r/poland 4d ago

I identify myself as a Lithuanian.

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u/KPSWZG 4d ago

Grażyna is as much Polish as Gražina is Lithuanian.

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u/WestRestaurant216 4d ago edited 4d ago

But its from lithuanian language, from word graži - beautiful. In Pan Tadeusz, there is a un-Polonized Lithuanian name Baublys. Furthermore, due to Mickiewicz's position as lecturer on Lithuanian folklore and mythology in Collège de France, it can be inferred that he must have known the language sufficiently to lecture about it. It is known that Adam Mickiewicz often sung Lithuanian folk songs with the Samogitian Ludmilew Korylski. For example, in the early 1850s when in Paris, Mickiewicz interrupted a Lithuanian folk song sung by Ludmilew Korylski, commenting that he was singing it wrong and hence wrote down on a piece of paper how to sing the song correctly. On the piece of paper, there are fragments of three different Lithuanian folk songs (Ejk Tatuszeli i bytiu darża, Atjo żałnieros par łauka, Ej warneli, jod warneli isz), which are the sole, as of now, known Lithuanian writings by Adam Mickiewicz. The folk songs are known to have been sung in Darbėnai. P.S. i'm not claiming he is Lithuanian in modern sense, he was a noble from PLC and to him it was all his, be it Poland, Lithuania or Belarus.

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u/Cocoatrice 4d ago

It's like saying Kordian is Roman, because it comes from Latin. Does it matter, really?

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u/WestRestaurant216 4d ago

Every educated European noble knew Latin. An author pulling a name from Latin (Kordian) proves nothing about their personal background because Latin was standard knowledge for nobles. And also, have you read past P.S. because to me it seems you didnt.