ENLithuanian Prince Voyshelk (13th century) has recently received signifcant scholarly attention, aimed at enhancing our understanding of his biography. Modern studies, which includes contemporary historiography, have focused on the analysis of the sources to Voyshelk in order to discuss the development of the image and certain questions of its genesis. Scholars generally agree that the genesis of the Prince Voyshelk’s image can be traced back to the 13th century Ruthenian chronicle tradition, although there is a possibility that it may have been infuenced by a separate tradition. The life of Prince Voyshelk is presented in three groups of sources, whose relationship to each other is not entirely clear. The earliest and most reliable array of sources relates to the Ruthenian chronicles of the thirteenth century, among which the Galycian Volhynian Chronicle and the Novgorod First Chronicle stand out. At the turn of the ffteenth and sixteenth centuries, the Chronicle of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania was formed, and it preserves the oral tradition of Prince Voyshelk. The latest known source relates to the hagiography of Eliseus the Confessor. This last source is clearly linked to the local tradition of the Lauryshevo Mo nastery founded by Prince Voyshelk, and is therefore considered to be a fairly reliable, albeit late, reception of his life.