The history and folk traditions of the Jewish and Polish nations are frequently interwoven, creating a common indivisible plot and testifying to the mutual interrelations of the two cultures. The beginnings of the Jewish presence in Poland go back to times before the Polish state was formed, and therefore no written records are available. For many centuries the Jewish people would find shelter in Poland, which in time became one of the largest centers of Jewish religious and cultural life in the world. Here are 14 tales from those early times.