A large black dog appears here guarding buried treasures, supposedly the spirit of Friduš himself. Beneath the Helfštýn rock is a path called Pohanec, said to contain the entrance to underground chambers where the treasures lie as ingots coated in pitch. The entrance opens only on the feast of St John the Baptist.
Location and map
- Place
- Helfštýn - Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Helfštýn
- District / region
- Přerov
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 4 km SE of Lipníka nad Bečvou
A large black dog appears here guarding buried treasures, supposedly the spirit of Friduš himself. Beneath the Helfštýn rock is a path called Pohanec, said to contain the entrance to underground chambers where the treasures lie as ingots coated in pitch. The entrance opens only on the feast of St John the Baptist.
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 112
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.