The fext figures prominently in the legends of eastern Bohemia and western Moravia. In life he was said to resist gunfire, and after death his body did not rot. The book describes unusual ways of killing him and several eerie accounts of surviving fext bodies and body parts in ossuaries.
Where it appears
Mainly eastern Bohemia and western Moravia.
What the old legends say
In legends the fext is dangerous primarily because of his invulnerability. Ordinary people are best protected by avoiding confrontation, not handling his remains and leaving the place. Later religious traditions add prayer and consecrated objects; drastic historical interventions on the bodies of the dead are not presented here as instructions.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 29
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.
