Stanisław Pagaczewski and His Tale(s) of the Wawel Dragon

According to the legend, the city of Kraków, a former capital and one of the most important cities in Poland, was founded by Krak (Gracchus). The ruler slayed the Wawel Dragon by feeding him a sheep filled with sulphur. The legend of the Dragon may have its origins in the History of Alexander the Great by Pseudo-Callisthenes. The figure of the Wawel Dragon reappears in the three-volume series of books for children by Stanisław Pagaczewski (1916–1984).The volume gathers the results of a stage of the programme Our Mythical Childhood, supported by an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Alumni Award for Innovative Networking Initiatives and an ERC Consolidator Grant. Open Access at Universitätsverlag Winter GmbH at https://www.winter-verlag.de/en/detail/978-3-8253-7874-5/Marciniak_Ed_Chasing_Mythical_Beasts_PDF/ book/ hardcover ISBN: 978-3-8253-6995-8 Series: Studien zur europäischen Kinder- und Jugendliteratur/Studies in European Children's and Young Adult Literature, Volume No. 8 Information about Our Mythical Childhood is available at http://omc.obta.al.uw.edu.pl