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

The Scarred Latvian’s Ghost

At midnight the mute ghost of a Latvian soldier leaves St James’s Church. He has a red scar in the centre of his forehead, wears a red hat, his face is covered in wounds, and a devilish grin is fixed upon it.

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At midnight the mute ghost of a Latvian soldier leaves St James’s Church. He has a red scar in the centre of his forehead, wears a red hat, his face is covered in wounds, and a devilish grin is fixed upon it.

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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 270

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

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