
Wawel is a mystery. Wawel is an enigma. Yet above all, Wawel is a myth, or, to be more precise, our national form of the myth that almost completely fulfils its dictionary definition: it is “a tale of deities, demons, legendary heroes, and supernatural events with the participation of those endeavouring to explain the primordial questions of being, the world, life and death, good and evil, and human destiny” (translated from the PWN Polish dictionary of foreign words). For, beyond any doubt, above all else Wawel is our answer to the fundamental question about the order of our Polish world and life within it, the question of the difference between good and evil, victory and defeat, happiness and misery. Wawel is the place that endeavours to explain the meaning of our collective identity. It is the narrative on the fate and history of a nation that perseveres, even if it is constantly changing. It is a mirror in which we can see ourselves – knowing that it is still and continuously us.
Andrzej Nowakowski
Publikacja wydana przez Towarzystwo Autorów i Wydawców Prac Naukowych Universitas, Zamek Królewski na Wawelu oraz Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe
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