This document summarizes a legend about the devil Boruta from Polish folklore. Boruta was originally a poor forester who was rewarded with riches and nobility by King Carmir for helping him escape a swamp. However, Boruta became conceited in his new status. After death, he went to hell but was cunning enough to become the lord of all Polish devils. Boruta now resides in the ruins of his castle in the town of Łęczyca and is depicted in different forms guarding the castle's treasures and misleading travelers. The legend explains the origins of Boruta and his enduring presence around Łęczyca in Polish folk beliefs.

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,,A visit at devil Boruta’s”
By group 4
Adrianna Machelska (Poland), Anna Dziedzic (Poland), Maciej Janoska (Poland), Paulina Gajek
(Poland), Richard Hernández Afonso (Spain), Amanda Olivera Casanova (Spain), Jennifer
González Carballo (Spain), Yannic (Germany)

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Tum and Łęczyca
are two towns where
you are bound to come
across the devil called
Boruta. There are
ruins that, according
to folk beliefs, are
haunted. Tourists
arriving in Łęczyca are
welcomed from afar by
the tower of the royal
palace which was built
in the 14th century by

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The palace is the home of
the devil Boruta, Poland's
most notorious devil, of
whom there are different
depictions in the castle's
courtyard. The "castle"
Boruta, which guards the
castle's treasures, is in
the shape of an owl, the
"marshy" Boruta, who
guides people over
marshes, has the form of
an insect, and the "water
spirit" Boruta, who drowns
people in ponds, looks like

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The legend about the
noble called Boruta
Boruta was a lord of the
castle in Łęczyca. But
before he became the
lord ... . The legend
says, he was a poor
forester, whom the king
Carmir the Great gave
tresures and the nobility
as a reward for helping
the king and his company
to get out of the swamp

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As the result, the modest
villager became the
conceited noble. The noble
Boruta lived in such a way
to go to hell after death.
However, he was too
cunning to let himself
agonize in hell. The legend
does not say how he did
it, but he did. Lucifer
made him the lord of all
Polish devils and gave the
land of Łęczycain

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Therefore, Boruta came
back to his land and has
been present in Łęczyca
up today. The name
Boruta (what means
Forest) comes from
forest. In old Proto
beliefs, Boruta was a
demon identified with a
beardedforest guard
(keeper of animals, patron
saint of hunters). Another
theory says the name
Boruta has been taken
from the word ’pine’ (a

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In medieval times, as
the result of
Christianisation, the old
demon was begun being
identified with a devil.
He is walking in the
castle courtyard with a
saber. In the form of
an owl, he guars
dungeons of the castle
and tresures hidden
there. As the muddy
Boruta, in the form of a

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As the Boruta kelpie, in
the waters of Bzura, he
takes the shape of a
huge fish with
horns. The black Boruta
with a tail and pitchfork
moves near the
Romanesque collegiate in
Tum. Boruta „windy” in
the dust of field paths,
Boruta "beekeeper”
stealing honey from
hives, Boruta „miller”

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