has been recounted with many settings and by many writers, including the Young Poland poet Artur Oppman.
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The story has come to be most closely associated with Warsaw, Poland.[1]
Plot
editIn one version the Gold Duck, a princess who had been bewitched by an evil sorcerer, swam in a lake beneath Warsaw's Ostrogski Castle (now home to the Fryderyk Chopin Museum). She could be restored to human form only by someone who could spend 100 ducats a day over three consecutive days, without sharing this fortune with anyone.[2]
A certain soldier was close to succeeding. But as the third day was drawing to a close, he gave the last grosz (penny) to a beggar, and the Gold Duck vanished together with the castle.[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Encyklopedia Polski, p. 791.
- ^ Encyklopedia Polski, p. 791.
- ^ Encyklopedia Polski, p. 791.
Bibliography
edit- Encyklopedia Polski, Kraków, Wydawnictwo Ryszard Kluszczyński, 1996, ISBN 83-86328-60-6.
External links
edit- Złota Kaczka (Warszawskie legendy) {Written in Polish}