In the forest near the town is a little chapel of St Adalbert. Devils live in nearby rock crevices. The liquid seeping from some openings in spring supposedly comes from them. They lure children into the holes and keep them there until the next feast of St Adalbert.
Location and map
- Place
- Votice
- Municipality / starting point
- Votice
- District / region
- Benešov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 17 km S of Benešova
In the forest near the town is a little chapel of St Adalbert. Devils live in nearby rock crevices. The liquid seeping from some openings in spring supposedly comes from them. They lure children into the holes and keep them there until the next feast of St Adalbert.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 370
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.