#bivoj

Bivoj caught divočák by its ears, put it on his back and took it to the castle Libušín, where ruled mythical female duchess Libuše.  When Bivoj got to the castle's courtyard, he met Libuše together with her sister Kazi. The women were impressed by his strength and the fact that the boar was still alive on his back. Bivoj said that the animal caused great damage in his region and that he'd like to kill it in front of them.  Kanec is pretty dangerous animal, this one in particular, was feared by everyone, destroyed fields and even killed few people.  When Bivoj killed it, Libuše invited him to celebrate with them. During the feast he got from her fancy belt as a gift and Libuše didn't forget to mention that her sister Kazi picked it up for him. Very subtle, Libuše. Afterwards Bivoj left with Kazi's retinue. Kazi was so fond of him that later she took him as her husband. 

Tradition of killing wild boars is still prevalent in the Czech Republic and there is lot of them since they don't have any natural enemies. 

Well, besides us. 

This picture is from the movie Slavnosti sněženek (based on the book of Bohumil Hrabal), where is famous scene with men chasing the wild boar around the town. 

The idea of chasing divočák around the city is not by any means far-fetched. They live in the forest but aren't shy to visit you in your garden or in the fields. I only hope that I won't scare any potential tourists because just this year we had wild boar in Prague. It swam across Vltava and destroyed display window in Hilton, then it was chased by city police through Prague districts until one of our police men lied down on it and caught it.