The Moravian revivalist writer J.H.A.Gallaš mentions in his Romantic Tales a rock said by local tradition to be a petrified robber. It stands near Znojmo by the so-called Raven Rock. He was supposedly a former robber chief who turned to stone while murdering a hermit and a knight with his son. The hermit cursed him before dying.
Location and map
- Place
- Znojmo
- Municipality / starting point
- Znojmo
- District / region
- Not stated in the sources
- Country
- Not specified in the sources
- Distance and direction
- 60 km SW of Brna
The Moravian revivalist writer J.H.A.Gallaš mentions in his Romantic Tales a rock said by local tradition to be a petrified robber. It stands near Znojmo by the so-called Raven Rock. He was supposedly a former robber chief who turned to stone while murdering a hermit and a knight with his son. The hermit cursed him before dying.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 383
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.