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

The Devil’s Field

This is the name of a plot on an island in a pond near Blatná, by the road to Tchořovice. At a nearby mill, the miller supposedly summoned devils using a book of spells. His little son once found it and began reading. The fiends appeared immediately, but fortunately the miller arrived just then and ordered them to create a field on a little island in the pond.

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

Location and map

Place
Blatná
Municipality / starting point
Blatná
District / region
Strakonice
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
23 km NW of Písku

This is the name of a plot on an island in a pond near Blatná, by the road to Tchořovice. At a nearby mill, the miller supposedly summoned devils using a book of spells. His little son once found it and began reading. The fiends appeared immediately, but fortunately the miller arrived just then and ordered them to create a field on a little island in the pond.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 61

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

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