Juro Jánošík a famous robber chieftain in the history and folklore of the Slovak people

people (on the 300th anniversary of execution and death of the robber)

Abstract

The greatness of a national tradition is indicated above all by its vitality within the national organism itself. If this tradition, however, exerts an active influence on the culture or cultural life of another people, then this is evidence that we have to do with a firmly delineated, specific and unusually rich tradition. This general statement is also confirmed by the most wide-spread and richest Slovak popular tradition, that of Jánošík, whose scope by far exceeds the boundaries of the Slovak people.