Tajemná místaATLAS OF STORIES AND LEGENDS
Stradov- Hrad · STORY FROM THE ATLAS

A Version of Maiden’s Rock

A local version exists of the legend best known from Lichnice Castle. The lord’s cruel daughter demanded that her suitors turn their horses around on a narrow rock above an abyss. All died except the last, who fulfilled the condition but then killed the cruel girl with an arrow. (See Lichnice.)

WHERE TO FIND THE PLACE

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Place
Stradov- Hrad
Municipality / starting point
Stradov
District / region
Chrudim
Country
Czechia
Distance and direction
12 km S of Chrudimi
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SOURCES OF THE STORY

Sources of the original atlas Tajemná místa · page 325

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

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