Czech mythology

thumb|Libuše and Přemysl, sculpture by [[Josef Václav Myslbek (1881), today in Vyšehrad]] , Libussa, Libushe or, historically Lubossa, is a legendary ancestor of the Přemyslid dynasty and the Czech people as a whole. According to legend, she was the youngest but wisest of three sisters, who became queen after their father died; she married a ploughman, Přemysl, with whom she founded the Přemyslid dynasty, and prophesied and founded the city of Prague in the 8th century.

Bohemian peasant and husband of Princess Libuše

legendary Czech ruler

Bohemian traditional story of an uprising of women against men

book by Alois Jirásek

thumb|Josef Max: Vlasta, Rome 1842 Valasca is a woman mentioned in the History of Bohemia by Aeneas Silvius (Pope Pius II). She was also called Vlasta and was supporter of the mythical Bohemian Princess Libuše.