Around 1400, belief in the approaching end of the world was widespread. Žatec was among the few places expected to escape universal destruction. The Hussites called it the Sun, or Segor after the biblical town; Louny was the Moon and Slaný the Star. A hermetic undertone can be discerned in this millenarian symbolism. (See Louny and Slaný.)
WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE
Location and map
- Place
- Žatec
- Municipality / starting point
- Žatec
- District / region
- Louny
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 16 km W of Loun
Approximate location on the map
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Approximate location · municipality or area search. The distance comes from the sources, not a currently calculated route.
SOURCES OF THE STORY
Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 386
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.