Polish folk beliefs

Polish folk beliefs are a part of Polish culture concerned with traditional folk beliefs. The study of Polish folklore begun in 19th century. Pioneers of that field include Hugo Kołłątaj, Zorian Dołęga-Chodakowski, Oskar Kolberg, Jan Karłowicz, Erazm Majewski, Zygmunt Gloger, Lucjan Malinowski, Władysław Siarkowski, Jan Świętek, Seweryn Udziela, Kazimierz Władysław Wóycicki, Żegota Pauli, Karol Baliński and Lucjan Siemieński).

Polish Academy of Sciences Institute of Archaeology and Ethnography, founded in 1949, publishes a journal Etnografia Polska since 1956.