Between Střečkův kopec and the hill crowned by the pilgrimage church of St Anthony of Padua, a trough is cut into the ground, said to be the work of devils. At its end is a spring where they once lived, tending a fire beneath a great cauldron full of gold coins. A man from Blatnice once coveted their treasures and set out to take them. The devils overturned the heated cauldron; the molten ducats carved out the trough and swept the local adventurer away with them.
Location and map
- Place
- Blatnice
- Municipality / starting point
- Blatnice
- District / region
- Hodonín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 8 km E of Veselí na Moravě
Between Střečkův kopec and the hill crowned by the pilgrimage church of St Anthony of Padua, a trough is cut into the ground, said to be the work of devils. At its end is a spring where they once lived, tending a fire beneath a great cauldron full of gold coins. A man from Blatnice once coveted their treasures and set out to take them. The devils overturned…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 61
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.