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Krok (also croccus or crocus ) is a figure in Bohemian mythology . The stories portray him as a wise and rich man who was respected as a judge throughout the country. After his forefather Čech, he is the second ruler known to tradition. Krok is the father of three daughters:
- Kazi , the doctor who knew how to cure various diseases with medicinal herbs ,
- Teta , the priestess who introduced a pagan cult in the country, and
- Libuše , the youngest daughter, who succeeded her father as a fortune teller and judge and became the ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty.
All of Krok's daughters had their own seats - the castles named after them Kazín , Tetín and Libušín , and several places are connected with the figure of Kroks: According to older tradition, he is said to have lived in a castle in the municipality of Zbečno in Okres Rakovník , which later became attributed to him the founding of the castles Budeč in Okres Kladno and Vyšehrad in Prague .
Krok is first mentioned in the Chronica Boemorum des Cosmas of Prague . The figure is also known in the Chronicle of Dalimil . The Chronicle of Václav Hájek z Libočan finally adorned the story with numerous details. The modern reception is particularly determined by the arrangement of the material by Alois Jirásek in the collection “Old Bohemian Legends” (Staré pověsti české) from 1894.
In 1994 Krok gave the name of the asteroid (3102) Krok .
The Czech historian František Palacký suspected that Samo , the first known ruler of a Slavic empire, was the model for the figure of the Krok.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Jan Dubravius: Historia bohemica. JG Steck, 1687.
- ^ Johann Karl August Musäus : Volksmährchen der Deutschen. 1782-1786 (Volume 3).
- ↑ Minor Planet Circ. 24410