Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Domoušice · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

The Ghost of the Forest of the Dead

Near the village lies a wood called Vorany, also the Forest of the Dead, because plague victims were once buried there. People say a huntsman’s ghost haunts it at noon. See Kounov.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

Location and map

Place
Domoušice
Municipality / starting point
Domoušice
District / region
Louny
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
15 km SW of Loun (Louny)

Near the village lies a wood called Vorany, also the Forest of the Dead, because plague victims were once buried there. People say a huntsman’s ghost haunts it at noon. See Kounov.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 101

This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.

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