How Three Indo-European Countries, Cultures and Civilizations Gained Their Ancient Native Names

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Lech, Czech and Rus points to a founding legend of three Slavic brothers who founded three Slavic peoples: the Lechs, the Czechs, and the Rus'.

The three legendary brothers appear together in the Wielkopolska Chronicle compiled in the early 14th century. 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.

There are multiple versions of the legend including several regional variants throughout West Slavic and to a lesser extent East Slavic countries.

The three also figure into the origin myth of South Slavic peoples in some legends. Their stories are often to some extent as well used as a myth to understand the eventual foundation of the Lech, Czech and Ruthenian states (Including Ukraine, Belarus) according to the the legend.

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How Three Indo-European Countries, Cultures and Civilizations Gained Their Ancient Native Names