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

A Halt for the Underground Army

Legend says St Wenceslas’s army will stop at the ancient local church after leaving Blaník to help the country against its enemies. It will also drink wine from an enormous barrel that rolls here all the way from Štamberk Castle. (See Štamberk.)

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

Location and map

Place
Mrákotín
Municipality / starting point
Mrákotín
District / region
Jihlava
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
6 km W of Telče

Legend says St Wenceslas’s army will stop at the ancient local church after leaving Blaník to help the country against its enemies. It will also drink wine from an enormous barrel that rolls here all the way from Štamberk Castle. (See Štamberk.)

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 228

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

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