KRAK,
a Polish hero in the year 700, came to the rescue of the town
of Wavel which was being ravaged by a huge birdlike dragon with
immense purple wings. Krak stuffed a sheepskin with salt peter,
sewed it shut and left it as dragon-bait. The dragon ate and
was overcome with thirst, he guzzled half of the River Vistula
and burst. Krak stayed and founded the city of Krakow on a hill
overlooking Wavel.
