Jurošík a zbojník Hrajruka

A long and dramatic axe dance!

Zbojnicki Dance

 

The Dances of Podhale (Poland)

Joseph Needham
Journal of the English Folk Dance and Song Society, Vol. 3, No. 2 (Dec., 1937), pp. 117-119

 

Universal Geography 1828

 
“Universal Geography: Or a Description of All Parts of the World, on a New Plan, According to the Great Natural Divisions of the Globe; Accompanied with Analytical, Synoptical, and Elementary Tables” By Conrad Malte-Brun
Published by Wells and Lilly, 1828
 
The peasantry form the great mass of the people, their costume is well fitted for a cold climate [...]

Dracula

Dracula
By Bram Stoker
…the Cszeks with their white, and the Slovaks with their colored sheepskins, the latter carrying lance-fashion their long staves with an axe at the end.

Bleiknopf peitsche

Adventures and Anecdotes of the South Army of the Emperor of Austria, During the Late Hungarian Campaign: Narrated by Eye-witnesses
By John William Warre Tyndale
Published by R. Bentley, 1850
He was no less famous as a marksman than as a
rider, and his ” poor fellows” were equally well
trained ; but, besides fire-arms, they had their
Fokos and the [...]

Hungary and Transylvania John Paget 1850

The hatchet-headed walking-sticks were then put in requisition — I do not know whether I have mentioned before, that all the peasants of the north of Hungary carry sticks armed at the top with a small hatchet-head, which I had previously considered only as an ornament, or to be used in defence, but which were [...]

Universal Geography 1829

The peasantry form the great mass of the people, their costume is well fitted for a cold climate and a pastoral life. The  guba, a large woollen cloak, defends them against the inclemencies of the
season ; and the kalpak or felt cap, which is now worn by horsemen, and even by kings, still retains among [...]

Museum of Histoical Arms catalog

the catalog reads: No.1489 – India Battle Axe. Blade engraved on both sides. Edge of blade has brass cover to protect the sharpness, Wood shaft with tigerstripe grain. VG. $17.50
circa 1950’s…i think that was the date on the cover before it got torn off and vanished. On pg 190 thrown amidst the Indian arms section [...]

Tales and traditions of Hungary, by F. and T. Pulszky 1851

More on Janosik (named spelled diffent each time I run across it!) and his mighty magical axe!

His strength was unparalleled, and
the supernatural axe he possessed made him
quite unconquerable. Whenever it was flung,
it hit the aim, and then returned into the hands
of Yanoshik, as the iron to the magnet.
Yanoshik listened awhile, then stepped into the
room, mixed [...]