An etymological legend about Pecka, Kost and Pařez tells of a cottager who found a bottle in the mud while a pond near Ostražná by Jičín was being drained. It held an enchanted powerful spirit, promising three wishes for release: the first three things the man touched would grow a hundredfold. Thus Kost accidentally arose from a discarded bone, Pecka from a cherry stone and Pařez from the stump on which the amazed man sat.
Location and map
- Place
- Pařez - Hrad
- Municipality / starting point
- Pařez
- District / region
- Jičín
- Country
- Czechia
- Distance and direction
- 2 km SE of Hrdoňovic
An etymological legend about Pecka, Kost and Pařez tells of a cottager who found a bottle in the mud while a pond near Ostražná by Jičín was being drained. It held an enchanted powerful spirit, promising three wishes for release: the first three things the man touched would grow a hundredfold. Thus Kost accidentally arose from a discarded bone, Pecka from a…
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Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 250
This legend preserves a folk tale. Its motifs do not constitute evidence of supernatural events.