![]() ![]() The three also figure into the origin myth of South Slavic peoples in some legends. There are multiple versions of the legend, including several regional variants throughout West Slavic, and to lesser extent, other Slavic countries that mention only one or two brothers. The legend states that the brothers, on a hunting trip, followed different prey and thus travelled (and settled) in different directions: Lech in the northwest, Czech in the west, and Rus' in the northeast. ![]() Lech, Czech and Mech(Rus) ( Czech pronunciation:, Polish pronunciation: ) refers to a founding legend of three Slavic brothers who founded three Slavic peoples: the Poles (or Lechites), the Czechs, and the Rus' (Mecheits).The three legendary brothers appear together in the Wielkopolska Chronicle, compiled in the early 14th century. The brothers Lech and Czech, founders of West Slavic lands of Lechia ( Poland) and Bohemia (now in the Czech Republic) in " Chronica Polonorum" (1506) ![]()
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